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Over the past 70 years, Kansas City has tried to fill its empty riverfront with a baseball stadium, an aquarium, an office park and a marina. Now, the Berkley Riverfront is finally getting a makeover, centered around the new Current stadium.
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The wide-reaching legislation prohibits municipalities from passing eviction moratoriums, like the one Kansas City implemented during the pandemic. The bill also includes provisions on electric vehicle charging stations, a land bank program and new penalties for squatting.
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Northbound drivers will no longer use the old Buck O’Neil bridge and will instead cross the Missouri River on a completed section of the new one. Despite weather delays, MoDOT says the project remains on schedule and within its $258 million budget.
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Advocates say the anti-discrimination law — which bans landlords from denying tenants based solely on their source of income, credit score or previous evictions — will open up more housing options for thousands of renters.
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The Jackson County Legislature overrode County Executive Frank White's veto just over 24 hours before the deadline to finalize the April ballot. Jackson County voters will now get to decide this spring whether to fund the teams' stadiums through a 3/8ths cent sales tax for the next 40 years.
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More apartments are being built in the long-established community, along with restaurants, breweries, coffee shops, a charcuterie, a piano bar, an arcade and retail shops. Waldo boosters believe the area could be entering something of a post-pandemic boom.
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Toll boxes may soon be revamped on all RideKC buses if the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority reinstates fares to address a multi-million-dollar budget shortage. That would especially hurt the low-income residents who rely on free buses most, and could lead to a drop in ridership.
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The document adopted by the Jackson County Sports Complex Authority represents a concrete action to keep the Chiefs and Royals in the city, after months of escalating rumors that they might jump ship to North Kansas City or Kansas. It has yet to be signed by either teams.
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Kansas City has a plan for 80 more shelter beds, but some Historic Northeast neighbors don’t want itKansas City, Missouri, has a plan to allocate federal funds to expand an existing shelter and turn it into the city’s only 24/7, low-barrier homeless shelter. Some residents of the Historic Northeast, where the shelter is located, say they were left out of the decision-making process.
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Missouri's Abandoned Housing Act has paved the way for neighborhood groups to take control of empty homes and turn them back to productive use. But residents fear nonprofits with no interest in improving Kansas City neighborhoods are using the law to buy up cheap homes.
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These special taxing districts are especially popular in the city's commercial and entertainment districts. But some reports have revealed a lack of accountability and oversight.
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The Jackson County Legislature must decide by January 23 if it will put a measure before voters in the April election that would renew the 3/8-cents sales tax, which helps fund both Kauffman and Arrowhead stadiums. If voters pass the measure, the Chiefs and Royals say they'll commit to staying in Kansas City.
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No one expects to die violently when they get in a car or go for a walk, but that nightmare took the life of someone in Kansas City almost twice a week in 2023. And while the death toll eased some nationwide, crossing the street is as dangerous as it’s been in decades.
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Kansas City set a goal of ending all traffic fatalities by 2030, but last year proved to be one of its deadliest yet. While the Vision Zero program has been slowly fixing streets for pedestrians as well as cars, city leaders say it needs more funding to make that happen.