Kansas

With more than 6,000 open food service job listings and no coordinated plan to address staffing, Kansas City restaurant leaders worry they won't be ready for the massive influx of World Cup visitors in 2026.

The legal group says low-income people are disproportionately affected by the cost of bail and calls for using no-cash bail for nonviolent crimes. But President Donald Trump argues it's leading to a rise in crime.

The death of Charles Adair, 50, which has been ruled a homicide, was due to a common police procedure called prone restraint. "This is in the hands of the law officers," a medical expert said.

The $500,000 grant will help Overland Park make its streets safer. But several community members raised concerns that the Trump administration's terms require cooperation with immigration enforcement and compliance with executive orders banning diversity.

Families of incarcerated people in Kansas were long able to take out a newspaper subscription in a person's name and have it delivered to a state facility. The Kansas Department of Corrections changed that policy without notice, claiming safety concerns but causing confusion.

Charles Adair, 50, was killed by “mechanical asphyxia,” which was ruled a homicide. A county coroner’s report obtained by KCUR reveals that during an altercation, a deputy knelt on Adair’s back.

As education commissioner, Randy Watson urged Kansas schools to increase their graduation rates and raise the percentage of students pursuing a post-secondary degree or workplace credential.

When DOGE cut $2.3 million from a Kansas state agency, it hit rural communities hard. Housing providers already stretched thin closed their doors while others found temporary life rafts, bracing for what's next.

The Trump administration's clampdown on student visas is starving U.S. colleges and universities of some of their more lucrative and high-achieving students, just as American schools have been increasingly banking on students from overseas to compensate for slumping domestic enrollment.

People trying to kick addiction should have access to medical detox programs, but these treatments aren't widely offered in Kansas.