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- Thank you to the @kansasreflector.com for this great piece about how public broadcasting cuts would hurt Kansas.
- NEW: A filibuster in the Missouri Senate has halted plans to fund new stadiums for the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals. @stlpublicradio.bsky.social explains why:
- NEW: Gov. Mike Kehoe’s last-minute plan to convince the Chiefs and Royals to stay in Missouri cleared the state House today. (@missouriindependent.com)
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- Reposted by KCUR (Kansas City's best news source)President Trump has issued an executive order seeking to block all federal funding to NPR. This is the latest in a series of threats to media organizations across the country. Whatever changes this action brings, NPR’s commitment to reporting the news – without fear or favor – will never change.
- Some! good! news! Our podcast A People's History of Kansas City has been nominated for another James Beard Award for best audio reporting! This time for an episode about Hydrox, the original Oreo.
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- President Trump signed an executive order directing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to cease direct and indirect funding for @npr.org and its member stations, which include KCUR and Classical KC. Here's what we know right now — including how you can help.
- Kansas City will continue to fund its rideshare program, IRIS, despite the service nearly ending earlier this week due to a lack of funding. Here's what's going on 🧵
- NEW: President Trump signed an executive order directing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's board of directors to "cease federal funding for NPR and PBS," the nation's primary public broadcasters. Such a funding cut would directly impact @kcur.org in Kansas City.
- Kansas’ Affordable Housing Tax Credit passed with bipartisan support in 2022, but it’s now on the chopping block after lawmakers voted to phase it out. Housing advocates say eliminating the credit will make it harder to find affordable places to live.
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- Kansas City will end its rideshare service IRIS by the end of today, leaving more than 100 drivers without a job and hundreds of people with fewer transit options.
- Kansas City officials will soon decide who will become the next city manager. That person will handle everything from the annual budget to road resurfacing and will be responsible for repairing the community’s trust in the city after Brian Platt was fired.
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- Undergrad and graduate students enrolled at Missouri colleges sued the Trump administration, alleging that the Department of Homeland Security terminated their registrations "without notice and without cause." A judge today temporarily blocked the Trump administration from revoking their visas.
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- A KCUR investigation: The Kansas City Police Department revived its missing persons unit two years ago after outcries about missing Black women, and has reported some progress in solving cases. But many in the Black community say that police still aren't communicating or taking them seriously.
- KCUR invited Congress members from Kansas and Missouri to answer questions from their constituents about what's happening in Washington. Despite multiple invitations to each of the area’s federal elected officials, just two answered - and no Republicans agreed to attend. Here's what we heard.
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- BREAKING: Missouri's State Tax Commission is again ordering Jackson County to revise its property tax assessments from recent years. And defiance from the county's top official has spawned a recall effort — and potentially a state investigation.
- University of Missouri System President Mun Choi signed an executive order last month outlining a process for faculty if they encounter ICE presence on campus. But an immigration attorney says it leaves "a lot of potential for exploitation of a lack of knowledge." (@kbianews.bsky.social)
- Gov. Laura Kelly visited southwest Kansas to urge people in the region to vaccinate themselves and their children. State health officials have been racing to keep up with a measles outbreak that may be connected to a Texas outbreak. 37 cases have been identified in Kansas this year, mostly kids.
- President Donald Trump’s tariffs could threaten an essential tradition of the most American holiday: Fourth of July fireworks.
- BREAKING: The mother of Cameron Lamb, the Black man shot to death by a white Kansas City police detective in 2019, has reached a multi-million-dollar settlement with the KCPD Board of Police Commissioners.
