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Missouri Voters Again Tell Kansas City to Increase Police Funding, But By a...
Missouri voters once again approved a ballot measure that requires Kansas City to increase its minimum police funding – but by a much narrower margin than in 2022. Amendment 4 passed with 51% of the...
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Melesa Johnson Wins Democratic Primary for Jackson County Prosecutor: ‘It’s...
Melesa Johnson, a young lawyer who grew up in Kansas City’s Oak Park neighborhood and promised change for communities affected by crime, won a three-way race in the Democratic primary Tuesday, Aug. 6...
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David and Beulah Bulkley and the Creation of City Union Mission
David Bulkley, a Kansas City Methodist minister and social worker, in 1923 began telling his wife about his “terrible compulsion from God.” This apparently divine impulse, he explained, drove him to...
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The Overlooked Downsides of Aging in Place
While Americans these days seem to have marked differences of opinion on many topics, there is one subject that enjoys almost universal agreement. A recent study indicates that a whopping 88% of...
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Nick’s Picks | KC Current, State Fair and Taylor Swift
What are you going to watch now that the Olympics is over? According to a new survey, Missourians watched over 37 hours of Olympics coverage (Kansans, just a little less.) 1 in 4 Americans said...
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College Students Grapple with Housing Troubles as Costs Soar
Sydney Johnson did everything right. Still, water poured from her ceiling. The now-graduated University of Missouri student spent winter break taking classes and staying at her off-campus apartment....
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A New Way to Pay for Long-Term Care Insurance
Here’s the long-term care problem for many middle-income people: They want to buy a long-term care policy to defray the staggering care costs they could incur in the future but lack the cash for its...
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Nick’s Picks | DNC in Chicago, KC Symphony Takes Europe, KCPS Seeks New Funds
Trump VP pick in KC The road to the White House finally cuts through Kansas City this week. Republican vice-presidential candidate JD Vance will be in Johnson County on Thursday. He is headlining a...
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Kansas City Exceeds Need for Electricians as Green Energy Grows
Naomi Alexander spent two years studying accounting at Missouri Southern State University before deciding it was not the right path for her. When her father, a lifelong sprinkler fitter, suggested she...
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Missouri Business Tests New Net to Catch Invasive Carp Leaping Out of Platte...
What are invasive carp?What can we do with invasive carp?How is Missouri Coast Fisheries catching carp? A little ripple tears through the muddy water. It’s small. It’s so small, in fact, that...
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Sheep, Native Plants and Fire Tested as Methods for Managing Invasive...
Something is suffocating Missouri’s forest floors. It’s leafy, it’s dense, it’s pervasive, and it can grow so thick that it walls off the understory of a forest. It’s honeysuckle. Bush...
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‘Buy Nothing’ Helps Neighbors Share More Than Free Stuff
‘Buy Nothing’ is about more than getting rid of stuff – it’s also about building community and saving the environment. You can find just about anything in a Buy Nothing Project group – from brown...
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Nick’s Picks: Top Headlines for Sept. 9
ABORTION AMENDMENT COULD BE AXED FROM THE MO BALLOT A public vote on abortion in Missouri is now in danger of being kicked off the November ballot. A judge ruled Friday that the proposed amendment,...
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Services for Those Impacted by Violent Crime
[Transcript: Damon Daniel, President and CEO of the AdHoc Group Against Crime] Hello, my name is Damon Daniel, president and CEO of the AdHoc Group Against Crime. For some, AdHoc is the emergency...
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On the Ballot: Navigating Missouri’s Ballot Initiative
Introduction This short video takes a deep dive into the process behind Missouri’s ballot initiative petitions, a key tool for citizen-driven democracy. The episode features Missouri Secretary of...
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On the Ballot | Missouri’s Minimum Wage
Introduction Proposition A will appear on Missouri’s November ballot, asking voters to decide on raising the state’s minimum wage and implementing paid sick leave. If approved, the minimum wage would...
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On the Ballot | Missouri Abortion Rights
Introduction Amendment 3 presents Missouri voters with the decision to overturn the state’s abortion ban and enshrine the right to an abortion in the state constitution. Its inclusion in Missouri’s...
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On the Ballot | Court Fees to Support Law Enforcement Salaries & Benefits
Introduction Amendment 6, which asks voters to decide whether to amend the Missouri Constitution to allow state courts to charge administrative fees to provide pensions and other compensation to...
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On the Ballot | Ranked-Choice Voting
Introduction On Tuesday voters will decide whether to change Missouri law to prohibit ranked-choice voting and change the language in the Missouri Constitution to say that “only” U.S. Citizens can...
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On the Ballot | Sports Betting in Missouri
Introduction In the wake of Kansas legalizing sports betting, Missouri voters will decide whether or not to allow the same on the other side of the state line. Amendment 2 proposes allowing people 21...
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