Dan Margolies
Health and Legal Affairs Editor / Co-host, The Kansas City SymphonyAs a reporter covering breaking news and legal affairs, I want to demystify often-complex legal issues in order to expose the visible and invisible ways they affect people’s lives. I cover issues of justice and equity, and seek to ensure that significant and often under-covered developments get the attention they deserve so that KCUR listeners and readers are equipped with the knowledge they need to act as better informed citizens. Reach me by email at dan@kcur.org or on Twitter @DanMargolies.
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At the home she rented on East 83rd Street, Sabrina Davis' microwave burned up, she got shocked when using the garbage disposal and was also shocked while unplugging a replacement microwave oven. -
This week, Michael Stern and Dan Margolies offer their insights on works that showcase members of the Kansas City Symphony as featured soloists. Plus, associate principal horn David Sullivan joins the conversation to share his experience moving from inside the orchestra to center stage to play Schumann's "Konzertstück" for four horns.
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Saint Luke’s was the first area health care provider last year to raise its hourly minimum wage to $15. Now it's raising the minimum to $17.50 and giving a $2,000 "thank you bonus" to all employees.
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With an affectionate nod to the Kansas City Ballet, this week co-hosts Michael Stern and Dan Margolies showcase three works linked to dance. We'll hear live performances of John Adams' "The Chairman Dances," a suite from Prokofiev's "Romeo and Juliet" and Tchaikovsky's Orchestral Suite No. 3.
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The claimants alleged that DST violated federal law by investing a disproportionate amount of their 401(k) assets in the stock of a single pharmaceutical company.
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Fresh off a recent performance with the Kansas City Symphony, conductor and pianist Jeffrey Kahane is the featured artist this week. Hosts Michael Stern and Dan Margolies highlight Kahane's artistry on the podium and the piano bench with music by Mozart, Ravel and Rachmaninoff.
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Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas said the city was weighing its options, including appealing the ruling.
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As presiding judge of the Jackson County Court, Harry Truman pushed through a bond issue in 1928 that led to the construction of Rural Jackson County Emergency Hospital on a one-time farm the court purchased in the mid-1800s for $1,000.
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Rae's Cafe and its owner, Amanda Wohletz, had defied the county's health order and allowed unmasked customers and employees into the restaurant.
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Kevin Strickland has served 43 years in prison for a triple slaying in 1979 that Jackson County prosecutors now say he did not commit.
