New details about the U.S. Department of Labor investigation into a sanitation company that employed children as young as 13 to "use caustic chemicals to clean razor-sharp saws" at meatpacking plants nationwide. 26 kids were found doing this at the Cargill beef plant in Dodge City #westernkansas

I’m here at the KCATA board meeting, where they will be discussing incentives for the Main & Armour project. I will be keeping this thread updated throughout the meeting, for @kcbeacon!

If you missed yesterday's KCUR's Up To Date interview about a police funding lawsuit, you can listen to my segment here. open.spotify.com/episode/4JI3sB…

And of course, you can read the original story on @kcbeacon! kcbeacon.org/stories/2023/0…

KC gets a shout-out from the cast of Ted Lasso at the White House press briefing

Today is the day! Mili Mansaray and I have been working on these candidate questionnaires for all of the competitive city council primaries to help you make your picks.

Annual reminder as the #ksleg starts working on Conference Committee Reports - CCRs are debated in the "other" chamber first - House bills start in the Senate/end in the House. Senate bills start in the House/end in the Senate. Also KS Leg Research Dept produces the CCR Briefs that...

terms like "division," "partisanship," "polarization" etc. are in a journalistic comfort zone because they allow for sentences without subjects, avoiding pointing fingers at people, as though these things just happen by themselves

Next week, @kcbeacon and The Kansas City Defender will be hosting a Chai and Chat community kickback at the Equal Minded Cafe. We are looking to speak with various generations and communities in KC about what they want to see in the news. Link to register below ⤵️ eventbrite.com/e/chai-chat-co…