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Nearly one out of every 10 workers in the Kansas City area works in transportation and material moving jobs. The spiking cost of diesel is squeezing everyone from truck drivers to fleet owners to consumers. -
The closure comes as maternity care continues to disappear across rural Missouri. More than half of Missouri’s counties have no local labor and delivery services. -
Kansas City Council could redirect certain tax dollars from parking spaces, Westside restaurants, energy companies, and more for the next 30 years to help pay for a new Royals ballpark in Crown Center. The council's finance committee advanced the ordinance on Tuesday. -
Republican Alan Rohlfing and Democrat Stacy Lake are running to be the top executive of Jackson County, Missouri, after years of struggles and controversies in county government. Some of their priorities include property taxes, public transportation, audits and small business services. -
Although The University of Kansas Health System and NKC Health provide free care and write off millions in charges, they have sued more than 400 people in Missouri and Kansas so far this year. Other area hospitals also don't garnish patients' wages to recoup payment. -
Nonprofit hospitals are required to help those who can’t pay, but as medical costs rise and health insurance coverage shrinks, some patient advocates say hospitals need to do more. Recent reporting about Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall has raised broader questions about the ethics and methods of collecting debt. -
The By-Right Housing Act aims to speed up homebuilding. In Kansas City, Kansas, the first and clearest change looks to be broadly available accessory dwelling units. -
In some rural Missouri counties, patients travel more than an hour to reach a delivery hospital. Doulas, mobile health programs and telehealth are trying to fill some of the gaps. -
Wyandotte County voters will be asked in November's election if they want to add a special tax for health that could also support other services for unhoused residents. Currently, the county only offers a temporary shelter that's open on the winter's coldest nights. -
The island-inspired chain — built around the Hawaiian plate lunch with grilled proteins, rice and macaroni salad — opened its first restaurant in Belton in 2018. Its latest franchise opened this week in Indianapolis, with more expansions on the way. -
A Raytown parent created a program to match teachers with donors so they don’t have to spend their own money on classroom supplies. But then the district warned that teachers needed approval for crowdfunding efforts, and that anything they received were district property. -
The Haitian community around Kansas City is generations deep and growing, filled with nurses, dentists and other health professionals. Newer arrivals fear deportation after courts allowed the Trump administration to strip 330,000 Haitian refugees of "temporary protected status."
