Today, Governor Laura Kelly announced Kansas is one of twelve jurisdictions chosen for a special mentoring project through the Administration for Children and Families called Thriving Families, Safer Children. Designed to […]
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Biden signs 5 minimum wage for federal contract workers
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden signed an executive order Tuesday to increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour for federal contractors, providing a pay bump to hundreds of thousands of […]
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Kansas City Relaxes Mask Mandate, Set to Take Effect Friday
Now that everyone 16 years old and up is eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations, Mayor Quinton Lucas is relaxing the mask mandate, which has been in place since June last year. […]
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KCKPS Board Appoints First African-American Woman Superintendent
The Kansas City, Kansas school board unanimously approved hiring their new superintendent during a special meeting last week. The national search for a new superintendent began last November and Anna […]
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Hamilton Lead Returns for Music Theater Co-directing & Starring Role
In the 18 years since Julius Thomas III left Wichita State University with his degree in Musical Theater, the young man originally from Gary, IN – has experienced a lot, […]
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ICT Community Fridge A No-Strings Project Feeding Those in Need
According to Feeding America’s annual Map the Meal Gap, in Sedgwick County 13% of the population experiences food insecurity, a rate that is slightly higher than the national rate of […]
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Lawsuit Alleges Wichita Police Unfairly Target Minorities With Gang List
As of Kansas and Kansas Appleseed members’ First, Fourth and Fourteenth have been designated gang members by ACLU of Kansas. “So it has these sorts of Center for Law and […]
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Internship Program Focusing on Employing Youth East of Troost in Need of Partners
This June, 500 Kansas City students living East of Troost Avenue will have the chance to participate in summer employment and internship opportunities avail-able through the Working for Youth program. […]
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KC Parks Board Approves Renaming Stretch of Road to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard
After three years of debate and conversations about the best way to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Kansas City, the Kansas City Board of Parks and Recreation voted […]
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Meet the Finalists: WyCo One Step Closer to Appointing New Police Chief
For the past year, the Unified Government’s county administrator has been slowly but strategically working on hiring a new police chief for the Kansas City Kansas Police Department. This spring, […]