Emily Wolf | The Beacon

A voluntary survey indicated roughly 48% of KCPD employees had been vaccinated — below Kansas City’s overall vaccination rate of 52.1%. But the department didn't check how many people responded compared to its total staff.

Kansas City has already made some changes to address climate change, such as a switch to electric municipal vehicles. Other changes will take a more concerted effort.

To trigger a recall election, Taking KC Back would’ve had to collect 13,700 signatures per council member. But it failed to collect more than 4,000 signatures against any single one.

Attorney Julie Anderson, whose term expired in 2020, will be replaced by LaDonna Gooden. Housing advocates had argued Anderson’s role as an eviction attorney undermined her ability to lead an organization tasked with affordable housing solutions.

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.

Several leaders of Taking KC Back, which is leading an effort to recall Mayor Quinton Lucas and multiple City Council members, have close ties to the Kansas City Police Department.

At a Kansas City Council committee hearing on Wednesday, a proposed vendor for the new KCI terminal eliminated Chick-Fil-A from their restaurant list after complaints over the company’s history of anti-LGBTQ donations.

Five years after the Kansas City Auditor’s Office released recommendations to improve KCPD’s take-home vehicle policies, there has still been no response from the department.

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

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