Carlos Moreno
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KCUR 89.3
LeVota succeeds Frank White Jr., who was recalled by voters on Sept. 30. LeVota will serve until November 2026, which is the remainder of White's term. He used to work in the county prosecutor's office.
Paola Rodriguez
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St. Louis Public Radio
The latest: Government shutdown
- Federal workers and farmers around Kansas City struggle as government shutdown drags on
- Trump administration says about 4,200 federal employees face layoffs
- The government shutdown keeps snarling air travel. Officials say it could get worse
- White House floats no back pay for some furloughed federal workers despite 2019 law
Missouri's new Congressional map has been signed into law, and the Republican Kansas legislature is trying to take similar action. How will newly shaped Congressional districts in Kansas and Missouri affect you?
Join KCUR's Steve Kraske and a panel of experts on Thursday, Oct. 30 from 6-7:30 p.m. at the Kansas City Public Library to participate in the conversation.
Join KCUR's Steve Kraske and a panel of experts on Thursday, Oct. 30 from 6-7:30 p.m. at the Kansas City Public Library to participate in the conversation.
- Las mujeres afirman que sus sostenes activan las alarmas de seguridad en el juzgado del condado de Wyandotte
- Un mural en Kansas City, hecho por un artista español, 'advierte' en contra del fascismo
- Políticas migratorias afectaron escuelas del medio oeste previo a las redadas de restaurantes
- Antes de que la Copa Mundial llegara a Kansas City, los primeros en traer el fútbol fueron estos inmigrantes
Artist Luis Quintanilla fled the Spanish Civil War to escape persecution, but most of his work was destroyed. Today, one of his only remaining murals sits in an otherwise ordinary corner of UMKC.
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More than a million low-income mothers and children in the Midwest and Great Plains rely on a national food assistance program. The Trump administration says it will help provide temporary funding to keep the program afloat, but food advocates say it’s a short-term fix. -
Farmers rely on the Mississippi River to ship grain and bring them imported fertilizer and other critical inputs. But another year of low river levels means barge travel will be more expensive. -
Based in Garden City, Kansas, High Plains Public Radio is the only public radio station serving the five-state, mostly rural High Plains region. After Congress cut $1 billion to public broadcasting, its founders say a grant to create a brand-new network for local news and information arrived with serendipitous timing. -
The state's new congressional map uses Troost Avenue as a dividing line, and groups majority Black neighborhoods in east Kansas City with rural communities in the middle of the state. Community leaders worry the new divide will mean the needs of underserved urban neighborhoods go ignored. -
Virtual fencing uses GPS collars, sounds and electrical cues to move cattle across a landscape. Along with saving ranchers time, researchers say this new technology can help protect, and create, wildlife habitat. -
As health insurance costs soar, lowering prescription prices could help. But that will require reforms in Jefferson City and Topeka. -
Through Kansas City’s land bank program, Jameson Hubbard bought 16 small lots along Highland Avenue and turned them into farmland. He sells produce at the Overland Park Farmers' Market and through a CSA program. -
Thirty of Ross' trademark landscapes will be sold at a series of auctions starting in November. He painted many of them live on The Joy of Painting, which started airing on PBS in the 1980s. -
Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe mobilized Guard members to assist ICE with "data entry, case management, and logistical support." Military experts say they also worry how these new deployments will affect recruitment and public trust.
