Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas confirms Trump prison camp purchase called off, and vows to ensure that no other site in Kansas City gets one either.
KCUR story about "Platform Ventures" no sale:
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Mayor's confirmation from instagram - www.instagram.com/p/DUqpKhwkUJb/
KCUR story about "Platform Ventures" no sale:
www.kcur.org/news/2026-02...
Mayor's confirmation from instagram - www.instagram.com/p/DUqpKhwkUJb/
February 12, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas confirms Trump prison camp purchase called off, and vows to ensure that no other site in Kansas City gets one either.
KCUR story about "Platform Ventures" no sale:
www.kcur.org/news/2026-02...
Mayor's confirmation from instagram - www.instagram.com/p/DUqpKhwkUJb/
KCUR story about "Platform Ventures" no sale:
www.kcur.org/news/2026-02...
Mayor's confirmation from instagram - www.instagram.com/p/DUqpKhwkUJb/
Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with KCUR listener Justin Marciniak and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.
Sunday Puzzle: BAD!
Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with KCUR listener Justin Marciniak and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.
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March 15, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with KCUR listener Justin Marciniak and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.
Planned Parenthood to resume Missouri medication abortions after judge strikes restrictions | KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR share.google/kIPzJ4NUDGPE...
Planned Parenthood to resume Missouri medication abortions after judge strikes restrictions
A Jackson County judge permanently struck down a slew of abortion restrictions, including a statute requiring what's known as a "complication plan" for medication abortions.
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June 19, 2026 at 6:11 AM
Planned Parenthood to resume Missouri medication abortions after judge strikes restrictions | KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR share.google/kIPzJ4NUDGPE...
A KCUR investigation discovered the department used the city’s license plate readers to track the writer’s movements and it issued a “be on the lookout” for him.
Lenexa police investigated author of column criticizing the department. He's 'pissed off'
A KCUR investigation discovered the department used the city’s license plate readers to track the writer’s movements and it issued a “be on the lookout” for him.
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February 2, 2026 at 3:05 PM
A KCUR investigation discovered the department used the city’s license plate readers to track the writer’s movements and it issued a “be on the lookout” for him.
when they try defunding public media...
but they can't stop KCUR education reporter Jodi Fortino
but they can't stop KCUR education reporter Jodi Fortino
October 31, 2025 at 4:31 PM
when they try defunding public media...
but they can't stop KCUR education reporter Jodi Fortino
but they can't stop KCUR education reporter Jodi Fortino
KCUR recently welcomed four new interns for a nine-month session, where each will gain extensive hands-on opportunities embedded within the KCUR and Classical KC teams.
KCUR welcomes 2026-2027 class of interns for 9-month positions
Four new interns will support KCUR's newsroom, podcasts and events through the paid internship program.
www.kcur.org
September 22, 2026 at 11:00 PM
KCUR recently welcomed four new interns for a nine-month session, where each will gain extensive hands-on opportunities embedded within the KCUR and Classical KC teams.
KCUR leaders are pleased to announce that the University of Missouri-Kansas City plans to transition ownership of KCUR and Classical KC to a community-led nonprofit organization.
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In a ‘bold move,’ KCUR and Classical KC begin the process of transitioning from UMKC
KCUR has been an independent service of the University of Missouri-Kansas City for decades. The University of Missouri Board of Curators expressed support for a UMKC plan to transfer the station’s own...
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February 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
KCUR leaders are pleased to announce that the University of Missouri-Kansas City plans to transition ownership of KCUR and Classical KC to a community-led nonprofit organization.
Read more:
Read more:
Good evening, Kansas City! KCUR is at St. James United Methodist Church for a Community Q&A session with federal elected officials to discuss what is happening in our nation’s capital.
You can watch our live stream here:
We'll take your questions in the livestream chat, or right here on Bluesky.
You can watch our live stream here:
We'll take your questions in the livestream chat, or right here on Bluesky.
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KCUR Community Q&A
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Good evening, Kansas City! KCUR is at St. James United Methodist Church for a Community Q&A session with federal elected officials to discuss what is happening in our nation’s capital.
You can watch our live stream here:
We'll take your questions in the livestream chat, or right here on Bluesky.
You can watch our live stream here:
We'll take your questions in the livestream chat, or right here on Bluesky.
The misinformation about public media funding is exactly why KCUR quit Twitter in the first place.
But we'll keep doing our jobs: Reporting the facts.
But we'll keep doing our jobs: Reporting the facts.
KCUR is joining NPR in stepping away from Twitter. Here’s why.
KCUR is joining NPR, PBS and other public media outlets who are stepping away from Twitter. And we're taking the opportunity to explain where our funding comes from: 100% of KCUR's local content is 10...
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January 30, 2025 at 11:17 PM
The misinformation about public media funding is exactly why KCUR quit Twitter in the first place.
But we'll keep doing our jobs: Reporting the facts.
But we'll keep doing our jobs: Reporting the facts.
Florida man is Kansas Senator. #raygun #RogerMarshall www.raygunsite.com/collections/...
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March 14, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Florida man is Kansas Senator. #raygun #RogerMarshall www.raygunsite.com/collections/...
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When you're being mean to KCUR on social media, just know this is who you're being mean to
December 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
When you're being mean to KCUR on social media, just know this is who you're being mean to
The White House has announced plans to rescind funds for public broadcasting. What is the impact on KCUR and NPR?
Here's what we know right now, and what KCUR supporters can do right now:
Here's what we know right now, and what KCUR supporters can do right now:
If Congress cuts public media funding, what will that mean for KCUR? Here’s what we know
The White House has announced plans to rescind funds for public broadcasting. What is the impact on KCUR and NPR?
www.kcur.org
April 15, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The White House has announced plans to rescind funds for public broadcasting. What is the impact on KCUR and NPR?
Here's what we know right now, and what KCUR supporters can do right now:
Here's what we know right now, and what KCUR supporters can do right now:
President Trump signed an executive order directing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to cease direct and indirect funding for @npr.org and its member stations, which include KCUR and Classical KC.
Here's what we know right now — including how you can help.
Here's what we know right now — including how you can help.
What President Trump's order to defund NPR means for KCUR and Classical KC right now
President Trump signed an executive order directing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to cease direct and indirect funding for NPR and its member stations, which include KCUR and Classical KC. H...
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May 2, 2025 at 3:23 PM
President Trump signed an executive order directing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to cease direct and indirect funding for @npr.org and its member stations, which include KCUR and Classical KC.
Here's what we know right now — including how you can help.
Here's what we know right now — including how you can help.
A KCUR analysis of data collected from hundreds of automated license plate readers in the Kansas City area shows out-of-state police departments account for thousands of searches.
Flock data from Kansas City, Kansas, got searched 1 million times in 6 months. Who’s looking?
A KCUR analysis of data collected from hundreds of automated license plate readers in the Kansas City area shows out-of-
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September 21, 2026 at 1:40 PM
A KCUR analysis of data collected from hundreds of automated license plate readers in the Kansas City area shows out-of-state police departments account for thousands of searches.
Feds are one of the biggest employers here. bsky.app/profile/kcur...
A labor economist told KCUR's Up To Date that Kansas City does not have enough available jobs in the area to make up for all the local federal workers getting laid off by the Trump administration.
Kansas City doesn't have enough jobs available for all the federal workers getting laid off
Federal workers in Kansas City whose jobs were eliminated under the Trump administration's massive budget cuts will have a hard time finding comparable work in the area. Instability in the city's work...
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February 19, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Feds are one of the biggest employers here. bsky.app/profile/kcur...
“The question KCUR is asking is not a new question. It is the question the white press has always asked about people who fight for Black freedom.”
Read our latest;
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Read our latest;
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KCUR Not Sure How to Feel About Ending Slavery – The Kansas City Defender
Still workshopping its position on chattel slavery, the NPR affiliate invites you into the conversation.
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April 28, 2026 at 1:25 PM
“The question KCUR is asking is not a new question. It is the question the white press has always asked about people who fight for Black freedom.”
Read our latest;
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For almost four years, the city of Joplin fiercely guarded the identity of a SWAT sniper who shot Clesslynn Crawford in the head during a hostage standoff. For two of those years, the officer and Joplin have fought KCUR and The Midwest Newsroom in court to hide the officer’s name.
Joplin police sniper who killed a 2-year-old girl just became a Missouri state trooper
After a two-year court battle, Sniper 1 can finally be identified as Keaton Siebenaler. KCUR and The Midwest Newsroom have confirmed he departed the Joplin Police Department in August and graduated from the MSHP academy last week.
www.kcur.org
April 19, 2026 at 1:00 AM
For almost four years, the city of Joplin fiercely guarded the identity of a SWAT sniper who shot Clesslynn Crawford in the head during a hostage standoff. For two of those years, the officer and Joplin have fought KCUR and The Midwest Newsroom in court to hide the officer’s name.
Hey KCUR don't repeat the propaganda lie that Musk is 'cutting wasteful spending'. They're destroying the government to give themselves a tax cut and corruptly award themselves contracts for taxpayer money.
February 19, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Hey KCUR don't repeat the propaganda lie that Musk is 'cutting wasteful spending'. They're destroying the government to give themselves a tax cut and corruptly award themselves contracts for taxpayer money.
no need to platform bigots and racists. i’m good, KCUR
February 11, 2026 at 11:03 PM
no need to platform bigots and racists. i’m good, KCUR
A recent KCUR analysis reveals that data gathered by Kansas City-area Flock cameras has been searched hundreds of thousands of times by out-of-state police departments. Across the city, residents are concerned by how that data is being used.
Who is looking at Kansas City Flock camera data?
A recent KCUR analysis reveals that data gathered by Kansas City-area Flock cameras has been searched hundreds of thousa
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September 22, 2026 at 2:30 PM
A recent KCUR analysis reveals that data gathered by Kansas City-area Flock cameras has been searched hundreds of thousands of times by out-of-state police departments. Across the city, residents are concerned by how that data is being used.
No, really, literally thousands
July 16, 2026 at 8:48 PM
No, really, literally thousands
KCUR, some Kansas City Repertory Theatre offices and the KC STEM Alliance must vacate the building at 4825 Troost Ave. by Jan. 31. The announcement stunned KCUR staff. KCUR General Manager Sarah Morris said a move will be difficult.
UMKC gives KCUR and others one month to leave 'deteriorating' Troost Avenue building
The university has been monitoring the safety of the building on 48th Street and Troost Avenue for several years. Several organizations, including KCUR and Classical KC, must be out by Jan. 31.
www.kcur.org
December 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
KCUR, some Kansas City Repertory Theatre offices and the KC STEM Alliance must vacate the building at 4825 Troost Ave. by Jan. 31. The announcement stunned KCUR staff. KCUR General Manager Sarah Morris said a move will be difficult.
Kansas governor vetoes ‘bathroom bill’ aimed at transgender people
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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
Kansas governor vetoes 'bathroom bill' aimed at transgender people - This is Topeka
KCUR | By Zane Irwin
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February 16, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Kansas governor vetoes ‘bathroom bill’ aimed at transgender people
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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA