https://www.kcur.org/politics-elections-and-government/2026-04-08/kansas-education-bills-legislature-immigrants-phones 2026-04-08 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-04-08T05:00:00-04:00 Here’s where key Kansas education bills stand ahead of the legislature’s veto session Kansas News Service, Kansas Legislature, Kansas, education, special education, Education funding, higher education, Laura Kelly https://www.kcur.org/news/2026-04-09/deported-missouri-green-card-holder-owen-ramsingh 2026-04-09 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-04-09T05:00:00-04:00 Deported Missouri green card holder tries to begin new life in Europe: 'We were ripped apart' deportation, Missouri, immigrants, immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Columbia Missouri https://www.kcur.org/health/2026-04-08/bracing-for-federal-cuts-missouri-and-other-states-are-already-paring-back-medicaid-services 2026-04-08 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-04-08T05:00:00-04:00 Bracing for federal cuts, Missouri and other states are already paring back Medicaid services Medicaid, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), rural health, rural doctors, hospitals, Missouri, disabilities, reproductive health https://www.kcur.org/education/2026-04-08/voters-in-6-kansas-city-school-districts-approve-nearly-200-million-for-buildings-and-staff 2026-04-08 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-04-08T04:00:00-04:00 Voters in 6 Kansas City school districts approve nearly $200 million for buildings and staff Hickman Mills, Independence School District, Lee's Summit School District, Grain Valley, school funding, public education, Elections, budget, finances, Missouri elections 2026 https://www.kcur.org/politics-elections-and-government/2026-04-07/kansas-city-voters-renew-earnings-tax-city-revenue-elections 2026-04-07 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-04-07T23:04:25-04:00 Kansas City voters renew earnings tax, the city’s largest single revenue source Kansas City Missouri (KCMO), earnings tax, taxes, Economic Development, economy, Elections, Missouri elections 2026 https://www.kcur.org/education/2026-04-08/kansas-city-schools-board-elections-hickman-mills-lees-summit-independence-center-north-kc 2026-04-08 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-04-08T09:22:31-04:00 Kansas City election results: School boards Lee's Summit School District, Center School District, Hickman Mills, North Kansas City Public Schools, Park Hill School District, Independence School District, Elections, Missouri elections 2026, KC Media Collective https://www.kcur.org/politics-elections-and-government/2026-04-08/missouri-residents-would-pay-for-utilities-to-build-nuclear-power-plants-under-bill-passed-by-house 2026-04-08 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-04-08T09:53:41-04:00 Missouri residents would pay for utilities to build nuclear power plants under bill passed by House utilities, nuclear power, Missouri House of Representatives, Missouri, Missouri legislature, energy https://www.kcur.org/politics-elections-and-government/2026-04-08/missouri-pregnant-women-divorce-law-kehoe 2026-04-08 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-04-08T09:46:29-04:00 Missouri just made it easier for pregnant women to divorce Missouri, Missouri legislature, Missouri Governor, Missouri government, pregnancy, criminal justice, criminal justice reform, juvenile justice, Mike Kehoe https://www.kcur.org/housing-development-section/2026-04-09/shawnee-housing-co-living-ban-roommates-federal-appeals-court 2026-04-09 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-04-09T05:00:00-04:00 Shawnee 'co-living' ban upheld by federal appeals court Shawnee, Housing, affordable housing, courts, rental housing, Johnson County, Kansas https://www.kcur.org/politics-elections-and-government/2026-04-09/festus-missouri-data-center-election-city-council 2026-04-09 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-04-09T05:00:00-04:00 Voters in a Missouri town ousted every incumbent council member over $6 billion data center plan data centers, Missouri, Missouri elections 2026 https://www.kcur.org/housing-development-section/2026-04-09/kansas-city-highway-71-below-ground-plan 2026-04-09 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-04-09T05:00:00-04:00 Kansas City's plan for Highway 71: Move it below ground Kansas City Missouri (KCMO), U.S. Route 71, infrastructure, East Side, highways, transportation, Missouri Department of Transportation, infrastructure, neighborhoods, Race and Culture https://www.kcur.org/education/2026-04-09/missouri-house-passes-bill-to-allow-more-adults-to-earn-their-high-school-diploma-virtually 2026-04-09 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-04-09T05:00:00-04:00 Missouri House passes bill to allow more adults to earn their high school diploma virtually high school, education, Education funding, adult education, Missouri House of Representatives, Missouri, Missouri legislature https://www.kcur.org/politics-elections-and-government/2026-04-09/kansas-city-earnings-tax-vote-royals-income-water-housing 2026-04-09 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-04-09T05:00:00-04:00 Kansas City kept its earnings tax. What's next for the city? Kansas City Missouri (KCMO), Kansas City, Elections, Missouri elections 2026, Income Taxes, income tax cuts, Royals stadium proposal, Kansas City Royals, Water, KC Media Collective https://www.kcur.org/politics-elections-and-government/2026-04-09/after-these-independence-councilmembers-supported-an-ai-data-center-voters-ousted-them 2026-04-09 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-04-09T05:00:00-04:00 Independence voters oust council members who gave tax breaks to AI data center Independence Missouri, data centers, data, artificial intelligence, development, Missouri elections 2026 https://www.kcur.org/news/2026-04-09/missouri-torch-electronics-video-gambling-machines 2026-04-09 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-04-09T10:12:11-04:00 Missouri's biggest video gambling machine supplier is pulling the plug this week gambling, Catherine Hanaway, Missouri Attorney General