Brian Ellison
Host and Contributor at NPR
Host and Contributor at KCUR-FM (Kansas City, MO)
Host/contributor covering MO & KS politics, @NPR affiliate @KCUR; Executive Director, @CovNetPres; minister; sports announcer; partner; dog dad. he/him 🏳️🌈
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4 days ago |
kcur.org | Brian Ellison
The U.S. Senate version of President Trump's so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” could ultimately have major budgetary consequences for Missouri, because of a provision capping a critical tax that helps pay for Medicaid. Republican Sen. Josh Hawley says he's concerned about the effect on rural hospitals. St. Louis Public Radio's politics correspondent Jason Rosenbaum discusses the details with KCUR's Brian Ellison. Contact the show at [email protected].
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1 week ago |
kcur.org | Brian Ellison
Chicken might not be the most flavorful meat on its own and, yes, it’s easy to overcook. But don’t underestimate the true glory of chomping down on an order of perfectly-prepared wings, says food blogger Glenn Robinson. “Something about ripping it apart,” he says.
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4 weeks ago |
kcur.org | Brian Ellison
After about 150 masked members of the Patriot Front, a white nationalist hate group, marched through downtown Kansas City last Saturday, Mayor Quinton Lucas took to social media. "While the First Amendment provides the right to bring any message to Kansas City," he wrote, "we know that our diversity, our welcoming community, and our respect for the rights of all reject whatever hate and cowardice come our way."Kansas City Police said they didn't have any advance warning of the march.
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4 weeks ago |
kcur.org | Brian Ellison
Patty Prewitt spent 38 years in Missouri prisons for the 1984 murder of her husband, a crime she has always maintained she did not commit. Then, on Dec. 20, 2024, she was released from prison when then-Missouri Gov. Mike Parson commuted her sentence, which had been 50 years without parole. “Jane, my oldest daughter, was visiting me, and they called us out and said, 'You're leaving in the next two hours,’” Prewitt told KCUR’s Up To Date.
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4 weeks ago |
kcur.org | Brian Ellison
Comedian Tom Papa is a jack of all trades. He has done several stand-up comedy specials for Netflix, starred in multiple network TV shows, written books and soon will even have his own line of kitchen supplies for making bread at home. But public radio listeners know him best for his contributions to shows like "Live From Here" and "Wait Wait...
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