Madeline Fox
News Editor, KCURMadeline Fox is a news editor for KCUR.
She previously worked as a K-12 education reporter for Wisconsin Public Radio, and a reporter for the Kansas News Service covering foster care, mental health and military and veterans’ issues.
Madeline caught the bug for Kansas reporting as a college intern at the Wichita Eagle. She also worked at WLRN in South Florida, where she covered everything from parades to protests to presidential residences and got swiftly addicted to Cuban coffee.
She cut her teeth as a political reporter covering transportation for the Medill News Service in Washington, D.C. Her work has appeared in U.S. News, Military Times, The Miami Herald, NPR Weekend Edition and others.
A native of Portland, Oregon but a Chicagoan at heart, Madeline graduated from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism with a second major in international studies that she mostly used as an excuse to study abroad in Spain and conduct research in the Paris suburbs.
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With small towns on the decline, some residents in western Kansas are trying to brainstorm ways to keep their rural lifestyles alive. Their answer? Youth rodeos. Plus: One Kansas City orchestra wants to inspire the next generation of jazz artists. -
Former members of Kansas City addiction treatment groups for teenagers allege the programs isolated them from friends and family and pushed them into unsafe behavior. Plus: a "foster care bill of rights" is moving through the Kansas Legislature.
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Fans flooded into downtown streets spraying beer and cheering after the Chiefs beat the Philadelphia Eagles in the Super Bowl, 38-35.
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Three people were killed when Kansas City firefighter Dominic Biscari crashed into a car, two pedestrians and a building in Westport more than a year ago. Under a settlement with the city, each of their families receive nearly $500,000 in compensation.
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The Board of Police Commissioners selected Acting Deputy Chief Stacey Graves, who's been with the department for more than 25 years, to lead the Kansas City Police Department. Activists — and even Mayor Quinton Lucas — criticized the hiring process for lacking transparency and community input.
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Under Missouri law, Kansas City must spend 25% of its general fund on the police department. Members of the Board of Police Commissioners say the city is leaving out developer subsidies and other budget items to spend less on cops.
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The five candidates for Kansas governor faced off at a forum Tuesday night in Wichita. It was a rare opportunity for independent Rick Kloos and...
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One big question in Supreme Court confirmation hearings of Judge Brett Kavanaugh is how he would rule on a challenge to Roe v. Wade. A rejection could give states first say in abortion regulation.
