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In addition to statewide questions over marijuana legalization and police funding, Kansas City and its surrounding counties have their own ballot issues and local elections. The ballot is quite long, so Kansas City voters should familiarize themselves before heading to the polls.
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Además de las preguntas a nivel estatal sobre la legalización del uso de la marihuana y el financiamiento de la policía - además de las elecciones para cargos locales, estatales y federales - Kansas City, Missouri, tiene su propio conjunto de cuestiones locales. La boleta de votación es bastante larga, por lo que los votantes de Kansas City deben familiarizarse al acudir a las urnas.
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Stray garbage covers the ground in city parks and on boulevards. But because there's nobody tasked with picking up litter, regular Kansas Citians are taking matters into their own hands.
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Sculptor Susan White creates large works of art using thousands of thorns from the honey locust tree. She finds inspiration in the beauty of nature with a sharp point.
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Kansas City's homeless shelters only permit people to bring one bag during overnight stays, so a new program will provide 30-gallon bins where people can safely lock away the rest of their belongings and retrieve as needed.
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An intentional effort by local organizations is underway to make Kansas City's public spaces more available to all.
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After spending most of my free time in parks for a year, I visited St. Louis and saw a city that related to its parks very differently. My attempts to understand why revealed a stark truth: Kansas City's parks were designed to separate people, not bring them together.
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After spending most of my free time in parks for a year, I visited St. Louis and saw a city that related to its parks very differently. My attempts to understand why revealed a stark truth: our parks were designed to separate people, not bring them together.
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After spending most of my free time in parks for a year, I visited St. Louis and saw a city that related to its parks very differently. My attempts to understand why revealed a stark truth: Kansas City's parks were designed to separate people, not bring them together.
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Kansas City is no longer one of the only large cities in the country without a roadway named after Martin Luther King Jr.
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After years of back and forth, Kansas City remains one of the only large cities without a roadway named after the slain civil rights leader. Officials hope to resolve the distinction by mid-2021.
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The parks department will have to prioritize its 2021 development in the midst of a shrinking budget.