AltWeeklies Wire
Identification, Pleasenew
The company that screens Kansas City airport passengers experiences some turbulence.
The Pitch |
David Martin |
01-17-2007 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
K.C. To Shell Out for Practice Facility?new
The idea could cost millions and contradict promises that the city was done paying to lure a Sprint Center tenant.
The Pitch |
Eric Barton |
01-17-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Back to Schoolnew
Even though he's no longer running for office, Professor Kris Kobach continues his campaigns -- some students say he's anti-immigrant, while others are backing him.
Tags: Education
A Holiday Catalog of Bummingnew
'Tis the season for these street-corner regulars to go to work.
The Pitch |
Ben Paynter |
12-19-2006 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Life Without Wal-Martnew
Kansas City advertising genius Bob Bernstein helped make Wal-Mart what it is today -- then the world's largest retailer dumped him.
The Pitch |
Eric Barton |
12-13-2006 |
Business & Labor
To the Rescuenew
Can't you see it? We're being invaded, but local Minutemen are prepared to stop it.
The Pitch |
Carolyn Szczepanski |
11-21-2006 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
T-Shirt Tombstonesnew
Shirts memorializing young, black murder victims are everyday wear on K.C.'s east side.
The Pitch |
Nadia Pflaum |
11-13-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Here, Kiddie, Kiddienew
Pro soccer wants to give your children candy -- but be leery of what's under the trench coat.
The Pitch |
David Martin |
11-06-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Crazy Trainnew
There are good ideas out there to fix our transit system. None of them come from Clay Chastain.
The Pitch |
David Martin |
10-31-2006 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
More Deadly Silencenew
This year's a bad one for murders in Kansas City -- so where's the outrage?
The Pitch |
Nadia Pflaum |
10-17-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Don't Feed the Preachernew
The kids hawking candy in the median aren't all doing God's work.
Tags: religion
Ethanol Pushersnew
Despite its hype as a green fuel, corn-based ethanol is dirty business from the farm all the way to the exhaust pipe.
The Pitch |
Carolyn Szczepanski |
10-02-2006 |
Environment
Granny the Terroristnew
Senior war protesters say Bush spies on them -- now they're going after the government.
The Pitch |
Justin Kendall |
09-26-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Ethanol Pushersnew
A Kansas farm town bets its future on a risky fuel squeezed from corncobs.
The Pitch |
Nadia Pflaum |
09-26-2006 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Jay's Anatomynew
At their free clinic, young medical students just keep putting band-aids on a bleeding health care system.
Tags: Health & Science
