Steve Kraske
Steve Kraske is an associate teaching professor of journalism at UMKC, a political columnist for The Kansas City Star and has hosted "Up to Date" since 2002. He worked as the full-time political correspondent for The Star from 1994-2013 covering national, state and local campaigns. He also has covered the statehouses in Topeka and Jefferson City.
Before arriving in Kansas City, he worked at daily newspapers in Iowa and Illinois and at United Press International in Madison, Wis. Kraske is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he received a bachelor's degree in journalism. He was a 1992 John S. Knight Journalism Fellow at Stanford University.
Kraske has won awards for both his print and radio work and has appeared on NPR, CNN and Fox. He's a big fan of "Prairie Home Companion" and Kansas City jazz. His father lives in Stillwater, Minn., not far from the St. Croix River.
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Missouri lawmakers are blocking funds for voter-approved Medicaid, and the Kansas legislature is dealing with some contentious issues.
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The University of Missouri-Kansas City is reimagining its future with a new initiative for a post-COVID-19 world and a Kansas City native followed monarch butterflies from Mexico to Canada and back.
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Renowned Kansas City civil rights activist Alvin Sykes has died, Westport's homeless encampment is catching the eyes of Kansas Citians, and the Crossroads Community Association celebrates 20 years.
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An obituary linking a Kansas woman's death to her vaccination against COVID-19 was picked up by local media, and questions arose when several news outlets rushed to unsubstantiated conclusions. Plus, innovations in the metro's fitness industry are seeing gyms through the pandemic.
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Historian Eddie S. Glaude, Jr. highlights the lessons on race in America's history through the writings of James Baldwin, and Trust Neighborhoods has a blueprint for developing low-income communities minus gentrification and displacement.
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While tornados can't be stopped, better technology means the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration can see weather patterns favorable for their formation days ahead of time.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has led workers to experience burnout at unprecedented rates, and a bill in the Kansas Senate aims to more strictly regulate the wind turbine industry.
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Asian Americans from Kansas and Missouri respond to the increased violence and racism they are seeing plus we provide answers to your COVID-19 questions.
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The Missouri legislature has been busy as it reaches the halfway-point of the 2021 session and the peregrine falcon population in the Midwest is recovering thanks to conservation efforts.
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The new Buck O'Neil Bridge design has not been well-received and the Vatican says it will not bless same-sex marriages.