The Biden administration has extended the nationwide ban on evictions for a month to help tenants who are unable to make rent payments during the coronavirus pandemic, but it said this […]
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KCPS Board Passes End to Suspensions for Kindergarten Through Fifth Grade
After the MORE2 education task force team spent the last two years working to put an end to suspensions for kindergarten through fifth grade students at Kansas City Public Schools, […]
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Judge Strikes Down Missouri Medicaid Expansion as Unconstitutional
The push to expand Medicaid eligibility in Missouri was dealt another blow on Wednesday, as a Cole County judge ruled the voter-approved initiative was unconstitutional because it didn’t include a […]
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Wyandotte Public Health Launches New COVID-19 Vaccine and Testing Incentive Program
Beginning today, people who live in Wyandotte County, Kansas, who get vaccinated at any the Unified Government Public Health Department (UGPHD) vaccine clinic can receive an immediate gift to take […]
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Missouri Leads US in Rate of New COVID Cases, Driven by Delta Variant
Missouri now leads the nation with the highest rate of new COVID-19 infections as the Delta variant takes hold and vaccination rates slow. One person in every 1,349 people in […]
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Judge to Rule on Missouri Medicaid Expansion Lawsuit this Week
A decision on whether Missouri must provide Medicaid coverage to working-age adults will come in “a day or so,” Cole County Circuit Judge Jon Beetem said Monday at the end of a […]
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Southwestern College Student-Athlete Awarded WPC Scholarship
Daegiona Wilson, a junior communications major at Southwestern College in Winfield, is the recipient of the 2021 Wichita Professional Communicators scholarship. The $2,000 scholarship is awarded to students majoring in […]
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TKAAM Highlights Wichita’s Negro League Baseball History
The Kansas African American Museum, to help celebrate baseball’s return to Wichita, has curated an exhibit “Time at Bat: Negro League Baseball in Wichita,” chronicling the Negro baseball player experience […]
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Tallgrass Festival Establish Award For Outstanding Black Filmmakers
The Tallgrass Film Festival recently announced a new award category, the Gordon Parks Filmmaker Award for Outstanding Black Filmmaker. Award winners receive $5,000 cash and a spotlight screening at the […]
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The List of Incentives for Taking the Vaccine is Growing
President Joe Biden has dubbed June a “month of action” to boost Covid-19 vaccination rates in the US before his administration’s 4 July deadline to inoculate 70% of the country […]