Savannah Hawley-Bates

KCUR | By Savannah Hawley-Bates, Celisa Calacal Published September 10, 2024 at 3:00 AM CDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email

Kansas City welcomed a record number of visitors in 2023. With the World Cup on the horizon, the city is hoping to harness that momentum.

This is the second effort from Platte County to lower property tax rates for its residents. Commissioners plan to use excess sales tax money to fund major programs.

Kansas City is ending event-based pricing for parking in the River Market and is working on an employee discount program for lots and garages in the area.

Brandon Maddock isn't excited by many candidates running for office. He thinks a union member, like Shirley Mata, should be the one to represent the Missouri House district where the Claycomo Ford plant sits.

zTrip CEO Bill George confronted the workers rallying for a union outside the company's headquarters. George said that's up to the city, since Kansas City contracts with zTrip to run its rideshare service.

Maintenance workers at Worlds of Fun, members of SEIU Local 1, rallied in front of the park on Oct. 8, 2024, demanding a fair contract. The group voted to authorize a strike when negotiations stalled.

UMKC Chancellor Mauli Agrawal said the school would move to a "decentralized campus inclusion model" starting Nov. 1. The decision follows several attacks on DEI by Missouri GOP leaders, and policy changes within the University of Missouri system, such as the ending of race-conscious scholarships.

The nonprofit Community Housing of Wyandotte County has plans to build a 24-unit complex in Rosedale, with rents lower than the area has seen in years. But development got stalled after some neighbors raised concerns about parking and traffic problems.

The "Saturday Night Live" star’s Architectural Digest tour of her Leawood home has brought attention to the Kansas City-area creatives that helped her design it.