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The amendment calls for a 10% sales tax on all collected gambling revenue to be directed toward funding education and the compulsive gambling fund.

Missouri ranks 10th in the country for high school smoking. However, rates are trending down and a variety of accessible programs are helping the Kansas City metro stay below state levels.

Supporters have raised about three-fourths of the $9.5 million needed to restore the historic Orpheum Theatre. Plans call for new flooring, seats and other upgrades as part of a year-long renovation project that will start next summer.

The proposed project at the corner of 119th Street and Renner Boulevard centers around an 18-acre, "ultra accessible" amusement park, a 5,000-seat multi-sport complex, and a hotel.

The Crescendo Award festival started to provide an inclusive space to amplify the work of underrepresented local playwrights. It helps showcase the diversity in Kansas City’s theater scene, said one honoree.

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey demanded Planned Parenthood turn over a litany of records as part of his investigation into allegations of misconduct at the Washington University Transgender Center at St. Louis Children’s Hospital. Planned Parenthood argues Bailey’s demand for documents is outside the scope of his legal authority and is “improper, harassing and unjust.”

Missouri's black bears were decimated in the early 20th century, but have come back in recent years. With an estimated 800 bears now living in the state, the Department of Conservation is holding a regulated hunt to help with population control.

Airport and construction officials at Kansas City International Airport showed off progress Tuesday on the new terminal.

Pfizer said in late March that clinical trials found "100% efficacy and robust antibody responses" to the coronavirus in 12- to 15-year-olds.

Vaccination rates in Kansas City, Missouri, and some metro counties are lower than in Joplin, where a Delta-variant surge is driving one of the highest new case rates in the state.