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Martin Luther King Jr. spent years before his assassination working to expand access to the ballot box. Today, advocates and lawmakers say they are fighting many of the same fights.

In a pair of predominantly Hispanic southwest Kansas communities, two women try to become the first Latinas voted into local office. Also, a strange white orb in the middle of Overland Park may look like a spaceship has landed in the suburbs. Hear what is really inside this residential dome home.

In a pair of predominantly Hispanic southwest Kansas communities, two women try to become the first Latinas voted into local office. Elections earlier this month show both how far Latina candidates have come and how many barriers they still face.

Early voting began this weekend across Kansas. In the Kansas City area, two cities are voting on high-stakes mayoral elections: Overland Park and Kansas City, Kansas.

In Missouri, people who are incarcerated or are on parole or probation cannot vote until their full sentence is completed. One study estimated more than 95,000 Missourians are barred from voting because of those disenfranchisement laws.

Missouri’s chief disciplinary counsel is asking the state Supreme Court to suspend the law licenses of a St. Louis couple that pleaded guilty to waving guns at unarmed Black Lives Matter protesters. Also, why Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft wants local elections to become partisan.

In 47 states, the Republican Party has been proposing, and sometimes passing, sweeping new laws to restrict voting access.

Missouri is just one of 47 states considering changes to their voting laws; and a Kansas City woman's story reveals the effect caring adults can have on an abused and neglected child.

In "The Gun Gap" Mark Joslyn points to the importance of getting beyond the gun owner stereotype.

Dr. Temple Grandin on how the pandemic is impacting the autism community and professor Mark Joslyn explores the political nuances of gun ownership in his new book 'The Gun Gap'.

How did drawing congressional districts become such a political battle?

Listeners share their Kansas City Chiefs game day traditions and how apportionment turned into redistricting and gerrymandering.