Blight

A trio of Kansas City business owners is transforming 2000 Vine Street for office and retail use.

A Beacon investigation into Kansas City's 363 listed dangerous buildings reveals a convoluted and confounding system missing one thing: accountability.

Segment 1: Former mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, can be remembered for more than brick-and-mortar accomplishmentsWith his successor officially sworn in…

Segment 1: With only three weeks left in the regular legislative session there are still major issues to be addressed.From asking Missourians to vote…

Segment 1: Initiative to improve neighborhoods east of Troost Avenue calls for $13 million but fails to identify a source for the needed funds.Ambitious…

Emergency preparedness is in the national consciousness in a big way. Today, the Smart Money Experts make a special trip to the studio to discuss…

Jean Peters Baker's work doesn't end when she steps out of the Jackson County Courthouse. In fact, the county's top prosecutor recently hosted a cleanup…

The push for safe spaces and trigger warnings is leading many educators to more carefully curate their syllabi. The issue inspired creativity in a Kansas…

In many ways, Kansas City, Kansas, is a tale of two cities: growing wealth and optimism out west, dilapidation and empty houses in the east. But Mark…

Kansas City, Kansas, Mayor Mark Holland speaks with host Steve Kraske about the State of the Government Address he presented on February 28, noting the…

A million-dollar housing project in Kansas City is being built to achieve two things: get homeless veterans permanent housing and restore blighted,…

The American Housing Act of 1949 reshaped Kansas City in enduring ways, but was it for the best? Local historian Michael Wells, who works in the library's…