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As housing demand approaches an all-time high, some building materials are either hard to come by or very expensive. That’s creating a barrier for first-time homebuyers, particularly for the working class.

Last year, Missouri voters added Medicaid expansion to the state constitution through a ballot measure. But there's a major hiccup: the GOP-controlled legislature refuses to fund expanded coverage.

Illinois and some other states have prioritized farmworkers in their coronavirus vaccine plans. For many migrant workers from Mexico, this means they could receive the vaccine a year earlier than in their home country.

Millions of people headed outside for recreation during the pandemic, sparking a banner year for many outdoor gear companies. Now, those companies hope to lock in their newly expanded markets.

Some meteorologists are calling for an active and long severe weather season in the heartland, which means "citizen chasers" might add to the potentially dangerous conditions on the road.

Rose Calvin’s family has wondered about her murder for 24 years – and they have questions about the role of a former Kansas City, Kansas, Police detective in her death. So do social justice advocates.

After living the tiny house lifestyle in Florida and Texas, one couple has returned home to Kansas City with dreams of planting roots and creating their own minimalist-living paradise.

Millennials are now the nation’s largest generation, who are aging into home buying just as already slow rates of home building were further slowed by the pandemic.

After an active first few months of the 2021 legislative session, lawmakers are returning Monday to Jefferson City after a weeklong spring break with several priorities on the agenda of the Republican supermajority.

Emergency room nurse Sarimar Gascot says her line of work means she sees death all the time. But a year into the pandemic, she hasn’t gotten used to the feeling of watching a patient die from the coronavirus.

Mayor Quinton Lucas announced a ban on gatherings of more than 50 people on March 15, 2020. A year later, Lucas says he misses eating out and mourns the loss of small businesses in Kansas City.

As more Americans go without enough food during the coronavirus pandemic, one East Community nonprofit is trying to fill a gap in the city's urban core. It's the brainchild of the late local lawmaker Carol Coe.