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As the federal government shutdown drags on, tens of millions of people are at risk of losing food and nutrition aid as a result. KCUR and NPR want to hear from you about the potential loss or delay of these food benefits.
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The latest: Government shutdown
- Food banks in the central U.S. say they can’t fill the gap left by frozen SNAP benefits
- Are you worried about your SNAP benefits in Missouri or Kansas? NPR wants to hear your story
- Missouri families could lose access to Head Start if shutdown continues
- Kansas officials pressure Trump administration to keep SNAP funded during shutdown
Missouri's new Congressional map has been signed into law, and the Republican Kansas legislature is trying to take similar action.
Join KCUR's Steve Kraske and a panel of experts to talk about redistricting on Thursday, Oct. 30 from 6-7:30 p.m. at the Kansas City Public Library.
Join KCUR's Steve Kraske and a panel of experts to talk about redistricting on Thursday, Oct. 30 from 6-7:30 p.m. at the Kansas City Public Library.
- Los expertos en salud de Kansas City afirman que las recomendaciones confusas sobre vacunas aumentan el riesgo de enfermedad
- Cómo el cierre del gobierno federal está perjudicando a los agricultores, que ya están atravesando por un año difícil
- Miles de niños de la Ciudad de Kansas podrían perder los programas de Head Start si se prolonga el cierre del gobierno
- Los recortes al seguro Medicaid son una bomba de tiempo para los hospitales rurales de Kansas. Un cambio podría ayudar
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7-OH is sold as gummies, candies, imitation ice cream cones, liquid shots, tablets and powders. Kansas City-based Shaman Botanicals has been at the center of the drug's rise, and received a warning from the FDA. -
The 2026 FIFA World Cup is fast approaching, and Kansas City will host a massive fan festival on the National WWI Museum and Memorial lawn. Read on for a first look. -
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly is joining Democrats from 24 other states in suing President Donald Trump's administration over the lapsed funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, previously known as food stamps. -
More than two dozen Democratic-led states, including Kansas, are suing the Agriculture Department after the Trump administration said it would not use emergency funds to pay SNAP benefits during the shutdown. -
Missouri won’t distribute November's SNAP benefits, at the instruction of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, due to the federal shutdown. Food pantries across Missouri say they don't know how they'll keep up with a flood of demand and loss of funding. -
More than 350 ICE detainees have spent time in the Phelps County jail this year, and more of them are on the way after a two-month pause. -
A yearslong conflict roiling Prairie Village comes to a head as voters cast ballots on whether to abandon the city’s form of government. But the question isn’t necessarily what it seems. -
Patients sometimes find themselves scrambling for affordable care when their insurer and hospital can't agree. That's what happened to Columbia, Missouri, resident Amber Wingler after MU Health Care got into a contract dispute with Anthem. -
Hundreds of Missouri residents are waiting in limbo after being found incompetent to stand trial. But until they can get a space at a state psychiatric hospital or otherwise receive mental health services, many are stuck in jail — despite not being convicted of a crime.
A local weather phenomenon holds that the 6,100-person town of Tonganoxie, Kansas, can weaken and divide thunderstorms and tornadoes. A new episode of A People's History of Kansas City investigates.
