The new partnership between the City of Kansas City, Missouri, and the Missouri Housing Development Commission (MHDC) continues its push to eliminate houselessness and housing insecurity. The MHDC is providing […]
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800+ Faith Leaders Call on Biden to Prioritize Voting Rights in 2022
More than 800 faith leaders around the nation are demanding President Joe Biden and Senate Democrats to pass voting rights legislation in 2022. In a letter released Dec. 23, the faith […]
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Kansas City Residents Will Soon Have the Right to an Attorney in Eviction Proceedings
A stack of boxes sitting in attorney Gina Chiala’s garage reminds her of how devastating evictions can be on families. A woman had called her in 2014, a couple years […]
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Sharon Bowen Named First Black Woman Chair of NYSE Board
Sharon Bowen has made history as the the first Black woman to be appointed board chair of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Bowen, a finance and securities lawyer, has been […]
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Cedric Lofton’s Family Calls for Criminal Charges Against Law Enforcement
Cedric Lofton’s family attorney released a statement in response to the official autopsy report determining that the 17-year-old died of homicide. “This confirms our belief that Sedgwick County personnel at […]
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Vaccination Rates for Black Kansans Way Low BY: NOAH TABORDA –
In her report “Parallel Pandemics” an associate professor at the University of Kansas speaks to a pandemic of racial inequality that has contributed to the current low vaccination rates of […]
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FDA Approves First HIV Prevention Injection
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first injectable treatment for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis, giving individuals at risk another option for avoiding sexually transmitted HIV. The FDA announced […]
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Biden Extends Student Loan Repayment Pause Three More Months
President Joe Biden will continue a pandemic-spurred pause on student loan repayments until May 1, he said Wednesday. Loan repayments were set to restart Jan. 31, following months of the […]
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Pursuing Racial Equity in Child Welfare
Family is at the core of everything. Family is a source of healing, a place of safety, and a fountain of memories. The Kansas Department for Children and Families is […]
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Governor Laura Kelly Announces Proposal to Provide 50 Tax Rebate to Kansas Resident Taxpayers
TOPEKA – Governor Laura Kelly today announced a new proposal for a one-time $250 tax rebate to all Kansas residents who filed a tax return in the 2021 calendar year. “Since […]