https://www.kcur.org/politics-elections-and-government/2026-09-15/missouri-kansas-election-guide-2026-voting-registration 2026-09-15T10:23:20-04:00 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-09-15T05:00:00-04:00 Kansas City election guide 2026: What Kansas and Missouri voters need to know Missouri elections 2026, Platte County, Jackson County, Kansas, Income Taxes, taxes, Johnson County, Kansas, Kansas City Missouri (KCMO), Elections, Missouri https://www.kcur.org/housing-development-section/2026-09-15/kansas-city-affordable-housing-fund-investment 2026-09-15T05:00:42-04:00 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-09-15T05:00:00-04:00 Kansas City makes its largest affordable housing fund investment. Here's where it'll go Kansas City, Kansas City Missouri (KCMO), affordable housing, homelessness, funding, housing shortage, development, urban development https://www.kcur.org/politics-elections-and-government/2026-09-15/missouri-republican-redistricting-8th-circuit-court-2026-election 2026-09-15T05:00:07-04:00 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-09-15T05:00:00-04:00 Missouri GOP still see path for gerrymandered congressional map. What are their chances? redistricting, Missouri, Missouri elections 2026, Missouri Supreme Court, Bob Onder, Rick Brattin, Catherine Hanaway https://www.kcur.org/politics-elections-and-government/2026-09-15/missouri-secretary-state-lawsuit-election-integrity-director 2026-09-15T12:52:12-04:00 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-09-15T05:00:00-04:00 Missouri Secretary of State sued by former election integrity director Missouri Secretary of State, Missouri, Elections, Denny Hoskins, Missouri elections 2026 https://www.kcur.org/2026-09-15/kansans-in-need-of-stupidly-expensive-medical-equipment-are-turning-to-loan-closets-for-help 2026-09-15T10:12:15-04:00 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-09-15T04:00:00-04:00 Kansans in need of ‘stupidly expensive’ medical equipment are turning to loan closets for help Kansas News Service, Kansas, medicine, elderly, Wichita https://www.kcur.org/news/2026-09-16/free-birth-unassisted-pregnancy 2026-09-16T12:16:22-04:00 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-09-16T04:00:00-04:00 They want to keep their babies as safe as possible. They’re also choosing free birth Midwest Newsroom, Midwest, pregnancy, Midwives, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, free birth, home birth https://www.kcur.org/education/2026-09-16/kansas-city-school-district-budgets-taxes-lees-summit-inflation 2026-09-16T05:00:22-04:00 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-09-16T05:00:00-04:00 Kansas City school districts may raise taxes and close schools as inflation hurts budgets schools, public schools, school funding, Lee's Summit School District, Olathe School District, Shawnee Mission School District, Independence School District, Kansas City Kansas Public Schools (KCKPS), Jackson County, property taxes https://www.kcur.org/housing-development-section/2026-09-16/wyandotte-county-sales-tax-november-election-emergency-shelter-unhoused 2026-09-16T05:00:13-04:00 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-09-16T05:00:00-04:00 Wyandotte County voting on new sales tax to fund permanent homeless shelter Wyandotte County, Unified Government of Wyandotte County/KCK, Kansas City Kansas (KCK), homelessness, Kansas elections 2026, Housing, sales tax, KC Media Collective https://www.kcur.org/health/2026-09-15/missouri-cannabis-factory-rock-hill-proper-brands-smell 2026-09-15T14:08:05-04:00 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-09-15T14:08:05-04:00 Missouri residents sue cannabis factory over alleged 'skunky' odor seeping into area cannabis, marijuana, air pollution, Missouri https://www.kcur.org/politics-elections-and-government/2026-09-15/lees-summit-restricts-flock-data-access-by-law-enforcement-after-criticism-from-residents 2026-09-15T15:02:47-04:00 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-09-15T15:02:47-04:00 Lee's Summit restricts Flock data access by law enforcement after criticism from residents police, Lee's Summit, Parkville, Gardner, Kansas, law enforcement https://www.kcur.org/education/2026-09-16/missouri-letter-grades-school-rating-system-delay 2026-09-16T05:00:38-04:00 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-09-16T05:00:00-04:00 Missouri delays A-F letter grades for schools as superintendents raise concerns schools, Missouri State Board of Education, Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), Missouri, schools, Mike Kehoe https://www.kcur.org/health/2026-09-16/jackson-county-measles-health-department 2026-09-16T14:42:17-04:00 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-09-16T05:00:00-04:00 A Jackson County measles case shut down the health department. Here’s what we know vaccines, measles, Jackson County, Johnson County, Kansas, restaurants https://www.kcur.org/politics-elections-and-government/2026-09-16/missouri-republicans-redistricting-referendum-map-november-election 2026-09-16T11:26:54-04:00 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-09-16T11:26:54-04:00 Missouri Republicans ask federal court to revive gerrymandered map and block referendum redistricting, Missouri, Missouri constitution, Missouri legislature, Missouri Secretary of State, Missouri Supreme Court, Denny Hoskins https://www.kcur.org/politics-elections-and-government/2026-09-16/hawley-and-moran-joined-democrats-to-defeat-trump-backed-crypto-bill-heres-why 2026-09-16T12:27:53-04:00 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-09-16T12:27:53-04:00 Hawley and Moran joined Democrats to defeat Trump-backed crypto bill. Here's why U.S. Senate, Josh Hawley, Jerry Moran, Cryptocurrency , Donald Trump https://www.kcur.org/politics-elections-and-government/2026-09-16/missouri-governor-orders-guardrails-on-flock-cameras-and-automated-license-plate-readers 2026-09-16T13:50:51-04:00 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-09-16T13:50:51-04:00 Missouri governor orders guardrails on Flock cameras and automated license plate readers Mike Kehoe, law enforcement, Public Safety, Surveillance, Missouri