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Wrong to judge minimum wage as just labor demand issue 6 Aug 2013 | 11:55 pm
The debate about raising the minimum wage always seems to focus on the demand for labor. Conservatives contend that increasing the minimum wage will raise costs which will partially be borne by the co...
NASA Engineer Bringing Mars to KC 14 May 2013 | 01:17 am
Kobie Boykins is coming to the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. Boykins, though, is no artist. He's a mechanical engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and plays a key role in the agenc...
KC: More Blueblood Than Redneck 11 May 2013 | 12:24 am
When a real estate website Movoto issued a list of the Most Redneck Cities in America, Kansas Citians were shocked to find our town ranked number two in the nation. As the Star reported yesterday, Kan...
NBA Player Comes Out 29 Apr 2013 | 10:55 am
NBA center Jason Collins just became the first openly gay athlete in a major North American sport. If you need a reason why that matters, consider that there are millions of young people across the co...
In Kansas, Anything Is Now Possible 25 Apr 2013 | 09:46 am
This week Governor Brownback of Kansas signed a bill directing the KU Medical Center to establish a Midwest Stem Cell Therapy Center. Though it doesn’t provide any funding, the bill mandates that the ...
Vaccinations help protect all children 23 Apr 2013 | 10:04 am
As parents, we strive to provide a happy and healthy life for our children. Today we are able to do even more for our kids by protecting infants and children from 14 serious diseases through vaccinati...
Crowdfunding Abounds in KC 23 Apr 2013 | 08:24 am
Crowdfunding is exploding in popularity. According to an industry report, online fundraising through websites including Kickstarter and Indiegogo more than doubled last year, with $1.6 billion raised ...
Expanding Medicaid is the right thing to do for all Missourians 22 Apr 2013 | 12:50 pm
Rarely are state legislatures handed an opportunity to materially impact the lives of their most marginalized citizens in a good way. Missouri is presented with such an unparalleled opportunity right ...
Don't like the media, buy your own -- if you are rich 22 Apr 2013 | 11:49 am
The Koch brothers apparently plan to follow Rupert Murdoch's pattern of buying and controlling the message that the media put out. Charles and David Koch, billionaires based in Wichita, are exploring ...
Economic disparity still hampers black success 22 Apr 2013 | 11:45 am
Gwendolyn Grant dismisses any notion that we've entered a post-racial period since the nation elected and re-elected its first African American president. In the last 50 years, black men and women hav...
