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Kansas bill would uncork round-the-clock drinking during World Cup, to compete with Missouri
Proponents are worried that soccer fans in Johnson and Wyandotte counties will cross the border to bars and stores in Missouri, which already passed legislation to extend liquor sales to 23 hours of the day.
Kansas City is smack in the middle of a brutal cold front. Here's what to know
The cold front will still be expansive, bringing dangerous cold temperatures into the Midwest. Wind chills ranging from negative-15 to negative-30 are expected in Kansas City through Saturday morning.
Union Station will host a World Cup marketplace for Kansas City's small businesses
Businesses and brand sponsors can apply now to take part in the activation, a short walk from where the FIFA Fan Festival is planned. “The marketplace will transform Union Station into a high-energy retail and cultural destination," organizers said.
Keeping Your Resume Out Of Online 'Oblivion'
Many mid- and large-sized companies rely on computerized systems to scan resumes and narrow the field of job candidates. Some tracking software may overlook qualified applicants who haven't used the right keywords. The Wall Street Journal's Lauren Weber explains what it takes to get noticed.
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Inside Lewisburg Prison: A Choice Between A Violent Cellmate Or Shackles
At one of the toughest prisons in America, doubling up inmates in cells designed for solitary confinement can lead to violence, and for some who refuse a cellmate, handcuffs and chains.
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Missouri spent $25 million to send health workers to hospitals. Many never showed up
After Missouri offered a Texas company a no-bid contract, only a little more than 200 temporary medical staff ended up being sent to hospitals, while monoclonal antibody treatments averaged more than $5,600 per patient.
A composer's meditation on the moment, blown up to immersive proportions
Seven months after it debuted at the Rothko Chapel in Houston, Tyshawn Sorey relaunches his work Monochromatic Light (Afterlife) on a monumental new scale in New York's Park Avenue Armory.
‘This job is impossible’: High turnover, low morale plague Missouri child welfare agency
More than half the frontline staff working in the Children’s Division at the start of the last fiscal year left by the end of the year. Some who remain take second jobs or sell plasma to make ends meet. It’s a situation advocates warn puts Missouri’s most vulnerable children at risk.
Kansas City’s 311 program heard 300,000 complaints in 2 years. Here's what we learned from them
About 300,000 complaints have been filed with the Kansas City 311 hotline since March 2021 — spanning issues like trash, street maintenance and property violations. The KC Media Collective analyzed the problems, where they are and how long they take to be fixed.
Journalist Evaluates Obama, Romney Economic Plans
New York Times Washington bureau chief David Leonhardt compares Obama's and Romney's tax plans, Medicare plans and conflicting claims on whether Americans are better off now than four years ago. "I think it's fair to say the typical American household isn't better off, but the country is," he tells Fresh Air.
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