New funding will expand a program that shares childcare costs among employers, families and the state. But finding available ...

To cut costs, Kansas City Council moved to retrofit the temporary city jail built for the World Cup instead of building a new ...

Kansas City’s latest changeup in a yearslong effort to build a permanent municipal jail involves a $120 million retrofit of ...

These notes were produced through Kansas City Documenters, which trains and pays community members to take fact-checked notes at public meetings, strengthening transparency and accountability in local ...

Jackson County COMBAT Executive Director Murray Woodard II holds up a copy of COMBAT’s 2025 impact report at a Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners meeting on May 12, 2026. (Screenshot/KCPD Board ...

Healthcare debt is the leading cause of bankruptcy in the United States. (Canva image) This week thousands of Kansans will get a Publishers Clearing House sweepstakes-style surprise. But instead of a ...

Potholes line an alleyway that runs behind Armourdale Community Center. The proposed sales tax could fund repaving of 27 miles of alleyway per year. (Josh Merchant/The Beacon) At the end of a long ...

Voters in Jackson County will decide Nov. 3 whether to keep paying a quarter of a cent anti-crime sales tax for the next 10 years. COMBAT — short for community-backed anti-crime tax — appears on the ...

Voters in Jackson County will decide Nov. 3 whether to keep paying a quarter of a cent anti-crime sales tax for the next 10 years. COMBAT — short for community-backed anti-crime tax — appears on the ...

Voters in Jackson County will decide Nov. 3 whether to keep paying a quarter of a cent anti-crime sales tax for the next 10 years. COMBAT — short for community-backed anti-crime tax — appears on the ...

Voters in Jackson County will decide Nov. 3 whether to keep paying a quarter of a cent anti-crime sales tax for the next 10 years. COMBAT — short for community-backed anti-crime tax — appears on the ...