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With new name for Arrowhead Stadium field, everyone knows Chiefs’ next logical step

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With new name for Arrowhead Stadium field, everyone knows Chiefs’ next logical step

GEHA Field has a ring to it. Arrowhead Stadium, not so much in 2021.
This is ‘mentoring’ women? KU must part ways with coach Les Miles for conduct at LSU

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This is ‘mentoring’ women? KU must part ways with coach Les Miles for conduct at LSU

March 5, 2021, 12:28 PM
Rep. Sam Graves complains about COVID-19 aid for farmers — but only if they’re Black?

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Rep. Sam Graves complains about COVID-19 aid for farmers — but only if they’re Black?

Everyone knows Lamar Johnson is innocent. Why won’t Missouri give him a new trial?

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Everyone knows Lamar Johnson is innocent. Why won’t Missouri give him a new trial?

Waddell & Reed deal collapses, and KC taxpayers are on the hook. Reform incentives

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Waddell & Reed deal collapses, and KC taxpayers are on the hook. Reform incentives

March 4, 2021, 5:00 AM
Kansas City business, health leaders see hope on the COVID horizon — if people behave

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Kansas City business, health leaders see hope on the COVID horizon — if people behave

Voting in Missouri and Kansas needs to be expanded. This law is not the way to do it

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Voting in Missouri and Kansas needs to be expanded. This law is not the way to do it

March 3, 2021, 5:00 AM
‘Anybody else would have been arrested’: Special treatment for Chiefs’ Britt Reid?

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‘Anybody else would have been arrested’: Special treatment for Chiefs’ Britt Reid?

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With new name for Arrowhead Stadium field, everyone knows Chiefs’ next logical step

Baptist Missouri pastor’s sermon against fat wives is not so shocking

Thousands of COVID-19 doses go unused at rural Missouri mass vaccination events

Well-known Lake of the Ozarks Realtor charged with conspiracy in murder-for-hire plot

In wake of LSU investigation, Kansas must fire Les Miles, take long look at Jeff Long

Buck O’Neil deserves more than a slab of concrete. But there’s a better bridge idea

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Buck O’Neil deserves more than a slab of concrete. But there’s a better bridge idea

March 2, 2021, 5:00 AM
No, Josh Hawley: We don’t hate America if we want to learn from history’s mistakes

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No, Josh Hawley: We don’t hate America if we want to learn from history’s mistakes

February 27, 2021, 5:00 AM
A 4-hour round trip for a COVID vaccine? Missouri needs doses where more people live

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A 4-hour round trip for a COVID vaccine? Missouri needs doses where more people live

Cerner is helping create ‘COVID-19 passports.’ Will they be a reverse scarlet letter?

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Cerner is helping create ‘COVID-19 passports.’ Will they be a reverse scarlet letter?

February 28, 2021, 5:00 AM
What are we worried about — Iowa invading? New Missouri Minutemen force is pointless

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What are we worried about — Iowa invading? New Missouri Minutemen force is pointless

Kansas City failed the extreme cold test. How can we protect the homeless next time?

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Kansas City failed the extreme cold test. How can we protect the homeless next time?

February 25, 2021, 5:00 AM
Concealed carry on KC buses is a terrible idea. How would that reduce gun violence?

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Concealed carry on KC buses is a terrible idea. How would that reduce gun violence?

February 24, 2021, 5:00 AM
Stop the handouts. It’s time to reform how Kansas City gives incentives to builders

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Stop the handouts. It’s time to reform how Kansas City gives incentives to builders

February 24, 2021, 5:00 AM
Wait lists for justice? Missouri’s broken public defender system must be fixed

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Wait lists for justice? Missouri’s broken public defender system must be fixed

February 23, 2021, 5:00 AM
Missouri has too many older, low-risk prisoners behind bars. This GOP bill would help

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Missouri has too many older, low-risk prisoners behind bars. This GOP bill would help

February 22, 2021, 5:00 AM
Disasters with blackouts, vaccines, unemployment prove government isn’t the problem

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Disasters with blackouts, vaccines, unemployment prove government isn’t the problem

February 21, 2021, 5:00 AM
Kansas House issues shamefully weak reprimand of abusive Democratic Rep. Aaron Coleman

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Kansas House issues shamefully weak reprimand of abusive Democratic Rep. Aaron Coleman

Finally: Back-to-school time is within sight in Kansas. But there are some big ifs

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Finally: Back-to-school time is within sight in Kansas. But there are some big ifs

February 19, 2021, 5:00 AM
Missouri police do a difficult job, but do they need their own ‘bill of rights’?

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Missouri police do a difficult job, but do they need their own ‘bill of rights’?

February 17, 2021, 12:28 PM
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