Kansas City Today

Following the discovery of the remains of hundreds of First Nations children at a boarding school in Canada earlier this year, places in the United States started examining their history of Native American residential schools.

In late September, officials in Fairway, Kansas announced they would work with the Shawnee Tribe to look into the history of the Shawnee Indian Mission, which was an Indian boarding school from the 1830s to 1860s on 2,000 acres of Shawnee Tribe land. Juliana Garcia reported that story for the Shawnee Mission Post and joins us for this conversation.

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Kansas City Today is hosted by Nomin Ujiyediin. It is produced by Byron Love and edited by C.J. Janovy.

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In 2019, the Kansas Department for Children and Families told private foster care providers that they had to put LGBTQ foster kids in homes that respected their identities.

But those directions never went anywhere, and the state never finalized a law or a policy for how they should house LGBTQ foster children. Blaise Mesa covers foster care for the Kansas News Service and he reported this story.

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As the weather gets colder, Kansas City's unhoused residents will no longer be able to safely stay outside. The city is planning ahead, but it's no easy feat to serve everyone who might need shelter, food, clothing and medical care. Jodi Fortino has been reporting on the issue.

Like a fly on the wall, there is an artifact at the newly renovated Kansas City Museum that has witnessed some of the wildest times in the city's long and legendary music history. KCUR's Suzanne Hogan, host of the KCUR podcast A People's History of Kansas City, tells us the story of the iconic El Torreon Mirror Ball.

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Kansas City Today is hosted by Nomin Ujiyediin. It is produced by Byron Love and edited by Gabe Rosenberg.

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Medical marijuana is opening the door to pain relief and reduced anxiety for many Missourians. But not everyone knows whether or how it can help them.

April Hatch is a registered nurse and member of the Society for Cannabis Clinicians and the American Cannabis Nurses Society. She answered some of those questions on KCUR’s Up to Date with Steve Kraske.

More home gardeners in Kansas City are deciding to fill their yards not with grass, but with native wildflowers — which are better for the environment. But that’s put some of these homeowners in conflict with their neighbors and the city. KCUR reporter Carlos Moreno brings us this story.

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Kansas City Today is hosted by Nomin Ujiyediin. It is produced by Byron Love and edited by Maria Carter and Lisa Rodriguez.

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About a month ago, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt sued Columbia Public Schools over the district’s mask mandate, calling it unreasonable and arbitrary. In the same lawsuit, Schmitt sought to block mask mandates in schools across the state.

On Tuesday, a court in Columbia, Missouri, held a hearing in the case. Judge Brouck Jacobs denied Schmitt's motion to apply reverse-class-action status, meaning the attorney general will have to sue each school district individually. Dan Margolies covered that story for KCUR and lends us his legal expertise.

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Kansas City Today is hosted by Nomin Ujiyediin. It is produced by Byron Love and edited by Gabe Rosenberg.

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