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KC Week in Review
May 11, 2012

Why UMKC wants to change its name. Mitt Romney in town. The new high-tech answer to the city's crime problems. AMC being sold to Chinese conglomerate? A tough PR call for the Golden Ox. Plus, trapped in intolerably long lines in Johnson County.

THIS WEEK: Friday, May 11th 2012 @ 7:30 pm
(Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11 am )

KC CORPORATE ICON TO BE SOLD TO CHINA?: After spending millions to lure AMC from downtown to Kansas is AMC about to be sold to China? A front page story in the Kansas City Star this week reveals that the nation’s second largest theater chain which has been headquartered in Kansas City since 1920 could soon be purchased by a Chinese conglomerate. What does all this mean for Kansas City?
UPDATE TRANSIT: We won’t know until summer what a Jackson County commuter rail plan might look like. And no one has proposed a ballot issue to fund a rail system, much less set a date for an election. Yet according to a front page story in the Star this week, Jackson County government officials are spending half a million dollars on TV ads and an awareness campaign to promote rail transit in the county. How does this square with KC’s plan for a streetcar line? Is there room for both? Are either of them feasible?

UMKC NAME CHANGE: UMKC is considering changing its name to the University of Kansas City. Officials say the name change would help it emerge from the sizable shadow of the Missouri campus in Columbia. The school has used its current name since it joined the four-campus University of Missouri system nearly 50 years ago.


ROMNEY IN KC: Mitt Romney was in town Thursday. The presumptive Republican nominee for President did not appear though in public – his visit was totally private. No public rallies and big speeches – why?


SHOT SPOTTER TECHNOLOGY COMES TO KC: It’s a high-tech anti-crime system that uses sensors to spot gunshots and let’s police know almost exactly where those bullets were fired. Kansas City officials have been talking about the system for years, but they’ve finally got the money to install the equipment. So how is this supposed to work and will it really reduce violent crime in Kansas City?


TOUGH PR CALL FOR GOLDEN OX: As Bottomline Communications reports this week, sometimes public relations decisions can be complicated. You make the call on this one. You are the PR person for the Golden Ox, one of Kansas City’s landmark restaurants and a downtown fixture since 1949. Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, says it wants to come in and substitute your world-famous steaks for theirs and film customers’ reactions. On the one hand, your restaurant will be featured in ads across the country. It will certainly increase your restaurant’s exposure. On the other hand, you know that only those customers who rave about the Walmart steaks will be included in the commercials. What would you do? WATCH THE AD


LONG LINES AT DMV: Why should it take 8 hours to wait in line this week to renew your license plates or register your vehicles in Johnson County?

THIS WEEK’S NEWS REVIEWERS:

Kevin Collison
Kansas City Star

Chris Hernandez
41 Action News

Stacey Cameron
KCTV5

Dave Helling
Kansas City Star


***A NOTE FROM NICK:
Your thoughts are always important to me. Send an e-mail to nhaines@kcpt.org or share and connect at the Nick Haines page on Facebook.
Thanks for watching Kansas City Week in Review.
Nick!

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KC Week in Review
May 18, 2011

Lavish spending & salaries of union leaders exposed in KC Star investigation. Why there's talk of an "impending bloodbath" in Topeka & the state "going to hell in a handbasket." What you need to know in the waning hours of the Kansas legislative session. Plus, Rush inducted in secret ceremony.

THIS WEEK: Friday, May 18th 2012 @ 7:30 pm
(Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11 am )

END OF KANSAS AS WE KNOW IT?: “Sending the state to hell in a hand basket…an impending bloodbath…a nuclear explosion that will leave no part of the state immune from the radioactivity of the blast……ending Kansas as we know it.” Some of the phrases thrown around in the last week to describe the actions of Kansas lawmakers who sent to the Governor’s desk a $3.7 billion tax cut bill which its proponents argue will help grow the Kansas economy and spur growth. So why such apocalyptic, doomsday language being tossed around?

SECRET CEREMONY FOR LIMBUAGH: in a locked chamber guarded by Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers, House Speaker Steve Tilley this week inducts Rush Limbaugh into the Hall of Famous Missourians during an invitation-only ceremony. Democrats were excluded from the unveiling of the bust of the 61- year-old Cape Girardeau native. The ceremony, a departure from the open events held at almost every other induction, took place with GOP staff members using Democratic seats and empty spectator galleries. Media were notified fewer than 30 minutes in advance. Why all the secrecy?


VOTING ON JUDGES: For more than 70 years, Missouri has selected most of its judges using a process that has become a model for the nation. This fall, voters will get the opportunity to change it. The Missouri House has just narrowly passed a proposed constitutional amendment that, if approved by voters this November, would give the governor more control over the selection of judges for the state Supreme Court and state Court of Appeals.


LAND BANK BILL PASSES: It’s being viewed as “game changing” legislation for Kansas City. One of the biggest accomplishments of this year’s legislative session in Missouri. It’s front page news. But why is it important?

UNION EXPOSED: Lavish spending and salaries at a KCK based union are exposed in a Kansas City Star investigation this week. We pick apart the story.


THIS WEEK’S NEWS REVIEWERS:

Mary Sanchez
Kansas City Star

Steve Kraske
The Star/KCUR

Stacey Cameron
KCTV5

Dave Helling
Kansas City Star


***A NOTE FROM NICK:
Your thoughts are always important to me. Send an e-mail to nhaines@kcpt.org or share and connect at the Nick Haines page on Facebook.
Thanks for watching Kansas City Week in Review.
Nick!

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KC Week in Review
May 24, 2013

Inside the murky world of hospital pricing. Plus, will it ever end? Missouri lawmakers are now back home, but Kansas lawmakers can't find a way to resolve a contentious dispute over taxes. Plus, a report card on Sly James as he marks two years as Kansas City Mayor.

THIS WEEK: Friday, May 24, 2013 @ 7:30 pm
(Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11 am )

OKLAHOMA TORNADO & KC MEDIA: A devastating tornado rips through an Oklahoma town causing destruction and the loss of more than two dozen lives. It’s a major national story. But is it also the most important local news story of the week? Every single TV station in town sent reporters to the scene, so did the Kansas City Star. Are Kansas City reporters necessary in Oklahoma? It was a question being asked this week by the metro’s leading media watch site Bottomline Communications. Is this being done because of the May TV sweeps period that concludes this week, the site asks? After all, Moore, OK is 360 miles from Kansas City and far outside the viewing area for any TV or radio stations?

MISSOURI LEGISLATURE ENDS: Some people’s eyes glaze over when they hear the two words “state” and “legislature” put together in the same sentence. But the work of our state lawmakers on both sides of state line can often be more important than anything that happens in Washington. Legislators just wrapped up their session in Missouri and are feverishly trying to close their doors for the year in Topeka as we record this program. But what have they done for you?

WILL IT EVER END? Kansas legislative leaders promised to complete the 2013 session in 80 days. It’s now past day 90 and lawmakers are still in a stalemate over tax cuts. So far this session, Kansas legislators have approved drug testing for unemployment recipients, allowed the governor to now pick Court of Appeals judges, approved a sweeping anti-abortion law that declares life begins “at fertilization” and permitted teachers to carry guns in the classroom.

THE MURKY WORLD OF HOSPITAL PRICING: The federal government recently released what, up until now, has been a pretty closely guarded secret, what hospitals charge for some common medical and surgical procedures. But what does it mean locally? We sent KCPT special correspondent Sam Zeff out to find out what all the data means to you.

MAYOR JAMES @ 2 YEARS: This month marks the half way mark for Kansas City Mayor Sly James. Yep, it’s been two years since he officially took over from Mark Funkhouser as leader of our metro’s largest city. We haven’t reported much on the Mayor for quite awhile now on this program. In fact, not since he made national news during a stage rushing incident at the Gem Theater in March. Two years is a good jumping off point for a report card on his performance thus far.

THIS WEEK’S NEWS REVIEWERS:

Stacey Cameron
KCTV5

Steve Kraske
KC Star/KCUR

Dana Wright
Newsradio 98.1 KMBZ

Sam Zeff
KCPT Special Correspondent

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KC Week in Review
May 25, 2012

Decision makers replace reporters in this KCWIR special! The Bi-State Business Border Battle erupts again with the biggest prize up for grabs yet. Plus, one of the biggest income tax cuts in Kansas history is signed. But what does it mean to you?

THIS WEEK: Friday, May 25th 2012 @ 7:30 pm
(Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11 am )

DECISION MAKERS REPLACE REPORTERS IN THIS KCWIR SPECIAL: The Bi-State Business Border Battle erupts again with the biggest prize up for grabs yet. Why won’t Kansas and Missouri call a truce? We talk to legislators about it. Plus, one of the biggest income tax cuts in Kansas history is signed. But what does it mean to you? Missouri lawmakers end what The Star editorial board calls the most “desultory and destructive session” in years. And after all the talk, nothing is done to fix the Kansas City, MO School District.

This week we push aside our regular reporters to bring you pithy and insightful state lawmakers on both sides of state line to comment on the news instead. After all every one of our stories this week involve state government. Why wouldn’t we ask the people who are making the decisions on your behalf? And in fact, they’ve all promised to be even more witty and enlightening than the reporters we normally have around the KCWIR table…

THIS WEEK’S NEWS REVIEWERS:

Pat Colloton
KS House (R) Leawood

Will Kraus
MO Senate (R) Lee’s Summit

Jolie Justus
MO Senate, (D) Kansas City

Scott Schwab
KS House, (R) Olathe


***A NOTE FROM NICK:
Your thoughts are always important to me. Send an e-mail to nhaines@kcpt.org or share and connect at the Nick Haines page on Facebook.
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KC Week in Review
November 11, 2011

Adding toll booths to I-70 in Missouri...a big thumbs up vote for the Zoo...Renaming the sports stadiums...MU quits Big 12...and the exodus of top leaders from KCMO Schools.

THIS WEEK: Friday, November 11th 2011 @ 7:30 pm
(Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11am)

ZOO TAX PASSES: By overwhelming margins voters say YES to the ZOO… 70% say yes in Jackson County to the eighth of a cent sales tax hike, though in adjoining Clay County it only narrowly passes. But many people expected it to fail, saying this is the wrong time to be asking cash strapped tax payers for more money. What does this election tell us about the views of voters even in what we’re told is a very sour economy?

LIBERTY SCHOOLS: How come the zoo tax passes but in Liberty voters turn down a measure to upgrade schools?

SPORTS STADIUM NAMING RIGHTS: Is Kauffman Stadium about to change to Arvest Bank Park? Arrowhead to Google Stadium? We dissect the growing speculation about corporate name changes at the Truman Sports Complex.

MU OFFICIALLY LEAVES BIG 12: If you don’t follow college sports, why should you care? What is the impact on Kansas City?

SANDERS STATE OF THE COUNTY: Lowering the cost of government, avoiding controversy…Is it really all “peaches and cream” in Jackson County? Is Sanders an elected leader who’s really doing it right or is there simply less attention being paid to Jackson County government these days?

KCMO SCHOOL DISTRICT EXODUS: Less than two weeks after the state education commissioner asks members of the KCMO School Board to resign, three top district chiefs abruptly quit. Heads of the department of finance, academics and curriculum resign and join former KC superintendent John Covington in Detroit.

MoDOT TO ASK FOR TOLL BOOTHS ON I-70: It’s come up before… but the situation has never been more desperate than it is now. Missouri Highway officials out of money for big, new road projects say they’ve run out of options…they have no choice but to go to Missouri lawmakers and ask for the authority to set up tolls on I-70 as a way to fund overhauling the highway from Kansas City to St. Louis. The cost of rehabbing and expanding I-70 across the state has been estimated at $3.5 billion to $4 billion.


THIS WEEK’S NEWS REVIEWERS:

Steve Kraske
KC Star/KCUR
Chris Hernandez
NBC Action News
Mary Sanchez
Kansas City Star
Fred Logan
Business Journal Columnist

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KC Week in Review
November 16, 2012

STREETCAR ELECTION: Debating the $100 million downtown project with proponents and opponents. Plus, Jackson County Executive Mike Sanders stops by to make his case for a $1billion commuter rail plan. But will he go to voters in 2013 to ask for your support of the ambitious project?

THIS WEEK: Friday, November 16, 2012 @ 7:30pm
(Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11am )

THE STREETCAR ELECTION: The mail-in election to decide downtown streets is underway. This week, we push aside our regular reporters to debate the $100 million project with supporters and opponents.

PROPONENTS:

Kitty McCoy, Executive Director
KC Regional Transit Alliance

Kite Singleton, Chairman
KC Regional Transit Alliance

OPPONENTS:

Crosby Kemper III,
Chair, Show-Me Institute

Jeff “Stretch” Rumaner
Grinders/Grinders West

ALSO THIS WEEK…

SANDERS’ $1 BILLION COMMUTER RAIL PLAN: Jackson County Executive Mike Sanders says its next year or never for his $1 billion, six-line commuter rail plan that will connect all parts of the county by train. Could you soon be heading to the polls to decide this issue?

GUEST:

Mike Sanders
Jackson County Executive

***A NOTE FROM NICK:
Your thoughts are always important to me. Send an e-mail to nhaines@kcpt.org or share and connect at the Nick Haines page on Facebook. Thanks for watching Kansas City Week in Review.
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KC Week in Review
November 9, 2012

Billions and billions of dollars have just been spent trying to influence your vote. Now Election 2012 is finally over, we try to make sense of the choices Kansas and Missouri voters made at the ballot box on Tuesday and assess its impact on our future.

THIS WEEK: Friday, November 9, 2012 @ 7:30pm
(Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11am )
Photo Courtesy: Kansas City Star

UNDERSTANDING ELECTION 2012
Billions and billions of dollars have just been spent trying to influence your vote. Now Election 2012 is finally over, we try to make sense of the choices Kansas and Missouri voters made at the ballot box on Tuesday and assess its impact on our future.

McCASKILL WINS: The polls before Election Day showed that St. Louis area Congressman Todd Akin (R) still had a shot at unseating Missouri U-S Senator Claire McCaskill. But he loses by 16 points. Was it simply the illegitimate rape comment that sank his campaign? Or was there more to it than that?

CIGARETTE TAX FAILS: It had been on the ballot twice before. Third time lucky anyone? Not so for the Missouri tobacco tax. Efforts to raise Missouri’s lowest in the nation cigarette tax failed on Election night by the slimmest of margins. Tuesday’s vote was 50.8 percent against. By the way, in 2002, the vote was 51 percent against. In 2006, it was 52 percent.

KANSAS: Who would control the Kansas Senate was a big story line of this election in the Sunflower State. According to the Associated Press, “Conservatives are now on track to hold a super-majority of 27 in the 40-member Senate.” So what does that mean?

VOTING LINES, MACHINES & PHOTO ID: In Kansas, this was also the first election where you had to show a picture ID. You may remember there were lots of concerns that many people would be disenfranchised. Voters would be turned away at polling stations. Did we witness any of that on Tuesday? Were there any big problems reported of any kind at our bi-state polling stations?

THE OTHER STATEWIDE BALLOT ISSUES: Missouri voters on Tuesday overwhelming approved a ballot measure that blocks the governor or any state agency in the Show-Me-State from setting up a “health care exchange,” an integral part of the Affordable Care Act. Now that President Obama won the election, what does this mean? Also on Election Day, voters reject changing the way higher court judges are picked, but opt to give the city of St. Louis the right to govern and control its own police force. Will KCMO Mayor Sly James now head straight to Jefferson City to demand a similar local control measure for the Kansas City police department?

NIXON FOUR MORE YEARS: Missouri voters gave four more years to Governor Jay Nixon. Peter Kinder is awarded another term as Lt. Governor. Chris Koster earns re-election as Attorney General. Clint Zweifel will continue on as State Treasurer. But there will be a new Secretary of State and he’s from Kansas City. Missouri State Representative Jason Kander, a Democrat wins by the slimmest of margins. He will replace Robin Carnahan, who opted not to seek re-election. But if Missouri is such a “red state” why are four of the five statewide officeholders now Democrats?

CONGRESSIONAL STATUS QUO: There were celebrations at the headquarters of Vicky Hartzler Tuesday night and at the Emanuel Cleaver campaign. In fact every single member of our Congressional delegation is re-elected by wide margins. For all the frustration that nobody likes Congress (and their approval rating back in August was at 10%, according to Gallup) are there any lessons to learn here?


OUR POST-ELECTION REVIEWERS:

Patrick Tuohey
Missouri Record, Editor

Bill Grady
Newsradio KMBZ

Steve Kraske
The Star/KCUR

Dave Helling
Kansas City Star

***A NOTE FROM NICK:
Your thoughts are always important to me. Send an e-mail to nhaines@kcpt.org or share and connect at the Nick Haines page on Facebook. Thanks for watching Kansas City Week in Review.
Nick!

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KC Week in Review
October 12th 2012

Marking 5 years ago since the opening of Sprint Center...Sprint up for sale? We have the latest from the campaign trail and take a look at some of the statewide ballot issues you'll be deciding this November including a massive increase in the cigarette tax in Missouri.

THIS WEEK: Friday, October 12th 2012 @ 7:30 pm
(Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11 am )

5 YEARS OF SPRINT CENTER: Five years ago this week, Sprint Center opened. There were lots of concerns expressed on this program that no one would ever be able to find a parking spot, people would shoot out all the windows and it could never survive without an anchor tenant. 5 years on, what’s the verdict?

SPRINT GOES SOFT?: The Wall Street Journal reports that Japan’s third largest wireless carrier, SoftBank, is in advanced talks to buy KC’s largest private employer, Sprint.

UPDATE AKIN/MCCASKILL: Republican U-S Senate candidate Todd Akin says his campaign has now passed the $1 million dollar mark in on-line fundraising and with less than a month to go before election day there’s reports that the National Republican Senatorial Committee may be ready to get back in the race. Plus, we truth check the candidates latest political ads.

CIGARETTE TAX: Many voters may not be aware that there are a slew of ballot questions they are being asked to consider this November in Missouri. Among them, a massive increase in the state’s lowest in the nation tobacco tax. The initiative would raise the state tax on a pack of cigarettes from 17 cents to 90 cents. The proposal is projected to generate up to $423 million annually. But where would the money go?

HEALTHCARE QUESTION: As President Obama and Mitt Romney battled one another over healthcare last week in the first presidential debate, you may not be aware that if you live in Missouri, you will be deciding the issue of healthcare on the ballot this November. If approved by YOU, Proposition E would block the governor or any Missouri agency from creating a state health exchange without approval from voters or the legislature. What’s the purpose of this?

GOP SENATORS ENDORSE DEMS IN KANSAS: In an unusual move in Johnson County politics, two longtime Republican political leaders are endorsing Democrats in the November general election to the state Senate. What’s the significance if any of the trend?

CHIEFS: Did KC get a national black-eye this week when every TV network chose to cover Chief’s player Eric Winston’s rant against KC fans? Like it or not, it was the story that brought more coast to coast attention to our metro than any other this week.

REVIEWING THE NEWS THIS WEEK:

Steve Kraske
The Star/KCUR

Jack Cashill
Ingrams Magazine

Mary Sanchez
Kansas City Star

Dave Helling
Kansas City Star

***A NOTE FROM NICK:
Your thoughts are always important to me. Send an e-mail to nhaines@kcpt.org or share and connect at the Nick Haines page on Facebook. Thanks for watching Kansas City Week in Review.
Nick!

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KC Week in Review
October 14, 7:30pm

This week, Mayors James and Reardon offer a newsmaker dissection of the top local stories.

THIS WEEK: Friday, October 14th 2011 @ 7:30 pm
Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11 am

This week, Mayor’s James and Reardon offer a newsmaker dissection of the top local stories.

NEWSMAKER GUESTS:
Mayor Sly James
Kansas City, MO

Mayor Joe Reardon
Unified Govt. Wyandotte/KCK

PLUS…Ever wonder what’s happening with a number of hot button development projects around our metro? Why do some never seem to get off the ground? We head from north to south to take a look at what’s going on with the Business Journal’s Krista Klaus and Dave Helling of the Kansas City Star.

We take you first to Wyandotte County where the Hollywood Casino is preparing to open. Then we head south to the site of the old Mission Mall to ask whatever happened to those plans to build a state-of-the-art aquarium there?

Then it’s off to the site of another demolished mall. This time in Kansas City, MO. We reveal the latest plans for Bannister Mall. Is it about to become the latest battleground in the business border war between Kansas and Missouri? And then we move north to Crown Center where most of the retail development’s landmark restaurants are shutting their doors for good.

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KC Week in Review
October 21, 2011

Setting straight the myths and misconceptions in the confounding case of missing KC infant Lisa Irwin and other stories this week.

THE CASE THAT KEEPS CONFOUNDING: We try to put straight the myths and misconceptions in what is an exploding national media event, the search for missing Kansas City infant Lisa Irwin

BISHOP FINN INDICTED: What next in the Kansas City Catholic Diocese case that’s drawing worldwide attention?

7TH BEST DOWNTOWN: Bet you didn’t think you’d ever hear Kansas City ranked as one of America’s best downtowns. Well Forbes Magazine has just included KC in its listing of America’s TOP 10 downtowns.

NATIONAL ATTENTION ON KAUFFMAN CENTER: If you missed it, an encore broadcast of the PBS Newshour showcase piece this week on the new Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. FULL VIDEO

DO WOMEN FACE A GREATER SOCIAL PENALTY FOR BEING FAT? A fast shrinking Claire McCaskill speaking out about the double standard women face in public life

THE RODNEY DANGERFIELD OF KANSAS CITY SPORTS: Sporting KC make the playoffs and end their regular season with massive jumps in everything from attendance to merchandise sales. So why is Sporting KC still struggling to get respect from Kansas City media?



THIS WEEK’S NEWS REVIEWERS:

Chris Hernandez
NBC ACTION NEWS

Dana Wright
KCTV5

Mary Sanchez
Kansas City Star

Larry Seward
NBC ACTION NEWS

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