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The groundskeeping legend, known in the discipline as "The Sodfather," worked for the Kansas City Chiefs for 26 years. This week, the 94-year-old is in Glendale, Arizona, where he's hard at work preparing State Farm Stadium for the Super Bowl game and Rihanna's halftime show.
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"Winter Soulstice" includes an almost all-Kansas City cast of musicians, including saxophonist Todd Wilkinson, singers Allena Ross and Wanda Jae, and trumpeter Chris Van Leeuwen.
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Some working-class residents say a horizontal boundary between Northland Council districts — a radical change — would give them greater voice and political clout. Northland civic leaders argue it would be divisive and negative, and would actually reduce funding for low-income neighborhoods.
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In Kansas and Missouri, public defenders have struggled for years with low pay and high caseloads.
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The earnings tax is Kansas City's largest single source of revenue. City leaders say the failure to renew it would be disastrous.
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The Kansas City Council considered an affordable housing requirement for developers several years ago, but the measure failed. Supporters are trying again.
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The pianist joins Ari Shapiro to discuss Amplify With Lara Downes, a video series on Black musicians who have experienced renewed creativity regarding racial injustice.
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St. Louis Public Radio’s Ryan Delaney is in Germany this month to report on how that country handles keeping its schools open.
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Clay County voters will decide this November if they want to increase the number of commissioners, decrease their pay, create term limits and make some elected position into appointments.
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Michael Pritchett's novella "Tania the Revolutionary" takes place in the 1970s, following a young woman newly-escaped from a cult and obsessed with news of Patty Hearst and the Manson Family murders.
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City voters have traditionally supported firefighters, but critics worry the city's tax burden is already too high, especially for low-income residents amid the economic downturn caused by COVID-19.
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As Mayor Quinton Lucas' stay-at-home order expires and residents weigh their own risks, here’s what experts and data say about the metro's progress in fighting COVID-19.