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Workers at two Starbucks Coffee shops in the Kansas City area announced plans this week to unionize, citing unsafe working conditions and stagnant wages. Their efforts come after a New York store made history by forming Starbucks' first ever U.S. union at the end of 2021.

Intercourse between same-sex couples is still technically a crime in Kansas, even though that law was ruled unconstitutional almost two decades ago. Advocates are growing increasingly frustrated by lawmakers' lack of action to repeal it.

An alleged Kansas City crime ring leader named Wandale J. Fulton faces charges of identity theft, arson for profit. It took years for local, state and federal investigators to build their case. Plus, how 20-somethings in the city are coping with yet another round of COVID closures.

How bad is COVID-19 in the Kansas City area? The acting Jackson County health director explains why the county is warning the public about "unprecedented" transmission rates.

A federal grand jury investigating a controversial former Kansas City, Kansas, police detective has demanded records about other staff and incidents within the police department. Plus, hunting contests have sprung up in Kansas as the state's coyote population grows.

A new program for Kansas City's unhoused population provides 30-gallon bins for people to safely lock away belongings, but is the city's attempt at a good deed dismissive of people experiencing homelessness?

How Kansas might redraw its congressional districts and what that could mean for minority communities in the Kansas City area is important for the state's future. And we have headlines from across the metro.

Many people move to Kansas or Missouri for a lower cost of living, but when it comes to health insurance, where you live seems to make little difference. Medical care and prescription drugs are already scarily expensive, and they're taking an even bigger part of people's paychecks.

Nearly 6,000 Missourians were stuck on a state "waitlist" for public defender services in early 2020. In some cases, those defendants waited nearly a year for counsel. After a judge ruled that the waitlist was likely unconstitutional, how has the court system changed?

What's happening in the Missouri General Assembly? State Senate Minority Leader John Rizzo (D-Independence) joins us to break down what lawmakers are up to in 2022 and how it could affect your life.