The campaign to repeal Missouri’s newly redrawn congressional map says it will submit 300,000 signatures this week to put the issue up for a statewide vote — nearly three times as many as law requires.

During the group stage of the World Cup, reigning champion Argentina and three-time finalist Netherlands will each play a match at Arrowhead Stadium — and local residents originally from the nations are thrilled.

Organizations across Missouri shared stories of pregnant women who are facing labor in isolation, their husbands deported and the fear of the same fate keeping them housebound, at times too afraid to seek medical care. (@missouriindependent.com)

A new report from the Mid-America Regional Council, the nonprofit association of city and county governments in the nine-county area around Kansas City, says the region’s economy has lost all momentum, and lags behind the nation’s overall growth.

The group, Respect Missouri Voters, wants to put a measure on the November 2026 ballot that would require a bipartisan supermajority — 75 or 80% of lawmakers — to overturn a law passed by initiative petition. https://loom.ly/dEBTRAI

Between "Ted Lasso" shooting on location last month, "Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story" last summer, and plenty of commercials starring sports stars such as Patrick Mahomes, the Kansas City metro is attracting more film projects these days. https://loom.ly/1o2gKMM

You CAN go home again. "...at this point in my life and career, singing for my community and pouring back into a place that gave me a lot growing up, that's the goal."

Greg Justice, a 64-year-old Prairie Village resident, recently competed on this season of NBC's obstacle course reality show "American Ninja Warrior." He wanted to compete in part to show older adults that age shouldn't be a barrier to their fitness journeys. https://loom.ly/Nd2-Odg

"I know that we're more protective of (our marriage) than we were previously, because there are groups who are actively trying to take every step they can to end our marriage." https://loom.ly/KEU9vDU

Mayor Quinton Lucas convened a Commission on Reparations back in May 2023, with the goal of producing recommendations on how the city could repair harms from racism. Two years later, much of that work has yet to begin. https://loom.ly/LHGr2EQ

Missouri Rep. Mark Alford said at a KCUR town hall that he's "not a huge fan of tariffs," but argues they're working to pressure countries to reach trade deals. "It is going to be a little bit painful for some business owners who have been relying on goods from China." https://loom.ly/DkyTRFI

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.

In Oakley, Kansas, Republican Sen. Roger Marshall abruptly ended a town hall meeting after attendants shouted and booed about Trump's actions. Days earlier, in Belton, Missouri, residents filled a coffee shop and lined up down the block to share similar sentiments with Rep. Mark Alford.

At the University of Kansas, aspiring journalists cut their teeth as staff for The University Daily Kansan. But a recent proposal from the student government would have taken away 80% of the newspaper's funding — a concerning threat in an already threatened media landscape.

After more than a decade of standing empty, with an uncertain future, a historic 20th century mansion built by a Kansas City insurance tycoon is on the cusp of a new life. Oh yeah, and it has a history of reported hauntings and ghosts.

here’s something fun to break up your (probably) depressing news feed — my latest for @kcur.org: www.kcur.org/podcast/up-t...