https://www.kcur.org/housing-development-section/2026-04-20/kansas-city-world-cup-travel-missouri-airport-bus-train-st-louis 2026-04-20 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-04-20T05:00:00-04:00 Missouri expects travel surge for Kansas City's World Cup matches World Cup, World Cup KC, transportation, public transit, Missouri Department of Transportation, Kansas City International Airport (KCI), Kansas City, St. Louis, Amtrak, I-70 https://www.kcur.org/environment-agriculture/2026-04-20/nitrate-pollution-rural-drinking-water-researchers 2026-04-21 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-04-20T05:00:00-04:00 Nitrate is quietly polluting rural drinking wells. How researchers are working to help Water, water quality, nitrates, Harvest Public Media, Harvest Share https://www.kcur.org/environment-agriculture/2026-04-21/bird-population-decline-study-agriculture-link 2026-04-21 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-04-21T05:00:00-04:00 Bird populations are shrinking faster in agriculture hotspots — including the Midwest, study finds birds, agriculture, Midwest, fertilizer, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), insects, Harvest Public Media, Harvest Share https://www.kcur.org/news/2026-04-20/federal-lawsuit-kansas-city-kansas-housing-authority-food-benefits 2026-04-20 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-04-20T05:00:00-04:00 Federal lawsuit says Kansas City Kansas Housing Authority extorted food benefits from tenants Kansas City Kansas (KCK), Unified Government of Wyandotte County/KCK, Wyandotte County, Food benefits, lawsuit, Kansas News Service https://www.kcur.org/environment-agriculture/2026-04-20/extreme-weather-agriculture 2026-04-21 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-04-20T05:00:00-04:00 Farmers are struggling with extreme weather Climate Change, farming, weather, Harvest Public Media, Audio Feature, Harvest Share https://www.kcur.org/housing-development-section/2026-04-20/how-will-kansas-citys-royals-stadium-plan-work-inside-the-finances-of-the-600-million-bet 2026-04-20 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-04-20T05:00:00-04:00 How will Kansas City's Royals stadium plan work? Inside the finances of the $600 million bet Royals, Royals stadium proposal, Kansas City Royals, Kansas City Council, Kansas City, downtown, tax increment financing (TIF), KC Media Collective https://www.kcur.org/politics-elections-and-government/2026-04-21/redistricting-missouri-attorney-general-congress-trump 2026-04-21 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-04-21T05:00:00-04:00 Redistricting in Missouri hinges on attorney general playing defense: 'I like this battle' redistricting, Missouri Attorney General, Missouri, Missouri legislature, Missouri constitution, Catherine Hanaway, Donald Trump, Congress https://www.kcur.org/education/2026-04-20/education-department-olathe-shawnee-mission-kck-topeka-kansas-transgender-identity 2026-04-20 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-04-20T09:54:24-04:00 Education Department says 4 Kansas districts broke federal law with gender identity policies gender, transgender athletes, transgender, education, LGBTQ+, Olathe, Olathe School District, Kansas City Kansas Public Schools (KCKPS), Shawnee Mission School District, Topeka https://www.kcur.org/health/2026-04-21/missouri-hemp-stores-marijuana-attorney-general 2026-04-21 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-04-21T05:00:00-04:00 Missouri hemp stores say their products are legal, disputing attorney general's evidence Hemp, marijuana, marijuana dispensary, recreational marijuana, Missouri, Missouri Attorney General, cannabis https://www.kcur.org/2026-04-20/former-kansas-mayor-pleads-guilty-to-voting-illegally-as-a-noncitizen 2026-04-20 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-04-20T14:01:42-04:00 Former Kansas mayor pleads guilty to voting illegally as a noncitizen Kansas News Service, immigration, Kansas, voting, citizenship, Kris Kobach, Kansas Attorney General https://www.kcur.org/2026-04-20/already-on-the-hook-for-millions-st-louis-faces-new-police-shooting-lawsuit 2026-04-20 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-04-20T14:16:50-04:00 Already on the hook for millions, St. Louis faces new police shooting lawsuit police, Police shootings, St. Louis, lawsuit, Missouri, Midwest Newsroom, Midwest https://www.kcur.org/politics-elections-and-government/2026-04-21/missouri-effort-to-end-judge-imposed-death-sentences-blocked-by-parkville-republican 2026-04-21 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-04-21T05:00:00-04:00 Missouri effort to end judge-imposed death sentences blocked by Parkville Republican death penalty, Missouri executions, Execution, Tony Luetkemeyer, Missouri Senate, Missouri, Missouri legislature, crime, murder https://www.kcur.org/politics-elections-and-government/2026-04-21/missouri-bill-could-give-marijuana-workers-the-right-to-unionize 2026-04-21 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-04-21T05:00:00-04:00 Missouri bill could give marijuana workers the right to unionize Medical marijuana, marijuana, marijuana dispensary, cannabis, agriculture, agricultural labor, Unions, labor, organized labor https://www.kcur.org/politics-elections-and-government/2026-04-21/was-abolitionist-john-brown-a-hero-or-a-menace-in-kansas-the-question-still-matters 2026-04-21 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-04-21T04:00:00-04:00 Was abolitionist John Brown a hero or a menace? 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