Disability services for 46,000 Kansans at risk in leaked Trump budget cuts
Advocates say the leaked budget cuts, if implemented, would undo decades of progress for the rights of people with disabilities.
View ArticleAbortion access halted again in Missouri
The Missouri Supreme Court ordered a Jackson County judge to lift her rulings that allowed abortions to resume in the state. Why did the court decide to put the ban back into effect for now?
View ArticleTransgender teens sue Kansas to stop new ban on gender-affirming health care
Kansas legislators passed a law this year that bans gender-affirming treatments for young transgender people. Plaintiffs say it violates fundamental rights in the state constitution.
View ArticleNAACP lawsuit accuses Missouri Attorney General of illegally withholding info...
The report from Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey didn't include a "disparity index" showing whether police stopped drivers in minority groups more frequently than white drivers.
View ArticleIvanhoe residents work toward change
The Ivanhoe Neighborhood Council has faced several challenges in recent years, but the community it serves is coming together to find trust and hope for the future in each other. Learn how Ivanhoe is...
View ArticleKansas City’s poet laureate uses words to ‘reach across the rifts’ and foster...
Melissa Ferrer Civil found community, and a path toward better mental health, through poetry. Now, she’s spreading the good word.
View ArticleMissouri's National Weather Service offices try to share work after Trump...
National Weather Services offices lack meteorologists after the Trump administration implemented cuts and a hiring freeze. With the Pleasant Hill location near Kansas City understaffed by 40%, Missouri...
View ArticleThird suspect arrested in 'scheme' leading to death of Kansas City Telemundo...
A 33-year-old New Orleans man was arrested and charged this week by Louisiana police in the death of Adan Manzano, who died in February while covering the Super Bowl for the Spanish-speaking television...
View ArticleA Kansas law invalidates life-support wishes during pregnancy. 5 women are...
A group of Kansas women say the "pregnancy exclusion" in the state’s Natural Death Act violates the Kansas Constitution.
View ArticleFederal judge upholds a wetlands conservation law known as 'swampbuster'
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging a 40-year-old wetlands law that allows the U.S. Department of Agriculture to withhold subsidies from farmers who clear, drain or convert wetlands.
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