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The six-lane U.S. Highway 71 separated Kansas City's predominantly-Black neighborhoods from downtown. A $5 million federal grant will study what can be done to reconnect those communities and improve pedestrian safety at intersections.

An ordinance before council would make loitering and camping on private property illegal. The proposal comes a year after encampments in Westport and outside City Hall drew attention to the challenges facing Kansas City's unhoused residents.

Unity Southeast Church on Meyer Boulevard has gathered 50 cots used last year when Bartle Hall was temporarily used as a warming center. Rev. Randy Fikke says he felt moved to add more shelter space in the face of more extreme weather.

The bitter cold spells of last winter spurred the city to find a better way to assist those without shelter this year.

Kansas City ha introducido un tablero de control en línea que rastrea las camas disponibles para pasar la noche en los albergues. Para hacer más accesible la ayuda a los residentes sin vivienda, la ciudad también anunció un punto de entrega consolidado para las donaciones a los albergues locales.

To make aid for unhoused residents more accessible, Kansas City has introduced an online dashboard that tracks available beds in overnight facilities. The city also announced a consolidated drop-off point for donations to local shelters.

With a goal of 100,000 breast cancer screenings by 2022, the AKA Sorority's Mammography Mobile Unit stopped in Kansas City on Friday and Saturday.

The Kansas City Homeless Union has been camped on the lawn of City Hall since February, demanding the city give them homes, jobs, water, and a say in housing issues.

The Kansas City Council is starting 2021 by once again tackling the thorny issue of economic incentive reform, seeking that elusive solution to help urban school districts without stifling development.

The vote, which fell largely along racial lines, comes after a 13-month hiring process, capped off by a bumpy final week.

Kansas City would be one of only a few cities in the country to make hair discrimination illegal.

Missouri lost a U.S. House seat based on 2010 Census numbers. That year's count also led to less federal money for health care and food assistance.