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Segment 1: Proposed ordinance looks to reduce theft associated with scrap metal recycling. In 2015, the scrap metal industry was worth close to $40 billion. With the current tariffs against steel and aluminum, those figures could go even higher. The lure of good money for copper, iron, platinum and other metals has its critics who say it encourages theft, and, recently, the Kansas City, Missouri, City Council has been examining the possibility of an ordinance that would impose harsher

Segment 1: How to analyze political ads. As midterm election campaigns start to hit their stride, voters in Kansas and Missouri are sure to be inundated with any number of political advertisements. As a public service (and at the request of a listener named Mary Anne) we spoke with trusted, professional fact-checkers about what to keep an eye out for when attempting to separate the fact from conjecture. Katie Sanders , PolitiFact managing editor Louis Jacobson , PolitiFact senior correspondent

Segment 1: Will Kansas City's new months-long arts festival draw a crowd and make a buck? An ongoing, grand-scale arts festival could prove to be just what Kansas City needs to redeem itself from the highly-publicized bungling of the 2017 Jazz and Heritage Festival , but officials are reluctant to connect the two efforts. Today we learned why that is, and explored the risks and rewards Open Spaces could create for the city. Consuelo Cruz, Kansas City Office of Culture and Creative Services art

Segment 1: Updates on the projects that are changing Kansas City's urban neighborhoods. As property developments continue unabated in downtown Kansas City, we return with a review of the latest batch of projects. This installment covers recent happenings in the River Market, the Crossroads, around 18th And Vine, and along Troost Avenue between 24th Street and Linwood Boulevard. We also discussed the controversial continued reliance on tax incentives in parts of town like the Power and Light

Segment 1: A proposed ordinance would limit the amount of time pedestrians could spend in crosswalks and traffic islands. Though it doesn't use the word "panhandling" at all, a proposed ordinance introduced last week in the Kansas City Council clearly has the practice in its sights. Today, we ask a supporter of the proposal and a legal expert about its consitutional implications, and whether or not curbing road-side begging would keep people from being taken advantage of, or simply punish the

Segment 1: KC Fed releases results of study looking at black women starting businesses. The growth rate of businesses owned by black women exceeds that of any other group in the country, male or female. But these entrepreneurs also face disproportionate challenges in finding financing, advice and support. The author of a recent study on black women business startups and two entrepreneurs who participated in the studied detailed the hurdles they face in creating and maintaining their enterprises.

Segment 1: This reliably Republican Congressional District could be a toss-up, come November. A relatively unknown Republican candidate's victory in the primaries came as a surprise to many in Kansas' 2nd Congressional District, but it has given Democrats new hope that their nominee for the seat, Paul Davis, might have a chance to flip that political territory. We spoke with GOP insiders to gauge their support for and coalescence around newcomer Steve Watkins, and asked Statehouse reporters

Segment 1: Proposed work requirements for some public food assistance is ruffling feathers. While senators and House members in Washington struggle to find the compromises that could turn this year's version of the farm bill into law, millions of stakeholders await a solution. Today, we got an update from Harvest Public Media on how the negotiations, and their eventual outcomes, could affect city- and country-dwellers across the Midwest. Grant Gerlock , Harvest Public Media reporter at NET News

Segment 1: Local reactions to Pennsylvania grand jury report on seven decades of sexual abuse of children by clergy. "Dismay, despair," is how one observer describes what Catholics are feeling at the news that more than 300 priests abused 1,000 children in Pennsylvania. KCUR listeners and representatives from Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests , the National Catholic Reporter, and the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph spoke about what has been done locally, what still needs to be done,

Segment 1: After a year of controversy, how is the former governor's nonprofit bouncing back? Before he was Missouri's governor, Eric Greitens founded The Mission Continues to help veterans reintegrate in and improve the communities where they lived. After he became governor and was accused of using the nonprofit's donor list to raise campaign funds, the charity came under intense scrutiny. Now that the dust is starting to settle, we spoke with the organization's leader and a volunteer to see