Episodes

  • Missouri cracks down on texting and driving

    Missouri cracks down on texting and driving
    Jan 14 2025
    Missouri this year raised penalties for distracted drivers with its "hands free" law. The state has joined 29 other states and Washington, D.C., in banning phones behind the wheel.
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    14 mins
  • Kansas Republicans enter the session with even more power

    Kansas Republicans enter the session with even more power
    Jan 13 2025
    The Kansas Legislative session begins today — with Republicans enjoying an expanded supermajority in the Statehouse. Kansas House Speaker Dan Hawkins and Kansas Senate President Ty Masterson discuss what their priorities are for the coming year, including tax cuts.
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    16 mins
  • A Bosnian bakery hidden in Kansas City's Northland

    A Bosnian bakery hidden in Kansas City's Northland
    Jan 10 2025
    Step inside the tiny A-frame cottage where local bakery Burek and Cake makes fresh Bosnian baked goods on the daily — and always with love. Owner Fatina Hodzic opened it two years ago and already has a slate of regulars, whom she greets by name.
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    13 mins
  • Helping homeless students in small towns

    Helping homeless students in small towns
    Jan 9 2025
    Urban and suburban school districts may have a funding and staffing edge, but small rural districts say their close-knit communities make it easier to identify and support unhoused students. Plus: A website called Sniffspot lets Kansans rent their backyards or other spaces as puppy playgrounds.
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    14 mins
  • When will Missourians finally get to bet on sports?

    When will Missourians finally get to bet on sports?
    Jan 8 2025
    Missouri voters in November narrowly passed an amendment legalizing sports betting. But even as the Chiefs head to the playoffs, fans in Missouri still need to cross the border to place a bet. So what's the holdup?
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    11 mins
  • Teaching Kansas City immigrants to grow their own food

    Teaching Kansas City immigrants to grow their own food
    Jan 7 2025
    The Giving Grove, a Kansas City nonprofit that works with residents of under-resourced communities to grow orchards, will translate their educational gardening materials into 12 different languages. Plus: Midwest scientists and enthusiasts are working to preserve and popularize heirloom varieties of collard greens.
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    13 mins
  • Kansas City at the center of the Missouri legislative session

    Kansas City at the center of the Missouri legislative session
    Jan 6 2025
    Kansas City-area legislators will have some big leadership roles when Missouri General Assembly convenes this week. So does that mean city leaders will finally realize their hopes of reducing gun violence or regaining local control of the city’s police department? (Probably not.)
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    15 mins
  • Why are abortions still not available in Missouri?

    Why are abortions still not available in Missouri?
    Jan 3 2025
    Nearly two months ago, Missouri voters approved Amendment 3 to enshrine the right to an abortion in the state constitution. But even after a judge froze the state's abortion ban, the procedure still isn’t available yet. Plus: A Kansas City arts magazine has been revived, 23 years after its last issue rolled off the presses.
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    14 mins