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Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas and a top staffer used a nonprofit that doesn’t have to disclose its donors to pay for thousands of dollars in entertainment and travel. Now, he's accused of trying to get around the city's ban on political gifts.

With an average ticket price of over $9,000, some Chiefs fans are splurging on once-in-a-lifetime seats to Super Bowl 58, while others are finding alternative ways to celebrate in Las Vegas. We spoke to people from across the country about their plans and what it cost them.

Federal student loan payments are resuming this month for about 1.2 million Missourians and Kansans after being paused in 2020. But the landscape has changed in the last three years: Borrowers now have new options for payment plans, and their loans could be held by different entities than the last time they paid.

50,000 Beyoncé fans are coming from near and far to see the final stop in the pop star’s Renaissance World Tour. Visit KC expects the show to generate more than $13 million for the local economy. KCUR spoke to Beyhive members in Kansas City and across the world about how they're preparing for the concert at Arrowhead Stadium.

Installed inside gas stations, liquor stores and smoke shops, cryptocurrency kiosks tend to be placed in Kansas City neighborhoods with larger numbers of Black and Latino residents. Critics say they're a targeted attempt to exploit financially vulnerable people with steep fees for a volatile product.

Taylor Swift fans are coming to Kansas City from across the Midwest to attend her two Eras Tour shows. VisitKC expects fans to spend about $46 million during the concert weekend. We asked Swifties exactly how much they spent for the experience of a lifetime — including tickets, hotels, outfits and even friendship bracelet supplies.

Earlier this week, Silicon Valley Bank in California and Signature Bank in New York collapsed, prompting the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to take them into receivership. Then, it caused the stock of UMB Bank in Kansas City to drop.

Esther George, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, will retire at the end of January after a 40-year career at the bank. She leaves as the U.S. faces a challenging economic landscape.

The Kansas City housing market outlook favors sellers and properties are still going quickly, despite inflation.

WeDevelopment Federal Credit Union, which opens this weekend at Linwood Shopping Center, is taking on the mission of increasing financial literacy in communities east of Troost.

April is Financial Literacy Month and you might want to mark the occasion by talking with your children about money.

14.6% of Missourians are in poverty, making it incredibly difficult for them to build up savings.