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Much of the business development success in the metro today is due, in part, to TIF — tax increment financing — that has attracted investment and built…

Michel Martin is the host of NPR’s Weekend All Things Considered. Next week, she’ll come to the Gem Theater at 18th and Vine for a conversation about food…

Expectations are high for new Kansas City Public Schools Superintendent Mark Bedell and the challenges, including regaining full accreditation, are great.…

America has privately funded social and cultural efforts for centuries. We take a look at the history of philanthropy and the impact charitable giving has…

For the first time since 1957, streetcars are once again running in Kansas City, Mo. Hear from KCUR reporters Laura Zeigler and Cody Newill, riders…

Kansas City, Kansas Mayor Mark Holland is in the middle of a “listening tour” across Wyandotte County to find out how residents think the Unified…

We live in Lyndon Johnson’s America. So says Joseph Califano, Johnson's top domestic adviser. We learn about the complex president and the long list of…

For a century Jewish cuisine in America was the recipes that arrived with immigrants from Eastern Europe ... matzo balls, brisket, bagels and latkes. Now…

Mark Lowrey is best known as a jazz pianist but he frequently performs in rock, folk and hip-hop settings.This week's Local Listen features “Milonga For…

Peter Schlamb is a jazz vibraphonist, bandleader, and composer who moved to Kansas City from St. Louis about three years ago to join a new wave of young…