Frank Morris
National CorrespondentFrank Morris is a National Correspondent for NPR based in Kansas City. Follow him on Twitter at @FrankNewsman.
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Kansas City, Walmart and community groups are working together to provide thousands of COVID-19 vaccinations to the citizens who are most likely to get sick and least likely to have access to care.
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Republican Sen. Josh Hawley is divisive. Maybe nowhere more so than in his hometown, Lexington, Missouri.
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Kansas City and St. Louis are natural rivals, but both Missouri cities are now united around the Kansas City Chiefs.
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The Trump administration moved two agriculture agencies to Kansas City, but it’s not working out as planned.
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COVID-19 has killed more than 80,000 Americans over the age of 85. Efforts to stop the spread of coronavirus in nursing homes have cut off many victims from their families.
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While COVID-19 deaths are surging, the National Guard’s response is not. Federal funding for pandemic duty is in question, and a major new challenge is looming on the horizon.
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Doctors are pleading with the public to wear masks, as COVID hospitalizations continue to break new records around the Kansas City area.
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The political and cultural divide between urban and rural communities is as deep and sharp as ever. But the two regions have a lot in common: drug abuse, poverty and a shortage of affordable housing. That’s the short list.
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As Kansas City-area residents digest a presidential election that may take a few more days more to sort out, the anxiety is palpable.
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The equestrian statues of President Andrew Jackson on tall pedestals in downtown Kansas City and Independence are staying right where they are. Jackson County voters defeated a ballot issue to remove the monuments to a white supremacist.