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KCUR 89.3 •

Kansas City leaders hope a plan to give Wornall Road a much-needed facelift also makes the road safer

The reconstruction of a portion of Wornall Road in Kansas City will begin in one to three years, according to a city project manager.The lane restructuring would transform the troublesome Wornall Road between Gregory Boulevard and 63rd Street from a four-lane road to a two-lane road with a center turn lane. The corridor has been under construction for years, residents said, and has caused them a fair share of headaches and flat tires.The project, headed by the Kansas City Public Works Department...
KCUR 89.3 •

The Sun Fresh closure on Prospect leaves residents with even fewer grocery options. What’s next?

Even before the Sun Fresh Market at the corner of 31st Street and Prospect Avenue closed down this week, empty shelves and a shrinking customer base had plagued the grocery store for months.Former customer Derek Hardin said, at one point, he liked the selection they offered, and visited the grocery store about four times a month.“The selection was outstanding, to me, when it was on the shelf,” Hardin said. “I want all the good quality things and for me and my kids.”But he noticed a decline in re...
KCUR 89.3 •

Nurses hold protest vigil at Kansas City hospital that shut down delivery services for mothers

Around 40 union members and registered nurses gathered on a Monday evening under the steady drill of cicadas to protest the impending shutdown of the Research Medical Center’s neonatal intensive care unit and labor and delivery services.Since HCA Healthcare, the nation’s largest hospital system, took over the hospital in 2003, it has “driven away specialized health care providers and moved services to other facilities,” nurses said in an Aug. 4 press release, reducing access to crucial medical c...
KCUR 89.3 •

Urban legend says the ‘Tonganoxie Split’ protects Kansas City from tornadoes. Is it real?

Rita Bennett remembers the day a twister ripped through Topeka, Kansas, like it was yesterday. Bennett, her mother, father and grandmother were returning from a grocery run in north Topeka, when the sirens went off. She and her family went to her aunt’s home and sheltered under tables in the basement corner.Bennett, who was about to turn 10 years old at the time, got separated from her parents in the basement. She remembers desperately grasping for her father’s hand, but he was just out of reach...
KCUR 89.3 •

Frank White Jr. will face recall vote in Sept. 30 special election, Jackson County judge rules

Voters will have the chance to recall Jackson County Executive Frank White Jr. in a special election on September 30.In a Monday morning ruling, a Jackson County judge scheduled the recall vote for next month, after the county election board said the initial Aug. 26 demanded by petitioners was not “feasible.”16th Circuit Court Judge Marty Wayne Seaton heard arguments Friday in a pair of court actions: Election officials asked to move the recall vote to the general election date in November, whil...
KCUR 89.3 •

Recall election for Jackson County Executive moves forward after override of Frank White Jr.’s veto

The Jackson County Legislature overrode Frank White Jr.’s veto to again put a recall of the county executive before voters.Unless the courts decide otherwise, the special election is still scheduled for Aug. 26, despite the hefty $1.8 million it could cost taxpayers. County legislators unanimously approved the ordinance for the recall election last week.The veto override passed 8-1, with one abstention.
KCUR 89.3 •

Jackson County Executive Frank White Jr. vetoes his recall election as residents say 'bench him'

Jackson County Executive Frank White Jr. on Thursday vetoed his own recall election, angering county legislators who approved it and citizens groups who say he should resign. White, who said the ordinance establishing the recall was unlawful and pricey, has long been under fire for a staggering property tax increase, refusing to build a new jail, vetoing the county's budget and not showing up at his office.
KCUR 89.3 •

Kansas City opens a brand new public pool on the Westside. Residents couldn't be more excited

More than 50 people attended the opening of an outdoor pool in the Westside neighborhood on a blistering Monday afternoon. The opening of the highly-anticipated pool at the Tony Aguirre Community Center came after the Kansas City Parks and Recreation Department closed the Jarboe pool in 2022 for sanitation reasons, and then voters in November 2022 approved $175 million in city bonds to improve the city’s parks and recreation centers.
KCUR 89.3 •

Port KC approves tax breaks for a luxury apartment on affordable housing site

The Port KC Board of Commissioners in a Monday afternoon meeting approved the next step for development of a market-rate apartment building near the Country Club Plaza, effectively approving teardown of some of the city’s last affordable housing units.Port KC board members approved Overland Park-based EPC Real Estate Group’s request for tax breaks on the Lewer Apartments, a 278-unit luxury apartment complex that would generate an estimated $5.3 million in new property taxes over the next 20 year...
The Eagle •

The Eagle’s Spring 2025 Diversity Report - The Eagle

The Eagle has published a staff diversity report for the past two years to maintain and improve transparency with the American University community. Spring 2025 Staff Acceptance Survey results indicate that the population of white staffers and staffers with disabilities increased between fall 2024 and spring 2025. 
Latinx and Hispanic (previously categorized as Hispanic or Latino in the spring 2024 report), East Asian and LGBTQ+ representation increased since last semester. The population of mul...
The Eagle •

BREAKING: Individual wearing ‘ICE’ jacket not a legitimate agent, AU says - The Eagle

An individual spotted on American University’s campus wearing a jacket reading “ICE - Immigration” was not a real Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, Chief Financial Officer, Vice President and Treasurer Bronté Burleigh-Jones and Assistant Vice President for University Police Services and Emergency Management Phil Morse wrote in an email to the community Friday.
The Eagle •

Students say experiences with American University’s Office of Equity & Title IX exposes severe flaws - The Eagle

When Melissa Howell’s former professor made sexual and romantic advances toward her on WhatsApp, she brought it to American University’s Office of Equity and Title IX, assuming that it would be what she described as a cut-and-dry case.

Instead, for several months, the Office gave her the impression that it was interested in pursuing an investigation, only to tell her that her professor’s actions did not violate AU’s Title IX policy.
NBC Asian America •

Amid global adoption reckoning, adoptees say they're fighting a long-standing narrative they should be ‘grateful’

Cosette Eisenhauer-Epp, a Chinese transracial adoptee with white parents, said she remembers a salient moment after the March 2022 Atlanta-area spa shootings.

“The people he shot look like me, but he’s the same ethnicity as my parents, so where do I go from that?” said Eisenhauer-Epp, a 23-year-old master’s student at the University of Texas at Arlington.

For Eisenhauer-Epp, the shootings were just another reminder of how complicated it was navigating her identity as an adoptee.
Science Magazine •

Did a top NIH official manipulate Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s studies for decades?

But over the past 2 years questions have arisen about some of Masliah’s research. A Science investigation has now found that scores of his lab studies at UCSD and NIA are riddled with apparently falsified Western blots—images used to show the presence of proteins—and micrographs of brain tissue. Numerous images seem to have been inappropriately reused within and across papers, sometimes published years apart in different journals, describing divergent experimental conditions.
Gavin O'Malley
The Eagle •

GW encampment continues into second week as pro-Israel rally takes place nearby - The Eagle

As the University Yard encampment at George Washington University reached its eighth day, a pro-Israel rally take place one block over at G Street Park. 
Beginning at 11 a.m. on Thursday, a rally against campus antisemitism that called for supporters to “Show your Jewish pride.” The demonstration was organized by the Israeli American Council Mishelanu at Maryland, GW for Israel and Students Supporting Israel at American University.
Owen Auston-Babcock
The Eagle •

AU staff, faculty and students marched to deliver demands to CFO on International Workers’ Day

Over a hundred students, faculty and staff assembled in front of the American University President’s Office Building Wednesday and marched to the office of Bronté Burleigh-Jones, AU’s chief financial officer, vice president and treasurer, at 3201 New Mexico Ave. NW.

AU’s staff union, SEIU Local 500, organized the rally in honor of May Day, also known as International Workers’ Day, which celebrates workers’ rights and typically falls on May 1.
The Eagle •

Day four of GW encampment ends with protesters breaking down barricade that encased University Yard - The Eagle

As the encampment at George Washington University stretched into a fourth day, protesters tore down the barricade surrounding University Yard before bringing in some of the tents that had been set up on H Street. In a statement from GW’s Executive Director of Media Relations and University Spokesman Josh Grossman, it’s estimated that around 200 protesters joined the students’ encampment on University Yard. 

Overnight on Saturday, the barricade surrounding the encampment moved, constricting stude...
Colorado Times Recorder •

Abortion Advocate Weighs in on State of Reproductive Laws in Colorado

Laura Chapin — an abortion advocate and seasoned veteran of the reproductive justice world with a deep understanding of progressive politics and Colorado’s political arena — spoke with the Colorado Times Recorder about the state of reproductive rights in Colorado.

In a 2017 interview with Colorado Politics, Chapin said, “Colorado stands out as one of the few places where women can still get the care they need without some of the horrific laws.”
Colorado Times Recorder •

Mothers Are Microdosing Psychedelic Mushrooms To Treat Postpartum Depression and More; Lucy Is One of Them

Lucy had no issues with her first child and said going from one to two children was significantly more complicated in terms of sleep and nursing, especially after the pandemic.

“So, I think a lot of it was just the go, go, go of, ‘Okay, you have a baby. Get back on your feet, get back to work after 12 weeks, do all these things for your family, continue to feed your baby, and also don’t sleep,” she said in an interview.
Colorado Times Recorder •

Hickenlooper Celebrates Small Business Administration's 70th Birthday; Local Business Owners Honored

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) celebrated its 70th anniversary Tuesday with help from Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-CO), Colorado business owners, and several SBA employees and executives. 

With more than 60 people in attendance, Amy Carnrick, president and CEO of Foster’s Plumbing, and Adam Schlegel –– founder of Snooze an A.M. Eatery –– were honored along with Oscar Perez and Rocio Aguilera of Tacos de Tapatio and Brandon Knudsen, founder of Ziggi’s Coffee.
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