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As part of its Vision Zero plan, Kansas City recently received a $25,000 grant to build more street art installations to improve safety for pedestrians and cyclists.
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Zachary Linhares/The BeaconAs several local high schools deal with incidents of hateful acts, family psychologist Wes Crenshaw says the current political and social climate may lead them to act in that way. -
Fernando Zhiminaicela/PixabayThe battle for the expansion of Medicaid in Missouri ended in August as the application process opened making 275,000 additional state residents eligible for health coverage.
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Mientras se enfrentan a la disminución en la matrícula escolar, a edificios en decadencia y a laboratorios de ciencias sin lavabos, las Escuelas Públicas de Kansas City piden la opinión de los estudiantes, el personal y los residentes mientras planifican el futuro. -
The Kansas City Museum will reopen to the public on Oct. 21, after a $22 million renovation project. The Beaux-Arts style mansion was the scene of a fundraiser last month hosted by the Kansas City Museum Foundation to celebrate its new look.
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Artist Edgar Heap of Birds' "Native Hosts" was vandalized and stolen last month from the Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas in Lawrence. It was re-installed this week — an achievement highlighted by speakers and musicians.
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John Deere workers walked off the job after the United Auto Workers union failed to negotiate a six-year contract with the tractor maker.
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El martes, la Primera Dama Jill Biden visitó la Academia El Centro en Kansas City, Kansas, para escuchar las historias de los residentes latinos como parte de su gira de aprendizaje por la celebración del Mes de la Herencia Hispana.
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Kansas City, Kansas, police open museum even as news surfaces of federal probe into former detectiveCNN is reporting, and Kansas City, Kansas, officials confirm, that federal prosecutors are investigating now-retired KCK police detective Roger Golubski. He partnered with the one-time police chief behind the museum effort.
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The St. Louis Post-Dispatch discovered a flaw that exposed Social Security numbers for more than 100,000 Missouri teachers and alerted the state before publishing its findings, but the state is calling the act an unauthorized hack.
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Before he opened Kansas City's Rime Buddhist Center, Lama Chuck Stanford owned a party planning business and performed as a magician named "Mr. Fabulous." He advocated peaceful harmony for all humanity.
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Local advocates say that for every five employers who contact agencies with job openings, only one is accessible by public transportation.
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