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Lisa Rodriguez

Kansas City

News Director @kcur. Recovering @kcmo City Hall reporter/newscaster. IG: @tilirodriguez | [email protected] | She/Her | Chile/KCMO |

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  • He visited his grandpa's grave in Mexico. The U.S. blocked his return

    6 days ago | kcur.org | Lisa Rodriguez

    A Roeland Park man legally protected under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals was not allowed to reenter the United States after visiting a family grave in Mexico. He's now back on U.S. soil, after he sued the Trump administration. Hear what Evenezer Cortez Martinez has to say about his experience. Cortez Martinez and his attorney Rekha Sharma-Crawford spoke with KCUR's Nomin Ujiyediin about the deportation and lawsuit. Contact the show at [email protected].

  • An open letter to the City of Kansas City, Missouri, from its local journalists

    1 month ago | kcur.org | Lisa Rodriguez

    To the honorable Mayor Quinton Lucas and members of the Kansas City Council:Over the course of the last five years, we, members of the Kansas City media, have grown increasingly concerned about changes in our access to transparent and accurate information from City Hall.

  • Sandra Hemme, wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years, is finally - unconditionally - free

    Dec 5, 2024 | krcu.org | Lisa Rodriguez

    With no fanfare, Sandra Hemme, the Missouri woman who spent 43 years in prison for a murder she did not commit, is finally free of the legal system. Livingston County Circuit Court Judge Ryan Horsman, who found Hemme innocent last summer, signed the final order on Tuesday that granted her freedom. The order from Horsman was a little more than a page long. “Sandra Hemme is hereby permanently and unconditionally discharged from custody,” the judge wrote.

  • Sandra Hemme, wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years, is finally - unconditionally - free

    Dec 4, 2024 | kcur.org | Lisa Rodriguez

    With no fanfare, Sandra Hemme, the Missouri woman who spent 43 years in prison for a murder she did not commit, is finally free of the legal system. Livingston County Circuit Court Judge Ryan Horsman, who found Hemme innocent last summer, signed the final order on Tuesday that granted her freedom. The order from Horsman was a little more than a page long. “Sandra Hemme is hereby permanently and unconditionally discharged from custody,” the judge wrote.

  • Lebanese Kansas Citians fear for family caught in war: 'It's always the innocent who suffer'

    Oct 3, 2024 | kcur.org | Lisa Rodriguez

    Rayan Makarem says his family in Lebanon— who include his parents, cousins, and in-laws— are "as safe as they can be.""Safe" is a relative term right now for the country of roughly 5.5 million people, with a smaller landmass than Connecticut, as Lebanon faces constant aerial bombardment and an ongoing ground invasion from Israel's military, as part of a campaign against the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah. Makarem grew up in Lebanon and moved to U.S. 10 years ago.

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