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Missouri's got weed worries. Public health experts want more education about the potential risks of using marijuana and more studies to understand them. thebeaconnews.org/stories/2024/1…

On Sunday, Clara Bates brought us the story of Kurtis Watkins, who was sent to prison for 25 yrs based on testimony of St. Louis cop named Steve Pinkerton. Neither Watkins, his attorneys nor the jury knew about Pinkerton's past at the time of his conviction. #moleg #mogov (1/4)

Kansas City Life said its plans for a future mixed-use development are not ready to be made public. Valentine residents complain that the insurance company has been hollowing out the neighborhood for decades and leaving them in the dark. by Josh Merchant thebeaconnews.org/stories/2024/1…

Dozens of homes and businesses on four blocks of the Valentine neighborhood have been razed over the past 120 years, demolished one by one from 80 at its peak in 1909 to 30 at the beginning of this year. buff.ly/49HNXzQ

There's a new program funded by the KC Council offers another response to crisis situations: A call to an alternative number could hook the person up with a mental health clinician, a social worker or another professional to get them help. buff.ly/3ZNnLza

Let's open door number 20 on our pulp advent calendar...

Today's my first day unmoored to newsrooms. I mostly enjoyed the heck out of them. Got to go so many places and see so many things I would have missed in a different line of work. And I was blessed to work with tons of smart, cool people. But it's nice to step away from deadlines

Kansas City cannabis companies’ wish for the new year: Lower federal taxes The DEA considering whether to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug. The industry wants the change, but some health experts warn against it. thebeaconnews.org/stories/2025/0…

How Kansas City is both defined, and held back, by the state line The Kansas-Missouri border splits Kansas City and divides the metro region more evenly, and sometimes problematically, than any American metro region cut in two by a state line. thebeaconnews.org/stories/2025/0…

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I just don’t get why this generation of media-owning tech multi-billionaires all seem unable to use and enjoy their immense wealth as fuck-you money, letting them avoid being Trump suck-ups—not Bezos ($241 billion), not Zuckerberg ($217B), not Mark Benioff ($8B). Character test.

Have an interest in the environment? The Midwest? How to stop birds from dying by soaring into office buildings? Here's a tight, smart podcast for you: kcur.org/2025-03-04/can… from Celia Llopis-Jepsen

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Some good reporting by the great Suzanne King ... Long waiting lists and kidneys wasted: The state of organ transplants and how it affects Missouri and Kansas thebeaconnews.org/stories/2025/0…

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A boom in energy-hungry data centers raises questions about power supplies and utility bills for customers. Who will pay? How much? buff.ly/mPWLE3n

bad weekend to be a hot dog

JK Rowling naming an Italian character.

“Knee high by the Fourth of July” Midwesterners: step your crop game up 😂