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3 weeks ago | 
ourcommunitynow.com | Grant Stephens
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New data shows that spending was unexpectedly strong last month, despite ongoing economic anxiety. Kansas Citians say they’re becoming more intentional about their purchases.
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3 weeks ago | 
kshb.com | Grant Stephens
KSHB 41 reporter Grant Stephens covers stories involving downtown Kansas City, Missouri up to North Kansas City. Share your story idea with Grant. New data shows that spending was unexpectedly strong last month, despite ongoing economic anxiety. Kansas Citians say they’re becoming more intentional about their purchases.
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4 weeks ago | 
kshb.com | Grant Stephens
KSHB 41 reporter Grant Stephens covers stories involving downtown Kansas City, Missouri up to North Kansas City. Share your story idea with Grant. A global research firm has reported a steady increase in shoe prices over the past few years. According to data from IBISWorld, there was a significant rise in prices towards the end of the pandemic due to heightened demand, which persists today.
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1 month ago | 
kshb.com | Claire Bradshaw |Grant Stephens
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Polls are now open in Missouri for today's school and special election. There are several issues on the ballot depending on where you live. Kansas City is asking voters to renew a public safety tax that would generate $480 million over the next 20 years. That money would help pay for a new municipal jail for Kansas City, Missouri.
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1 month ago | 
kshb.com | Grant Stephens |Dre Bradley
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Moundville, Missouri, a city in Vernon County with a population of less than 100 people, was home to just a few landmarks—a couple of churches, a post office and a gas station. The town was greatly impacted by storm damage Wednesday morning, leaving it scarred and its residents in shock. One of those residents was a woman named Donna Newsome, who has lived in Moundville for 47 years. "We have not been through this before," Newsome said.
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1 month ago | 
ourcommunitynow.com | Grant Stephens
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Moundville, Missouri, a city in Vernon County with a population of less than 100 people, was home to just a few landmarks—a couple of churches, a post office and a gas station. The town was greatly impacted by storm damage Wednesday morning, leaving it scarred and its residents in shock. One of those residents was a woman named Donna Newsome, who has lived in Moundville for 47 years. "We have not been through this before," Newsome said.
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1 month ago | 
kshb.com | Grant Stephens
KSHB 41 reporter Grant Stephens covers stories involving downtown Kansas City, Missouri up to North Kansas City. Share your story idea with GrantVoter turnout has been slow with one week to go until Missouri's April 8 school and special election. On average the Kansas City Election Board says they've seen about 130 voters per day in the first few days of early voting. They're expecting about 10 percent voter turnout for this election.
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1 month ago | 
kshb.com | Grant Stephens
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Following cuts to federal agencies in charge of assisting refugees, some local workers have started taking things into their own hands. The organizers behind the Connect to Hope networking event held last Thursday say one of the biggest things the federal cuts have severed is a sense of connection. The networking event was meant to help bring people back together. "We have employers here, we have people that came as refugees here, we have people that were laid off.
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1 month ago | 
kshb.com | Grant Stephens
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Some of the local employees affected by federal furloughs and layoffs have started taking things into their own hands. Refugee Resettlement agencies in Kansas City have laid off or furloughed dozens of employees but now some of their former coworkers are stepping up with a grassroots networking event happening Thursday afternoon. The four women behind it met working at a refugee resettlement agency. "It's been very rough.
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1 month ago | 
kshb.com | Lindsay Shively |Grant Stephens
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Last week, NBC News reported that a dozen of large white eggs averaged just under $5 per dozen, down from more than $8 earlier in the month. The latest egg market report from the USDA from last Friday also shows the price of wholesale eggs fell sharply because of a lull in bird flu outbreaks this month and slowing demand because of those higher prices. A later Easter holiday this year is also expected to ease demand.
