Segment 1: Confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh as newest U.S. Supreme Court justice could launch fresh challenges to women's reproductive rights on the state-level.
For years, Kansas and Missouri legislatures have been chipping away at a person's ability to terminate a pregnancy. Today, KCUR reporters from both sides of the state line reviewed previous attempts by lawmakers to reduce abortion access and postulated on what a conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court might mean for this issue going forward.
- Dan Margolies, KCUR health editor
- Madeline Fox, Kansas News Service reporter
Segment 2, beginning at 20:09: "It's one thing to grow and to build a city. It's another thing to sustain it over time."
After decades of building, Kansas City has miles of sidewalks and pipes and any number of tall buildings, but today, prominent urban thinker Chuck Marohn said, "That tax base that was produced from all this public investment just isn't up to the task, financially, of maintainin all that stuff." We learned why he thinks the city needs to stop building the big stuff and look to a neighborhoods-first approach when it comes to development.
- Charles Marohn, Strong Towns founder and president
Charles Marohn on "Making a City Great," 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 11 at the Plaza Branch of the Kansas City Public Library, 4801 Main St., Kansas City, Missouri 64112. The event is free, but space is limited. Register to reserve your spot.
