Tim Carpenter
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Kansas Reflector
Broadcast ad spending on Amendments 4 and 5 is approaching $9 million as the days run down before the Aug. 4 vote.
Suzanne King
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The Beacon
Phon Wills
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Startland News
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Jackson County Legislative Chair Manny Abarca IV held a closed-door meeting Friday to discuss allegations of bribery that he's also posted about publicly on his Facebook page. But the Jackson County Sheriff says no formal report has been made, and that Abarca hasn't responded to multiple requests for additional information. -
The very first drive-thru restaurant opened in Missouri in 1947. Decades later, Kansas City drivers can swing through a diverse restaurant scene, including classic American fare, coffee shops, Mexican food, Chinese takeout, and even Filipino cuisine. -
The Cowtown Vintage Base Ball Club started in 2004. Volunteer players represent two 1879 Wichita teams, the Red Stockings and the Bull Dozers. -
Amendment 5, to be considered by Missouri voters in August, would give the legislature the power to replace the state income tax with expanded sales taxes. Critics say it would be difficult to make up the lost revenue without imposing taxes on healthcare. -
A new Kansas law bars students from attending a walkout protest without written parental permission, and threatens school districts that don't enforce it. Free speech advocates say the proposed complaint form could punish students for expression and violate their privacy. -
A former lawyer for the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education alleges that a private Instagram story she posted related to Charlie Kirk's death led to her termination. She alleges retaliation and deprivation of her First Amendment rights. -
Attorneys say cases that claim the popular weedkiller causes cancer will have to change course to move forward in court after the U.S. Supreme Court sided with the agriculture company last month. -
A break-in at a Kansas farmhouse unearthed a trove of artifacts from Maud Wagner, one of the country’s first known female commercial tattoo artists. Wagner was born in Emporia and joined a sideshow act with her sister until a fateful meeting pushed her to pursue carnival stardom, inked from head to toe. -
Republican Derek Schmidt is defending his congressional seat against a challenger within his own party and two other hopefuls. The 2nd District covers much of eastern Kansas outside the Kansas City suburbs.
A break-in at a Kansas farmhouse unearthed a trove of artifacts from Maud Wagner, one of the country’s first known female commercial tattoo artists. A new episode of A People's History of Kansas City explores.
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