Kavahn Mansouri
Investigative Reporter, Midwest NewsroomContact: kmansouri@kcur.org
Topic Expertise: Housing, education, Freedom of Information Act, government, gun laws
Location: St. Louis
Education: Webster University, Bachelor's Degree in Journalism
Language: English
Geographic Expertise: Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois
Honors & Awards: Knight Chair Award for Best Investigative Reporting (2nd Place, Illinois Press Association), Community Service Reporting (1st place, Illinois Press Association), Freedom of Information Award (1st place, Illinois Press Association)
Memberships: Investigative Reporters and Editors
About Kavahn
Kavahn Mansouri joined KCUR 89.3 and the Midwest Newsroom from the Belleville (Illinois) News-Democrat in 2021.
There, his beat focused on covering local government, with a mission to hold elected officials and public agencies accountable. He also contributed to the breaking news beat daily and maintained the paper’s Public Pay Database, which tracks salaries and wages at taxpayer-funded institutions throughout the state.
A native of St. Louis, Kavahn is a graduate of Webster University. He started reporting when he was 15 years old, working on his high school newspaper.
Since Kavahn has honed my craft into investigative reporting, where he seeks to tell stories about how every day people are affected by complex issues. Through interviewing people and documents alike, he aims to uncover stories in which people in power do wrong.
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As Missouri Republicans push a new version of the Second Amendment Preservation Act through the legislature, law enforcement officials in the state say lawmakers and supporters of the bill are ignoring their concerns. -
The future of hundreds of investigations into possible civil rights violations at schools across the Midwest, and thousands more nationwide, are in question after the Trump Administration shuttered seven of 12 Department of Education offices charged with running the investigations. -
Farmers, nonprofits and state agencies received almost $3 billion in grants from the Inflation Reduction Act in Missouri, Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska. But recent federal funding freezes have recipients concerned they won’t end up receiving money. -
Each year, volunteers venture out nationwide on a single night for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s point-in-time count in an effort to tally the country’s homeless population. Rural volunteers say they rely on the count to aid their unhoused populations. Meanwhile, experts say HUD may be undercounting. -
As the cost to buy a home continues to rise in the Midwest, real estate experts say the regional rental market offers affordable housing options and biding your time before buying may be the smart move in 2025. -
Kansans charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol include alleged members of the Proud Boys, a Topeka City Council candidate and others who've since expressed regret for their actions. All have now been pardoned by President Trump. -
Missourians charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol include an alleged member of the Proud Boys, a husband and wife, and a man who entered the Capitol dressed as George Washington. All have now been pardoned by President Trump. -
St. Louis Public Radio and The Midwest Newsroom obtained credit card statements from former St. Louis Public Schools Superintendent Keisha Scarlett that are at the center of a new district investigation. -
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is taking aim at a recently passed Jackson County ordinance that banned people under the age of 21 from possessing certain firearms. The measure was proposed after Chiefs parade mass shooting in Kansas City. -
States had until the end of September to distribute federal rescue funds to school districts to help students struggling with housing get equal access to education. Barring extensions, most states will leave money on the table — including several in the Midwest.
