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Lovell Holloway in the new KCI airport terminal.
Posted inLabor

Food and retail employers at the new KCI terminal hiring for hundreds of positions

Mili Mansaray by Mili Mansaray July 26, 2023July 31, 2023

If hiring goes according to plan, food and retail businesses in the new terminal of Kansas City International Airport will employ 1,000 workers over the next 15 years.  But so far, five months after the terminal opened in February, employers at MCI are hundreds of workers shy of that goal. There are 600 employees at […]

Sherrita Jackson with a fist in the air for a story about bus driver safety.
Posted inLabor

‘We can’t keep putting our lives on the line’: Kansas City bus drivers detail the safety risks they face

Mili Mansaray by Mili Mansaray July 18, 2023July 24, 2023
Chalk drawings of two people saying "Hello!" and "Hola!"
Posted inEducation

Know your rights: Your child’s school must communicate in a language you understand

Avatar photo by Maria Benevento July 14, 2023July 19, 2023
Melissa Douglas near a Students in Transition sign. The office works to remove barriers for homeless students.
Posted inEducation

Unhoused students have rights. Here’s what you deserve from your school district.

Avatar photo by Maria Benevento July 13, 2023July 17, 2023
An illustration of a house made of $100 bills, against a purple background.
Posted inLocal Government

When corporations buy KC homes, we all pay

Josh Merchant by Josh Merchant July 11, 2023July 17, 2023
An empty classroom with a whiteboard
Posted inEducation

‘The devil is going to be in the details’ of public school Bible courses in Missouri

Avatar photo by Maria Benevento June 30, 2023July 28, 2023
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