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Officials in Kansas and Missouri struggle to keep up with the unprecedented volume of claims, burdened by their own inadequate infrastructures.

Segment 1: Health care workers continue to work in unsafe environments.A lack of protective gear and the silent nature of COVID-19 are just two new…

Segment 1: Health care workers continue to work in unsafe environments.A lack of protective gear and the silent nature of COVID-19 are just two new…

Segment 1: Flooded fields and fallout from trade wars could mean another rocky year for farmers.Climate change, flooding, and bankruptcies are just a few…

Americans spend an average of 90,000 hours at work in a lifetime. So what we do at work isn't separate from life. It is life. At a recent event hosted by…

Over the last five years, almost 15,000 workers disappeared from the Kansas workforce.During the same timeframe, the state is growing economically, with a…

Segment 1: Why we don't fix things any more, and why that matters.There's a national movement encouraging people to learn how to fix things as an antidote…

Inasmuch as Detroit relied on automobiles, or Pittsburgh on steel, Kansas City once relied on a meatpacking industry that, in turn, depended on a…

Segment 1: Concerns linger regarding Lake City Army Ammunition Plant.The largest manufacturing plant for smaller caliber rounds is in Independence,…

Segment 1: "The state was funding 60 percent of the cost of education, the students and families were doing 40 percent. We've now seen an inversion of…

When Terrence Wise testified in front of Congress on Feb. 7, it wasn't the first time he'd visited Washington. The minimum-wage worker and organizer…

Segment 1: What's going on with unions in Missouri?Last year, union membership in Missouri went up, bucking a national trend of declining numbers. But the…