Mackenzie Martin
mackenzie@wxpr.org
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The story of why the key witness in the 1994 trial of wrongfully convicted Lamonte McIntyre recanted and how the Kansas City Chiefs’ win in the 1970 Super Bowl helped bring about the end of the Kansas City mafia.
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Listeners share their Kansas City Chiefs game day traditions and how apportionment turned into redistricting and gerrymandering.
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Missouri Governor Mike Parson's State of the State address outlined the challenges for Missourians in 2021 and a trove of photographs depicting Thomas Hart Benton in his Kansas City studio was recently discovered.
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A Kansas lawmaker is working to focus attention on the hundreds of indigenous people that have gone missing and the revered team from the Negro Leagues era will see its name on players' jerseys in 2021.
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An explanation of how America is built to benefit the wealthy and health administrators offer an update on the COVID-19 vaccine distribution in the Kansas City metro.
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Small businesses are looking for quality workers, but one in five may be closing their doors for good, and books that could inspire personal change in 2021.
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Missouri Congressman Emanuel Cleaver gives Kansas Citians a preview of what to expect from the Biden administration and a historian explains how the Capitol insurrection this month is reviving the story of abolitionist Charles Sumner.
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The former U.S. Senator from Missouri on recent events in Washington, and student leaders highlight the struggles facing college attendees.
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A look ahead at the issues most likely to be facing lawmakers in the Sunflower state, and what lies ahead for Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley.
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A Lawrence journalist recorded her 2020 life in one second per day, and the Food Critics explain that not everything spicy has to be hot.