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Rep. Mark Alford ready for big redistricting changes to his Kansas City-area district
The Cass County Republican represents a safe GOP seat in the Kansas City area and mid-Missouri. But that could change if the Missouri legislature decides to redraw the state's congressional districts.
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After two-year hiatus, the only public pool in Kansas City, Kansas, reopens
The Unified Government signed a one-year contract with a company to manage Parkwood Pool, which had closed because of the coronavirus and a lifeguard shortage.
You'll be paying a lower sales tax for groceries in Kansas soon, but it won't go to zero until 2025
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly signed a food sales tax cut into law Wednesday.
Gardner-Edgerton District Quarantines 231 Middle Schoolers After ‘High-Risk Exposure’ To COVID
A COVID-19 case at Trail Ridge Middle School, in the Gardner-Edgerton School District, is keeping most 7th and 8th graders out of class until Tuesday, Sept. 7. As of Aug. 31, the district had 231 students in quarantine.
Retirees In Mission, Kansas, Who Could 'Count To Four' Started A Samba Band During COVID Isolation
The MissionSquare Retirement community is now home to a samba band orchestrated by a retired biology teacher who has used the music to unite fellow residents.
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Director Bo Burnham On Growing Up With Anxiety — And An Audience
The former YouTube star says he wanted his film, Eighth Grade, to take an "emotional inventory" of what today's adolescents are experiencing. Originally broadcast July 18, 2018.
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Who's Who: Kansas Legislature Selects New Leadership
There will be a political shift in the Kansas legislature with the new leaders lawmakers selected Monday. Conservatives will hold on to the very top jobs…
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Barbershop: 2016 Is Almost Over, But Was It Really The Worst?
NPR's breaking news reporter Nate Rott, former political reporter Sam Sanders and senior business editor Marilyn Geewax talk about what happened in news during 2016.
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The Mile High Promise, And Risk, Of School Choice
Denver's innovative approach to school choice gets high marks from many parents and pundits. The program also raises questions about the limitations of choice in narrowing access and equity gaps.
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Is Trump Guilty Of Obstruction Of Justice? Comey Laid Out The Case
The fired FBI director came loaded for bear at his congressional testimony and seemed to leave lots of bread crumbs for investigators, like a Justice Department special counsel, to pick up on.
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