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Segment 1: Young adults head up organization leading the Muslim community in civic learning and action. Not usually known for being politically involved in the U.S., more Muslims are running for office this cycle than since the 9/11 attacks. Two organizers with the KC Muslim Civic Initiative spoke of what it is doing to empower the area's 30,000 Muslim Americans to become more civically engaged. Daniah Hammouda, KC Muslim Civic Initiative co-founder Osama Ehtesham, KC Muslim Civic Initiative

Segment 1: Most people agree access to pre-K needs to be exanded. Not everyone agrees on how to pay for and oversee it. Days after Kansas City Mayor Sly James made public the particulars of his plan to fund expanded early childhood education , opposition to the proposal is piping up. Today, we heard educators and community organizers explain why they think the mayor's scheme needs work to get more 4-year-olds into pre-K. Gwen Grant, Urban League of Greater Kansas City president and CEO Mark

Segment 1: Legal organization teams with community development financial institution to transform abandoned residences into affordable housing. Kansas City, Missouri, residents have long complained about derelict houses especially in the urban core. Today, we learned about a new plan underway that has Legal Aid of Western Missouri teaming up with AltCap to form the Kansas City Social Investment Pool . This funding will enable contractors to obtain short-term financing at reasonable interest

Segment 1: After the incumbent's endorsement, Kris Kobach emerges as the GOP nominee to face Greg Orman and Laura Kelly in November's midterm. With the field set for this fall's gubernatorial election in Kansas, the three campaigns left standing will turn their full attention to winning in November. Before we follow suit, we invited political watchers in Topeka to consider the implications a Kobach-Hartman ticket will have on downballot Republicans hoping to appeal to moderate voters. Bob Beatty

Segment 1: Twenty-five years after the "Great Flood of 1993," is Kansas City any safer? Like most cities in the Missouri River basin, the danger of flooding is a fact of life in Kansas City. Floods in 1993 caused 50 deaths and $15 billion in damages, but rains every year furrow the brows of civil engineers. Today, we learned about the infrastructure projects keeping Kansas City safe from collosal floods and normal downpours alike. We also asked where the weak spots are in the system, and what

The first preseason Chiefs game is in the books and September is just around the corner, which means it’s time to ask yourself: 'Are you ready for some football?' As commentator Victor Wishna admits in this edition of A Fan’s Notes, that isn’t the easiest question for everyone to answer. As training gets underway at camps and campuses from coast to coast, football is back in the headlines — and most of them are bad: Ohio State coach Urban Meyer suspended pending investigation of his liability in

Segment 1: If approved, the proposed 3/8-cent sales tax to fund expanded early childhood education in Kansas City will be on the November ballot. With the less than a year until he leaves Kansas City's top office, Mayor Sly James is pushing for an expanded early childhood education system to serve 4-year-olds across the city. But he wants to fund the initiative with a sales tax, something critics have questioned as that rate is nearing 10 percent in some areas. Today, we talked with the mayor

Segment 1: Former Kansas City mayor reflects on the impact of downtown development. Much of the credit for Kansas City's current downtown boom can be placed at the feet of former Mayor Kay Barnes, whose efforts culminated in the creation of the Power and Light District and the construction of the Sprint Center. Nevertheless, parts of town east of Troost still struggle for invesment and redevelopment. We spoke with Barnes about her legacy and the community-building work that's left to be done.

Segment 1: A shuttered charter school in Kansas City leaves some families in the lurch. The closing of Kansas City's Benjamin Banneker Charter Academy wasn't a complete surprise, but it was announced just weeks before the beginning of a new school year. The course of events got community members wondering about a charter school's responsibility to the families it serves, and its accountability when things go wrong. Today, we asked charter school boosters about that, and about what happens when a

Primary night in Missouri and Kansas has come and gone, but certainly left lots to talk about in it's wake. We dived into the evening's results on both sides of the state line. When it came to Kansas , we spoke with the Democratic primary winners and analyzed why others did not fare so well. We let you know when you might expect to get the final result on the Jeff Colyer-Kris Kobach contest. Then, we looked at what voters' decisions could mean for the makeup of the Kansas House of