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The Kansas Supreme Court heard a case this week that stems from a Leawood woman who sought a religious exemption from a COVID-19 vaccine requirement for an occupational therapy job.
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Carlos Moreno/KCUR 89.3Kansas City Public Schools will ask voters on April 8 to approve $474 million in higher property taxes to help the district update classrooms, build new schools and address long-standing maintenance needs. In order to pass the bond measure, the district will have to convince 57% of voters to sign off. -
Pavel Golovkin/APKansas City is expecting 650,000 visitors next summer during the 2026 FIFA World Cup — more than the amount of people who live in the city. A leader of the KC2026 coalition says that preparations are already well underway for transportation and hosting both fans and teams.
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The National Weather Service says a "multi-day catastrophic and potentially historic" storm is expected to impact multiple states. Thousands have lost power in Missouri and other states, and a person was killed Wednesday evening in the southeast part of the state.
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California U.S. Sen. Adam Schiff has placed a hold on Ed Martin’s nomination for U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C., casting doubt on whether he’ll get confirmed. Schiff said that Martin "demolished the firewalls" between the White House and Justice Department. -
Primitivo Garcia Elementary School is now home to the first-ever baseball and softball field in Kansas City Public Schools. Students and school leaders say it's more than just an athletic facility to them. -
Starting next season, a system of cameras will determine whether to award a first down rather than trot out a 10-yard chain. Calls for technology assistance in placing the football grew louder after January's AFC Championship Game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Buffalo Bills. -
Planned Parenthood has asked a judge to overturn the Missouri health department’s newly published emergency rule governing complication plans for medication abortions. The organization also sued Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey over his cease and desist order. -
Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins assured an audience of agriculture leaders that the president would remember farmers in the midst of imposing tariffs. -
The Kansas Department of Transportation said that federal steel and aluminum tariffs, which are already in place, are going to make it more expensive to work. Another wave of tariffs are expected on April 2. -
The gutting of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, a federal agency that administers about $260 million in grants to libraries and museums, has left a local museum in the lurch. -
National Weather Service offices across the country are suspending or reducing weather balloon flights due to low staffing. Meteorologists say the loss of data could lead to forecasting challenges and less accurate long-term outlooks.
