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Tre Gasper's family lemonade is headed from a commercial kitchen in Manhattan, Kansas, to grocery stores in Kansas City after a partnership with Hy-Vee. -
KCI's current horseshoe-shaped terminals, built in 1972, lack adequate space, modern security, adequate restrooms or food options. The new, $1.5 billion terminal will fix many of those problems while hopefully attracting more flights and visitors.
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Karizma Nola, a junior at Blue Valley High School, opened Krazy Crepes in April 2022 and has since popped up at neighborhood events and small business celebrations.
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Kansas is one of 11 states that have not expanded Medicaid eligibility. Will 2023 be the year it passes?
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Legislation prefiled for the 2023 session would expand charter schools, help parents fund private school education and give homeschoolers access to public school activities.
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After the Kansas City Police Department denied community claims of women missing along Prospect Avenue, Black community members are creating their own missing-persons databases other resources to find missing individuals.
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The Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners oversees a $268 million budget and regularly discusses important matters in closed session.
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Critics say that the streamlined tax incentive process under Ordinance 220701 would prevent Kansas City residents from providing input on developments that could affect their children’s schools or their own cost of housing.
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Kansas City offers myriad services and organizations for the unhoused and those on the brink of houselessness. Here are a few.
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The food at Love is Key comes from family recipes handed down three generations, but Tameisha Martin hopes her business can have a deeper impact.
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A culinary program at the reStart homelessness nonprofit is giving young people new opportunities to make money and find stability.
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Missouri's Amendment 3 passed Tuesday, legalizing recreational marijuana. Legal weed is expected to bring jobs in the marijuana industry as well as new business to companies that will supply vendors.
