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Food recs: The best restaurants in eastern Jackson County
The culinary scene just east of Kansas City proper is full of hidden gems, neighborhood mom-and-pop shops and iconic old-school joints. Here’s where to eat like a local in Independence, Blue Springs, Lee’s Summit and elsewhere.
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Chicago Blackhawks Take Home 3rd Stanley Cup In 6 Years With 2-0 Win
The Lightning offense struggled, getting just 24 shots on goal. Tampa Bay also won half as many faceoffs as Chicago and had six penalty minutes to the Blackhawks' two.
Kansas City to ask for $6 million in state tax credits to build KC Current soccer stadium
Costs for the stadium, which will be the first in the country built for a national women's soccer league team, have grown to $117 million. The lease agreement with Port KC prohibits the owners from seeking local tax incentives.
Missouri special legislative session on income tax cuts to begin after Labor Day
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has called a special legislative session for Sept. 6th that will focus on passing $700 million in income tax cuts along with a group of agricultural tax credit programs.
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Forget The Cities, Are Rural Kansas And Missouri Ready For Electric Vehicles?
Last year, there were only 6,000 fully electric vehicles registered in Missouri and half that number in Kansas.
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Food recs: The best restaurants and bars in Kansas City, Kansas
Just a short jaunt across the state line is an overlooked food scene. Explore all the offerings of Kansas City, Kansas — including Mexican restaurants, meat markets, dive bars, Chinese food, a donut shop and more.
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Food recs: Kansas City’s best breakfast restaurants and diners
Whether you're waking up with the roosters or you never made it to bed last night, breakfast is the most important meal of the day. The Kansas City food scene has a plethora of early-bird offerings to start your day with a sweet or savory kick.
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Food recs: Kansas City's favorite Black-owned restaurants
Spanning venerable favorites and creative newcomers, wings and vegan fare, Caribbean and crab, you'll want to explore these Black-owned restaurants, cafes and more around Kansas City, as picked by local diners.
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India's 6-Week-Long Elections Are So Big They've Become A Tourist Draw
With nearly 900 million eligible voters, the elections are considered the world's largest. Now travelers — both Indian and foreign — want to experience what it's like across the country.
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Wildfires Have Burned Nearly 7 Million Acres So Far, Up 6 Percent From Last Year
The number of fires so far this year — 42,745 — is down from the same period in 2011. But blazes have been larger. Many have been fueled by parched conditions in much of the nation.
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