Steve Kraske
Executive Producer and Host, Up to DateWhen I host Up To Date each morning at 9, my aim is to engage the community in conversations about the Kansas City area’s challenges, hopes and opportunities. I try to ask the questions that listeners want answered about the day’s most pressing issues and provide a place for residents to engage directly with newsmakers. Reach me at steve@kcur.org or on Twitter @stevekraske.
I got a call out of the blue one day from then-news director Frank Morris who asked if he would be interested in hosting a show. I didn't think I had the time, but thought it over and decided to give it a shot. Now, more than 20 years later, I'm glad I did.
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Some Kansas children with an incarcerated mother get the chance to spend the day with their mom outside of a prison facility. The new documentary “Play Free,” screening at the Lawrence Arts Center, showcases the day-long outing’s benefits for children and mothers. -
At a live broadcast of KCUR’s Up To Date from Crow’s Coffee Red Bridge, South Kansas City Chamber of Commerce president Rick Chambers said that neighborhoods south of Waldo don’t get the public safety and social service resources that other areas of the city enjoy. -
Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas joined KCUR’s Up To Date during a live broadcast at Crows Coffee in the Red Bridge neighborhood on Friday. He discussed his political future, the Royals downtown ballpark, the search for the next Kansas City police chief and more. -
Missouri voters rejected Proposition A, a referendum on redistricting, and approved Amendment 6, which makes it much harder for voter-led ballot initiatives to be changed by state lawmakers. However, the amendment may still be challenged in court, while Republicans are considering another round of redistricting before 2028. -
The Kansas Attorney General race has not yet been called by the Associated Press as of Thursday afternoon, but Democrat Chris Mann holds a 13,000-vote lead over incumbent Republican Kris Kobach. He joined KCUR's Up To Date to discuss his priorities for the position if these results hold. -
Kansas U.S. Senator-elect Adam Hamilton says that after his victory, he feels a "deep sense of responsibility to make sure that we actually change things for the better." He spoke with KCUR's Up To Date, along with election experts and several congressional winners from Missouri, about what led to the Democratic wave in Tuesday's election. -
Nurses want Kansas City’s largest healthcare system to increase security at hospitals. The demands follow the shooting death of a visitor at Centerpoint Medical Center in Independence, Missouri. The suspect charged in the death was a patient at the hospital at the time of the shooting. -
With midterms finally upon us, KCUR’s Up To Date took a deeper look at the key races Kansas and Missouri voters will decide at the polls Tuesday, and answer questions submitted by listeners. -
Once Children’s Mercy hospital becomes out of network for her family, Christy Moreno may have to seek specialty treatment in Mexico or Canada. She says the cancellation of the family’s insurance has put her child in a life-or-death situation. -
The Golden Scoop in Overland Park, which hires people with developmental and intellectual disabilities, is closing the doors on its flagship store and going mobile with an ice cream truck. CEO Amber Schreiber said employees will learn new skills and meet more community members.
