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Kansas Police Department Adds Tesla Model Y To Fleet

Leawood Police Department in Kansas had added a Tesla Model Y to its fleet. The Y could save them in excess of $5,000 a year in running costs.

InsideEVs · Jul 3, 2022

Commentary: Roe v. Wade strikedown awakens pro-choice Kansans, threatens Value Them Both amendment

Last Friday was the best day ever for the campaign to ban abortions in the United States.

Tribune News Service · Jul 2, 2022

Average daily COVID cases around Kansas City are highest since end of omicron wave

The average number of COVID-19 cases per day reported over a 7-day period in Kansas City has surpassed 400 For the first time since February. This reported number is likely far lower than the actual case count, as home testing has made new infections harder for states to track.

Tribune News Service · Jul 1, 2022

How Kansas City became the 2026 World Cup’s most unlikely host city

The city will be the smallest US metro area to host games at the tournament, but it has a long and proud soccer history to call on

The Guardian - US · Jun 30, 2022

Before Missouri Amtrak crash, county alerted state, railroad about brush blocking views

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — One month before the deadly Amtrak train derailment at a crossing in northern Missouri, the county commission there alerted the state that overgrown brush was obstructing drivers’ views.

Tribune News Service · Jun 29, 2022

Major health system stops, then resumes Plan B amid Missouri's abortion ban ambiguity

Saint Luke's Health System, which operates several hospitals in the Kansas City area, said it was concerned about the risk of criminal prosecution by offering the emergency contraceptive.

WEKU · Jun 29, 2022

4 people killed in Monday’s Amtrak crash in rural Missouri identified by authorities

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The four people who were killed when an Amtrak train crashed into a dump truck Monday in rural mid-Missouri have been identified.

Tribune News Service · Jun 29, 2022

Kansas City area health system stops providing Plan B in Missouri because of abortion ban

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A leading health system in Kansas City is no longer providing emergency contraception in Missouri after the state banned abortion with no exceptions for rape or incest.

Tribune News Service · Jun 29, 2022

2022 will feature the most abortion-related ballot measures on record; Campaigns respond to Dobbs

There will be at least five abortion-related ballot measures in 2022, including the first two ballot measures to provide explicit state constitutional rights related to abortion. On June 27, the California State Legislature passed a constitutional amendment, bringing the total to five – the most on record for a single…

Ballotpedia · Jun 29, 2022

Josh Hawley says abortion ruling will push people to move states, strengthening the GOP

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley on Friday celebrated the U.S. Supreme court ruling eliminating the constitutional right to abortion, calling it a sweeping decision that would change the shape of American politics for the next decade.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jun 24, 2022