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Our Pandemic Year: Kansas City reflects on COVID-19
Economics
How the pandemic pushed Kansas, Missouri moms to redefine their relationship with work
The pandemic has pushed working women to redefine their personal relationship to work. As unemployed mothers look to re-enter the workforce, they’re not just looking for a job that will pay the bills, but a job that will support their mental well-being and accommodate working mothers.
How Kansas City residents are supporting Asian-owned businesses and ‘Stop Asian Hate’
The vigil outside Vietnamese coffee shop Cafe Cà Phê was in response to the recent shooting in Atlanta, where a gunman targeted Asian-owned businesses and killed eight people, including six Asian women.
Without live gigs, Kansas City jazz musicians get creative
Local jazz musicians have lost a large part of their income to the continued spread of COVID-19, which has pummeled the live music industry, leaving them to look to new ways of making money.
Education
College campuses in Kansas and Missouri are reopening, but many professors and staff can’t get a COVID-19 vaccine
The deaths of professors from COVID-19 highlight the delicate balance schools face in protecting staff while offering the fullest possible education to students.
After a pandemic enrollment drop, Missouri educators are trying to find ‘missing’ students
K-12 enrollment has dropped during the pandemic, and schools and state governments are trying to find out if students transitioned to homeschool, private school or are truly unaccounted for.
How universities in Kansas and Missouri were impacted by enrollment and budget shortfalls
The pandemic has presented a two-sided coin to the four big public universities in Kansas and Missouri. On one side, the dire enrollment predictions of the summer have turned out better — in one case, much better — than expected.
Environment
Fate of monarch butterfly up in the air
Citing finite resources, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to work on higher priority species before evaluating whether monarch butterflies should be listed as endangered or threatened.
Fish Fight: Invasive Asian carp threaten Kansas and Missouri waterways
There’s a war being fought amid the vast Mississippi River system. At stake are populations of native fish and a multibillion-dollar fishing and boating industry.
Local scientists seek solutions for Kansas lakes battling harmful blue-green algae
Blue-green algae blooms have always been a natural, and safe, part of Kansas lakes. But within the past decade, algal amounts have increased, causing health and economic woes.
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A year into the pandemic, Kansas City employers grapple with the future of remote work
As schools and businesses consider reopening — at the same time local and state officials slowly lift restrictions on businesses — employers are figuring out how to best support a workforce that has quickly embraced the ability to work outside the standard office cubicle.
The Kansas city that pays remote workers to move there
For some midsize cities in the Midwest that have traditionally spent millions in tax incentives to attract businesses, the idea of directly paying remote workers to move there is emerging as a new economic development strategy.
How COVID-19 has affected pets in Kansas
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s most recent data, more than 3,625 animals have been tested for COVID-19 across the U.S. — 131 positive. Household pets can catch COVID-19 from their owners, in turn potentially infecting other pets or humans.
At Kansas City budget hearing, residents call for increased funding for housing services and unhoused residents
A majority of comments focused on increased funding for housing services, with specific demands to fund the Office of Tenant Advocate, a city agency borne out of the Tenant Bill of Rights that was passed by the City Council in December 2019.
How Missouri and Kansas expanded rural access to health care in the pandemic
With the need to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, many medical providers have turned to virtual appointments, known as telehealth, as a solution.
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