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A recent study from WalletHub found that Missouri is ranked 3rd in the nation for drug use. Kansas is much further down the list at 39th.

In Missouri, Boone County is considering regulations renewable energy proponents say would make building a wind farm impossible.

Live Venues Shuttered by Pandemic Could Start Getting Grants Live Venues Shuttered by Pandemic Could Start Getting Grants $16 Billion in the balance Share this story Published 1 hour ago Above image credit: Wick and The Tricks at Lemonad(e) Park (Courtesy | Todd Zimmer) On a Friday night in Kansas City’s West Bottoms, comfortably distanced members of the crowd at Lemonad(e) Park tapped their toes and took in an evening of in-person live ...

Tap List highlights Kansas City craft beer news, releases and events for the coming week.

9 Kansas City Residents Share What Being Asian Means to Them 9 Kansas City Residents Share What Being Asian Means to Them Community, solidarity and joy are at the forefront Published 1 hour ago The past year of pandemic and rising racial tension has shaken many to their core. For Asians, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Kansas City, this year has been particularly challenging.  AAPI residents make up 3% of the population in the Kansas City metropolitan area and 12% of t...

Faith writer Bill Tammeus ponders the “Auschwitz: Not Long Ago, Not Far Away” exhibit that opens June 14 at Union Station, sponsored by the Midwest Center for Holocaust Education and Union Station.

How to Observe Memorial Day During the Pandemic How to Observe Memorial Day During the Pandemic 6 ways to honor the fallen this year Share this story Published 1 hour ago Above image credit: An aerial view of the National World War I Museum and Memorial, which has a full slate of Memorial Day weekend events scheduled this year. (File photo) On Memorial Day in 2019, visitors browsed the solemn exhibits of the Pearl Harbor National Memorial ...

Tracing Kansas City’s Ties to the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Next Week Share this story Published 2 hours ago Above image credit: The ruins of "Black Wall Street" after the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921. (Courtesy | Library of Congress) Last October an Oklahoma forensic team found 12 unmarked coffins containing human remains in a Tulsa cemetery. What investigators called a “mass grave” represented evidence of what witnesses had ...

Kansas City’s Surprising Connection to Japanese Internment Camps Kansas City’s Surprising Connection to Japanese Internment Camps Understanding History During ‘A Very Turbulent Moment Right Now’ In the aftermath of the attack on Pearl Harbor, anti-Japanese hysteria gripped the United States. Early in World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 commanding that “all persons of Japanese ancestry” be moved into internment camps. The U.S. t...

Less Pollution, Lower Bills: Kansas, Missouri Move Ahead on Utility Securitization Less Pollution, Lower Bills: Kansas, Missouri Move Ahead on Utility Securitization Legislation would help utility providers, like Evergy and Ameren, retire coal-fired power plants faster Share this story Published 3 hours ago Above image credit: A wind turbine towers above Queen City, Missouri. Ameren, the electrical provider for much of eastern Missouri, acquired the w...