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The more suburban region of #KCMO called "the Northland", is often portrayed as a conservative bastion. But Tuesday's election results paint a clearer picture about this region. The southern part of the Northland is lower-income, more diverse *and* votes more progressively (1/9)

After years at the Associated Press, where he helped shape the understanding of some of the nation’s most significant stories in recent years, Andale Gross comes home to Missouri as The Star’s next managing editor. kansascity.com/news/business/…

long read rec! a dear friend of mine wrote a really comprehensive thread connecting her personal experience navigating a cancer diagnosis to broader policy changes she’d like to see ⬇️

Submit your questions about the Royals and Chiefs stadium vote to The Kansas City Star. Staff including Mike Hendricks ↙️, Allison Dikanovic and me might answer them.

Nick Allen is an outreach worker with the city. KC doesn't have a permanent low-barrier shelter. Even without that vital resource, he recently helped a man living outside. Read more about what happened when Allen told the man he was getting housed: kansascity.com/news/local/art…

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Kansas City handles chronic homelessness worst of all major U.S. cities, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. That’s because 96% of chronically homeless Kansas Citians are living outside, not in some kind of shelter. 1/5 kansascity.com/news/local/art…

Future Kansas City firefighters will not be able to file the kind of discrimination lawsuits that have cost the city millions in settlements & verdicts in recent years. Local 42, the union of most KCFD employees, agreed to the change in its latest city contract. 1/5

KCPD was brought in to investigate two fatal shootings by Kansas City, KS, police. I filed records requests for the case files via Missouri's Sunshine law. Now, KCK is suing KCPD in an effort to stop them from turning over the files. Story w/Bill Lukitsch kansascity.com/news/local/art…

KC made a $200k down payment for pallet homes for the unhoused 3+ years ago. A few weeks ago, I asked what happened w/that money or materials. They said they had not put in the order. Now, they say the homes are coming, but won't be used for the homeless. kansascity.com/news/local/art…

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NEW - Republicans halted a decade-long blue shift in Johnson County in statehouse races on Tuesday But Democrats still gained in local races. And Sharice Davids/Kamala Harris still won the county The Kansas City Star look at the mixed bag in Kansas’ biggest county kansascity.com/news/politics-…

Homeless shelter plans have been shot down in KC in part due to NIMBYism. But several people in the Lykins neighborhood say a shelter would be better than what’s happening in their area, where people living outside have taken over vacant residential lots. kansascity.com/news/local/art…

Living in Wyandotte and your streets aren't plowed? You're not alone. The UG said they're addressing "hot routes" and "secondary routes" before neighborhood streets. Chris and I spoke to a few residents and the UG earlier today. Here’s what they said: kansascity.com/news/local/art…

Spoke to the UG about updates for snowplows in Wyandotte. The county is cutting back on their overnight snowplowing, meanwhile residents say their neighborhood streets still aren’t clean. kansascity.com/news/local/art…

KC begrudgingly approves Four Light high rise plan — including $17 million parking garage kansascity.com/news/local/art… For more great content like this subscribe to the The Kansas City Star app here: kansascity.com/subscribe

In the event the Chiefs three-peat — certainly an "if" — Kansas City plans to host another parade. But after last year's shooting, KC leaders are considering potential changes, including dropping the Union Station rally. News from Mike Hendricks ↙️ and me:kansascity.com/news/local/art…