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06/07/2026

Residents put up a sign to oppose a proposed datacenter in Tonganoxie, Kansas, on 16 April 2026. Photograph: Michael Siluk/Universal Images Group/Getty Images

06/06/2026

https://stateofnation.org/kansas/

Discover how Kansas ranks nationwide across 14 key categories including social capital, economy, and health. View our detailed progress report and trends today.

06/06/2026

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Explore Missouri's state rankings and progress trends across 31 key measures. See how the state performs in economy, health, environment, and more.

06/05/2026

The 2026 Equilar and New York Times study reveals America’s top CEOs earned a record $39.4 million at the median in 2025, up 35.8%. Explore the data behind the massive surge in CEO pay.

06/04/2026

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jun/04/trump-administration-consumer-financial-protection-bureau?CMP=share_btn_url

Deletion of the bureau’s website content is just the most recent part of a larger plan to ‘undermine an agency that’s helped people’

06/04/2026

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/03/arts/music/charlie-parker-jazz-music.html?unlocked_article_code=1.nlA.ciLA.xDtWjJL_2N5b&smid=url-share

Bird helped usher in bebop and transformed the alto saxophone into an instrument of startling possibility. Here’s an 11-song primer on his enduring legacy.

06/02/2026

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BDQG6WefR/

NEW: Since the initial KC Streetcar track was put into use 10 years ago, officials have planned and executed extensions north and south.

And the planning continues, this time north of the river.

STORY >>> https://www.kctv5.com/2026/06/02/kc-streetcar-study-feasibility-extending-service-north-kansas-city/

06/02/2026

(Another attack on voting)

The U.S. Postal Service on Friday took its first major step to carry out President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting voting by mail, proposing a rule that would require states to submit lists of voters before mailing ballots.

06/02/2026

Thirty candidates are running in August to represent Kansas in the U.S. House and U.S. Senate, including 12 who are seeking to unseat Republican incumbent U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall.