Kansas City launched a program where nonprofits and other organizations could buy homes for just $1 but the deal isn’t as sweet as it sounds. Hear city officials and nonprofit leaders offer their take on this affordable housing solution.
Shortly after The Supreme Court overturned Roe Vs. Wade, Kansas became the first state to bring the question of a right to an abortion to the voters. The ballot measure which came to be known as The Value Them Both Amendment, became a national flashpoint in part due to it's deceptive language.
This excerpt from the PBS documentary television show, Flatland In Focus, explains what comes of a Yes or No vote on this issue.
In cities across the US, heavily polluted industrial zones are often established adjacent to communities of color and low-income residents. As a part of the PBS documentary series, Flatland in Focus, residents living in Wyandotte County, KS neighborhood advocate for clean air.
One tree at a time, The Heartland Tree Alliance bring arborsits and volunteers together to increase the urban tree canopy of Kansas City, Missouri. As part of a PBS series on climate education, this project sheds light on the carbon sequestration potential of trees and their impact against the urban heat island effect worsened by climate change.
Police staffing is not an exact science, and it is increasingly complex. But there are studies by the U.S. Department of Justice and policing organizations addressing what variables should be considered and what hasn’t proven to be the most efficient for taxpayer dollars. Oftentimes, they say, departments hire more officers simply because funds are available, without enough regard for what services are actually needed and desired by residents.
Financial pressures are not the only stressors facing rural hospitals and clinics. These small towns are facing the loss of physicians as well as Baby Boomers head into retirement.
That is where the STORM program comes in. That stands for Summer Training Option in Rural Medicine, and its a program of the University of Kansas Medical Center. Through this elective rotation, medical students spend six weeks in small towns across Kansas to introduce them to the rewards of rural medicine. "Enticement through rewarding experiences" is how Dr. Michael Kennedy, associate dean of rural medicine at KU Med, described the way STORM hooks students on rural medicine.
"American Graduate: Getting to Work" is a two-year a public media initiative made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. As part of its participation in the project, Kansas City PBS is highlighting some highly regarded workforce development programs in our region.
Land of Opportunity is a historical documentary special that looks at the racist history of housing segregation in Kansas City, MO and how the black residents of the Santa Fe Place neighborhood fought to integrate and in turn, change the housing landscape of the United States.
Land of Opportunity aired on Kansas City PBS and won an NATAS Midwest Regional Emmy in 2020 for Best Historical Documentary.