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Sheltered workshops are meant to employ adults with disabilities as they prepare to enter the regular workforce. But in Missouri, these subminimum-wage workers rarely "graduate" to higher-paying jobs — keeping them segregated and reliant on disability payments or family support.

Missourians voted last week to require Kansas City to spend even more money on its police department, though most Kansas City residents were against it. But the results still left local advocates optimistic about the future. Plus: Kansas nursing homes are struggling to stay staffed and open.

Kansas City author David Cantwell, who just published a new version of a book he wrote years ago, says Merle Haggard was 'constantly singing about the things that we're still arguing about today.'

Social Venture Studio helps business owners grow their plans to make a social impact in Kansas City.

A unique college and career fair makes sure youth with disabilities and their parents can explore college and career options.

Even at the height of his professional success as an actor, playwright and venue owner, Vi Tran struggled to pause long enough to enjoy his achievements. Since the pandemic hit, he's grown clearer about what it takes to live well as an artist — and he's started to demand it.

The COVID-19 pandemic sent everybody but essential employees to work from home. Now some office workers want to continue that model or have a hybrid work schedule leaving empty office spaces.

Norris manages projects worth millions of dollars at the Missouri Department of Transportation, where she's worked for 45 years.

What was behind millions of us quitting our jobs in 2021 and how that is reshaping America's workforce.

A 2016 benchmark study examined the equity of women relative to men in Kansas. The 2021 follow-up reveals where and if economic and social progress has been made.

Workers at two Starbucks Coffee shops in the Kansas City area announced plans this week to unionize, citing unsafe working conditions and stagnant wages. Their efforts come after a New York store made history by forming Starbucks' first ever U.S. union at the end of 2021.

Kansas City Public Schools has regained full accreditation after a decades-long struggle. But while the district is celebrating the news, Superintendent Mark Bedell says they "have a lot of work to do." Plus, workers providing care for people with intellectual anddevelopmental disabilities have been quitting in droves during the pandemic.