https://www.kcur.org/environment-agriculture/2026-09-30/missouri-scientist-data-center-noise-pollution-st-louis 2026-09-30T05:00:05-04:00 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-09-30T05:00:00-04:00 A Missouri scientist explains how data center noise is different from regular noise pollution data centers, pollution, artificial intelligence, regional health, Audio Feature https://www.kcur.org/news/2026-09-29/kansas-city-star-layoffs-journalism-local-government 2026-09-29T05:00:21-04:00 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-09-29T05:00:00-04:00 Kansas City Star layoffs left the region with even less government accountability. It may get worse journalism, Kansas City Star, Newspapers, Kansas City https://www.kcur.org/health/2026-09-29/missouri-first-midwifery-school-opens-ferguson-jamaa-birth-village 2026-09-29T05:00:19-04:00 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-09-29T05:00:00-04:00 Missouri's first midwifery school opens in Ferguson, teaching African and modern birth methods Midwives, Ferguson, Mothers, reproductive health, pregnancy, Missouri https://www.kcur.org/history/2026-09-30/black-farmers-usda-lawsuit-kansas 2026-09-30T05:00:16-04:00 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-09-30T05:00:00-04:00 Black farmers fought the USDA and won. Some Kansas families are still waiting for their money Kansas City History, Black History, agriculture, farm workers, Kansas News Service, Kansas, farming, Discrimination, race, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) https://www.kcur.org/housing-development-section/2026-09-29/kansas-city-affordable-housing-by-right 2026-09-29T05:00:45-04:00 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-09-29T05:00:00-04:00 Kansas City, Kansas, could get more affordable housing units built under this new state law Housing, housing shortage, affordable housing, Kansas City Kansas (KCK), Kansas, Unified Government of Wyandotte County/KCK, KC Media Collective https://www.kcur.org/2026-09-29/fort-hays-state-confirms-it-will-close-sternberg-museum-citing-cuts-in-state-funding 2026-09-29T17:01:59-04:00 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-09-29T04:19:20-04:00 A beloved western Kansas natural history museum will close because of university budget cuts Kansas News Service, Hays, Fossils, museums/galleries, western Kansas, Kansas, higher education https://www.kcur.org/politics-elections-and-government/2026-09-29/missouri-republicans-amendment-6-proposition-a-election 2026-09-29T10:11:16-04:00 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-09-29T10:11:16-04:00 Missouri Republicans scramble to launch late campaigns on ballot measures they tried to block Missouri elections 2026, Missouri, Missouri Republican Party, redistricting https://www.kcur.org/politics-elections-and-government/2026-09-29/roger-marshall-defamation-patient-arrested-adam-hamilton 2026-09-29T13:33:58-04:00 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-09-29T13:33:58-04:00 Sen. Roger Marshall alleges defamation by ad about former Kansas patient arrested in debt Roger Marshall, Kansas, U.S. Senate, Adam Hamilton, medical debt, Kansas elections 2026 https://www.kcur.org/politics-elections-and-government/2026-09-29/jackson-county-wont-hike-property-tax-county-executive-phil-levota-veto 2026-09-29T23:19:48-04:00 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-09-29T15:39:55-04:00 Jackson County won't hike property tax rates after vetoes by interim county executive Jackson County, Jackson County Executive, Phil LeVota, property taxes, taxes, Missouri elections 2026, politics, Government https://www.kcur.org/politics-elections-and-government/2026-09-30/missouri-trump-redistricting-map-mike-kehoe 2026-09-30T05:00:59-04:00 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-09-30T05:00:00-04:00 With Missouri's Trump-backed redistricting plan in tatters, Gov. Mike Kehoe has no regrets redistricting, Missouri Governor, Missouri, Missouri legislature, Mike Kehoe, Missouri elections 2026 https://www.kcur.org/2026-09-29/wichita-protest-urges-cities-not-to-assist-with-ice-enforcement-efforts 2026-09-30T11:39:50-04:00 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-09-30T00:41:18-04:00 Wichita protesters urge Kansas cities to stop assisting ICE enforcement efforts Kansas News Service, immigration, immigrants, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Wichita, Kansas, Kris Kobach, law enforcement https://www.kcur.org/politics-elections-and-government/2026-09-30/missouri-save-voter-database-election-fraud-supreme-court 2026-09-30T12:37:58-04:00 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-09-30T12:37:58-04:00 Missouri can keep using disputed federal voter database to review eligibility before election voters, voter fraud, Voter registration, Missouri, Missouri Secretary of State, Denny Hoskins, Jon Patterson, citizenship, U.S. Supreme Court https://www.kcur.org/politics-elections-and-government/2026-09-30/josh-hawley-flock-automated-license-plate-readers 2026-09-30T13:50:32-04:00 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-09-30T12:58:04-04:00 Josh Hawley bill would keep drivers' Flock data from being sold by police or stored indefinitely Flock , police, traffic, Automated License Plate Reader, ACLU, Josh Hawley