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The National Juvenile Defender Center says Kansas needs a statewide system for training and assigning defense attorneys to work with children.
Carlos Moreno
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KCUR 89.3
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The measure still needs to be approved by the full city council and would face an uphill battle getting the needed buy-in from state lawmakers. -
The COVID-19 pandemic and the politics that surround it have triggered an exodus of local public health workers in Kansas.
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Long at odds with the Jackson County Legislature over spending, the county executive disagreed with some of the audit's characterizations but said he will work with elected officials.
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Melissa Taylor Standridge was opposed by anti-abortion groups because she sided with a court ruling that said the state constitution included a right to the procedure.
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Vocalist Molly Hammer was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008 and learned in 2016 that cancer had spread to other parts of her body. She was known for her advocacy for cancer awareness and her support of Kansas City's music community.
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After COVID-19 cases stabilized over the weekend, Kansas City health experts are asking those who traveled during the Thanksgiving holiday to quarantine and get tested.
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Protest groups and social activists in Kansas City are facing a suite of challenges as public attention shifts away from issues of police and criminal justice reform, which mobilized so many during 2020.
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Gun-related suicides among young adults in Missouri had been declining since at least 1999, according to a new analysis from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. But after the state eliminated its permit-to-purchase requirement in 2007, firearm suicide rates among adults ages 19 to 24 jumped by nearly 22%.
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Competition for traveling nurses by all accounts is intense right now, with no signs of easing.
