As technology companies build AI data centers across Missouri, consumer advocates worry the cost for the vast infrastructure upgrades needed will fall to the average energy consumers unless new laws are passed.

The 11-page "community impact partnership agreement" commits at least $55 million to Kansas City over 30 years — approximately 9 cents back for every dollar the city is investing. Here’s what the public gets and how it compares to other deals.

Port KC’s Board of Commissioners approved an economic development package for Dallas-based Gillon Property Group’s plan to revitalize the historic Country Club Plaza. The leader of Kansas City Public Schools says the deal fails to meet their needs.

3D-printed concrete blocks being developed by Kansas State University could help build severe weather shelters in places like manufactured home communities.

The Missouri Department of Transportation is evaluating roads before deciding which ones can have higher speed limits.

Some residents of North Lawn properties in Kansas City’s North Indian Mound neighborhood were forced to leave and relocate Friday morning, some into already occupied units.

Privately-employed KC Streetcar operators, maintenance workers and maintenance technicians voted 41-11 to join the Teamsters union. Operators say their wages weren't keeping up with inflation, and they had no formal paid sick days or standardized break schedules.

After Kansas City Council repealed an ordinance mandating the city make emergency repairs at North Lawn apartments, lawmakers directed the city manager to strike an agreement with the complex's new owner to make the repairs instead. Organized tenants, meanwhile, say they’re still living in deplorable conditions.

The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority was set to cut a fourth of its routes in just a few weeks because of budget shortfalls. Kansas City’s $8 million funding boost will prevent the cuts, but leaders across the city and agency seek a more stable solution.

Variety KC announced the funding as part of its Ten Parks Project, a partnership with the Mallouk Family Foundation and city leaders to establish parks around Kansas City that are accessible to all children.

Kansas City could approve a deal with the Royals within the next two weeks. But the public still doesn’t know where the $600 million will come from or whether the city was successful in negotiating community benefits.

Kansas City, Missouri, continues to sit at No. 11 in the latest ranking of best startup cities in the Midwest, a place it's held since 2022. Columbia, Missouri, jumped five spots to No. 17. Wichita, Springfield, Manhattan and Topeka all landed in the top 50.