Increasing numbers of sheltered families have jobs while a growing population is caught in the gap between the wages they earn and the cost of housing. It’s a formula for rising homelessness.
Workforce
Posted inEconomics
Close to the bone: KC’s workers struggle with inflation amid affordability crisis
While workers produce more than ever, rising costs for food, housing, child care, and health care outpace wage growth, forcing Kansas City families into tough choices.
Posted inLabor
‘Troost is not scary’: Kansas City Equity Walk highlights Black business revival on historic street
The Troost Equity Walk on Aug. 15 invites the public to trek 10 miles along Kansas City’s historic racial dividing line, visiting The Combine KC, Aim Well Yoga, WeCode KC, and others.
Posted inLea en Español
La economía de Kansas depende de los latinos y los hispanos, el grupo demográfico de más rápido crecimiento del estado
El 29 de julio, la Comisión de Asuntos Hispanos y Latinoamericanos de Kansas celebró una Cumbre de Liderazgo Latino en la universidad Wichita State. Atrajo a 180 asistentes un sábado para discutir cómo los hispanos y latinos pueden aumentar su impacto en las urnas y en áreas de educación, salud pública y economía.
Posted inKansas State Government
Kansas economy depends on Latinos and Hispanics, state’s fastest growing demographic
Hispanic people represent 18% of residents in Wichita and the fastest growing segment of the Kansas population — making them an integral part of the state’s workforce, critical to the state’s overall economic success. On July 29, the Kansas Hispanic and Latino American Affairs Commission held a Latina Leadership Summit at Wichita State University. It […]