https://www.kcur.org/politics-elections-and-government/2026-04-06/kansas-bill-gives-foster-care-agencies-the-same-protections-from-lawsuits-as-police 2026-04-06 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-04-06T05:00:00-04:00 Kansas bill gives foster care agencies the same protections from lawsuits as police KC Media Collective, foster care, Laura Kelly, Kansas, Kansas Legislature, Topeka https://www.kcur.org/environment-agriculture/2026-04-06/usda-bee-lab-closing 2026-04-07 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-04-06T05:00:00-04:00 USDA Beltsville laboratory closure could affect bee research pollinators, honeybee, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Audio Feature, Harvest Public Media, Harvest Share https://www.kcur.org/education/2026-04-06/kansas-city-public-schools-teacher-housing-bryant-brookside 2026-04-06 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-04-06T05:00:00-04:00 Kansas City Public Schools wants to build teacher housing in a vacant Brookside building Kansas City, Kansas City Public Schools, Brookside, teachers, Housing, housing shortage, affordable housing, KC Media Collective https://www.kcur.org/housing-development-section/2026-04-06/kansas-city-airport-kci-mci-bus-229-transit-downtown 2026-04-06 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-04-06T04:00:00-04:00 I took the bus to Kansas City's airport. World Cup tourists, and locals, need better options World Cup, World Cup KC, public transit, bus, kcata, ridekc, Kansas City Area Transportation Authority, Kansas City International Airport (KCI) https://www.kcur.org/politics-elections-and-government/2026-04-07/jackson-county-executive-phil-levota-2026-election 2026-04-07 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-04-07T05:00:00-04:00 Phil LeVota breaks promise not to run for Jackson County executive Phil LeVota, Jackson County, Elections, Missouri elections 2026, DaRon McGee, Frank White Jr., KC Media Collective https://www.kcur.org/environment-agriculture/2026-04-07/american-prairie-restoration 2026-04-07 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-04-07T05:00:00-04:00 Most American prairies are gone. These people are working to bring them back prairie, tallgrass prairie, Conservation, Harvest Public Media, Harvest Share https://www.kcur.org/health/2026-04-07/these-kansas-elementary-students-dissect-frogs-and-it-could-help-fight-a-doctor-shortage 2026-04-07 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-04-07T04:00:00-04:00 These Kansas elementary students dissect frogs — and it could help fight a doctor shortage rural health, health care, Pittsburg, Kansas News Service, kids, Kansas, Audio Feature https://www.kcur.org/education/2026-04-06/university-of-missouri-defunds-identity-based-student-organizations 2026-04-06 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-04-06T15:15:47-04:00 University of Missouri defunds identity-based student organizations University of Missouri, University of Missouri System, diversity, speech https://www.kcur.org/news/2026-04-07/kansas-city-woman-suspected-kcur-reporter-death-aviva-okeson-haberman-shooting-sentenced-drug 2026-04-07 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-04-07T05:00:00-04:00 Kansas City woman suspected of killing KCUR reporter was sentenced to jail in a drug case guns, gun violence, shooting, KCUR, drugs, East Side, Oak Park, Kansas News Service https://www.kcur.org/health/2026-04-07/rsv-cases-are-still-high-this-spring-but-missouri-wont-extend-its-vaccination-window 2026-04-07 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-04-07T10:08:19-04:00 RSV cases are still high this spring, but Missouri won't extend its vaccination window RSV, vaccines, Missouri, disease, infectious disease https://www.kcur.org/education/2026-04-07/university-of-missouri-student-groups-diversity-cuts 2026-04-07 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-04-07T10:48:15-04:00 Mizzou student leaders blast university cuts to Black, LGBTQ+ and Latino groups University of Missouri, University of Missouri System, Missouri, diversity, higher education, college, race