Jodi Fortino
Freelance reporterJodi Fortino, a University of Missouri-Kansas City graduate, is a freelance reporter for KCUR 89.3.
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Local hospitals are turning away transfer patients as they face a dwindling number of beds and staffing shortages. -
Statewide initiatives to ramp up vaccinations are mounting as Missouri sees its highest rate of new daily COVID-19 cases since January.
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Housing activists say the landlords “preyed on” tenants that couldn't afford to live elsewhere.
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The tax increase is expected to generate nearly $500 million annually for the state’s roads and bridges.
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Kansas City parents are changing their summer plans as the delta variant of the coronavirus spreads in Kansas and Missouri.
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Advocates say for many local households, the emergency rental aid could “potentially be the biggest financial assist that they ever get in their life.”
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The city's move to include more protections for LGBTQ residents is "an acknowledgment of a crisis," according to the Kansas City Center for Inclusion.
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While sighted kids can participate in competitions like the Scripps National Spelling Bee, these Kansas City students say the Braille Challenge is "something we can take pride in."
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African American students in Missouri are reportedly more than four times as likely to be suspended as their white peers. A new KCPS policy addresses the disturbing trend.
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The Catholic Diocese of Kansas City - St. Joseph said that it does not duplicate publicly listed names of “credibly accused” priests, but victim advocates say that’s not enough.
