Celisa Calacal | The Beacon

The Kansas City Land Bank is supposed to revitalize neighborhoods. But a Beacon investigation found that the Land Bank has potential conflicts of interest between board members and buyers, and fails to hold buyers accountable to its own requirements. The result: Properties sit vacant for years.

As part of its Vision Zero plan, Kansas City recently received a $25,000 grant to build more street art installations to improve safety for pedestrians and cyclists.

The Kansas City Beacon found that 48 businesses in Kansas City received grants from the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program.

In Missouri, people who are incarcerated or are on parole or probation cannot vote until their full sentence is completed. One study estimated more than 95,000 Missourians are barred from voting because of those disenfranchisement laws.

More than 2,800 eviction cases have been filed in Jackson County court so far this year. Attorneys expect those numbers to increase after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Biden administration's eviction moratorium.

Four buildings in the city's historic Jazz District have fallen into ruin as the city courts private investors.

While pandemic food aid programs have ended, organizations like Cross-Lines are searching for long-term solutions to increase food access.

Local businesses received a total of $53 million from the federal fund. But few of those dollars flowed east of Troost.

The collective bargaining agreement reached this month contains a number of protections for officers involved in violent incidents.

The U.S. Justice Department has resumed "pattern-or-practice" investigations under the Biden administration. Kansas City activists hope such a probe could bring reforms to Kansas City Police.