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KC Week in Review
December 16, 2011

Brownback’s "Extreme Makeover" for Kansas schools. Plus, whatever happened to the Mayor running the KCMO School District? We have the latest. The Hyatt Memorial Donation flap. And change in the air at KCI...

THIS WEEK: Friday, December 16, 2011 @ 7:30 pm
(Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11 am)

Whatever happened to the Mayor running the KCMO School District? Did the state lose interest? We have the latest. Plus, Brownback’s “Extreme Makeover” for Kansas schools. Also this week will Kansas City Congressman Emanuel Cleaver run again? The Hyatt Memorial Donation flap. And change in the air at KCI…

THIS WEEK’S NEWS REVIEWERS:
Steve Kraske
KC Star/ KCUR
Mary Sanchez
Kansas City Star
Eric Wesson
The Call
Dave Helling
Kansas City Star

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KC Week in Review
December 21, 2012

YEAR IN REVIEW EDITION: It's our annual look back at the most important issues, newsmakers and moments from this fast disappearing year called 2012. In quiz show style we look back at the highs and lows of the past twelve months in our metro.

THIS WEEK: Friday, December 21st 2012 @ 8:00 pm
(Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11 am )

YEAR IN REVIEW EDITION: It’s our annual look back at the most important issues, newsmakers and moments from this fast disappearing year called 2012.

Time Magazine names President Obama its 2012 person of the year. If you were picking Kansas City’s person of the year, who would you choose? Join us to hear how our media panelists responded in this special holiday edition of the program.

In quiz show style we look back at the highs and lows of the past twelve months in our metro. Plus, we prognosticate over whats in store in 2013 for this place we call home.

REVIEWING THE YEAR:

Steve Kraske
The Star/KCUR

Dana Wright
KMBZ 98.1 FM

Eric Wesson
The Call

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
February 22, 2013

Lingering questions over a massive explosion that rocks the Plaza. Plus, why the bus service may be losing millions to help pay for the new downtown streetcar line. And Kansas Governor Sam Brownback's 'tough love' plan to improve schools.

THIS WEEK: Friday, February 22nd, 2013 @ 7:30 pm
(Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11 am )
Photo Credit: BBC


PLAZA BLAST: Lingering questions over a massive natural gas explosion that rocks the Country Club Plaza killing one person and injuring more than a dozen others.

SIPHONING MONEY FOR STREETCARS: Backers of the bus service are angry that $2 million is being removed from their budget to help fund the new downtown streetcar project. But why?

GUN FELONY LAW: A Missouri lawmaker makes national news this week after filing a bill that would send his fellow lawmakers to prison if they introduce gun-control legislation. HB633, sponsored by St. Louis Republican Mike Leara, would make it a felony punishable with up to four years in prison to propose any legislation restricting the right of an individual to bear arms.

HOLDING BACK THIRD GRADERS: If a third-grader can’t read, should they be blocked from entering fourth-grade? Kansas Governor Sam Brownback says yes. KCPT’s Special Correspondent Sam Zeff has a closer look at the governor’s new tough love plan.

MEET THIS WEEK’S NEWS REVIEWERS:

Bill Grady
KMBZ Radio

Sam Zeff
KCPT Special Correspondent

Dana Wright
KMBZ Radio

Dave Helling
Kansas City Star

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KC Week in Review
February 24 @ 7:30pm

From gorillas on the loose, to the hoopla over a Hollywood heartthrob. From "big brother" watching YOU...to the latest political happenings in our metro...

THIS WEEK: Friday, February 24th 2012 @ 7:30 pm
(Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11 am )

TOPIC #1: HOOPLA OVER HOLLYWOOD HEARTTHROB
The announcement is about new housing in Kansas City’s Green Impact
Zone, but most people just want to know when Brad Pitt will be in
Kansas City. (Photo credit: Architectural Digest)

TOPIC #2: HUMAN ERROR CAUSES ALARM AT THE KANSAS CITY ZOO
When two 400 pounds gorillas get loose from their enclosure and
visitors at the zoo are herded to safety inside, there’s going to be
lots of attention and questions that need answering.

TOPIC #3: ADDING SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS TO HIGH CRIME AREAS
Improved public safety or Big Brother watching you? The ACLU is
protesting a plan by Kansas City Mayor Sly James to add closed circuit surveillance cameras to high crime areas.

TOPIC #4: MISSOURI LAWMAKERS THREATENED
Kansas City isn’t the only place this week debating surveillance
cameras. It’s a hot topic of conversaiton in the Missouri legislature
where they’re looking to install them in all public areas of the state capital after a series of threats on Missouri Senators, including local lawmakers Victor Callahan and Jolie Justus.

TOPIC #5: NEW JOHNSON COUNTY SURVEY
A new public opinion poll gives a comprehensive snapshot of voter attitudes in Johnson County. It delves into the willingness of county residents to support or oppose taxes for a whole range of big ticket items from schools, libraries, expanded transit to arts programs. But what do we glean from this latest barometer reading of Johnson County voters?

TOPIC #6: FIX IT OR DISCARD IT?
Kansas City Star reporter and columnist Dave Helling deconstructs the citizen initiative process in Kansas City. With so many ways for the council to ignore citizen ballot initiatives, he examines why the city is not looking to eliminate the provision or at least reforming the process.



THIS WEEK’S NEWS REVIEWERS:

Dana Wright
Newsradio 98.1 FM KMBZ

Mary Sanchez
Kansas City Star

Chris Hernandez
41 Action News

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
February 8, 2013

The cross-state business border battle intensifies... we talk with two state senators and a policy analyst. Plus, the fate of the KCMO School District hangs in the balance again.

THIS WEEK: Friday, February 8th, 2013 @ 7:30 pm
(Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11 am )
Photo Credit: KSDK.com

BORDER BATTLE: We’ve been hearing plenty about this cross-state business border war between Kansas and Missouri. Rather than just grumble about Kansas taking jobs, Missouri lawmakers now say they’re committed to doing something about it. In fact, just this morning (Friday) Missouri lawmakers went on the road and held a public hearing on the issue at Union Station. Some of our guests around the table were there testifying. Several plans have just been unveiled aimed at keeping and attracting new jobs in the Show-Me-State. We dissect them.

SCHOOL TAKEOVER: If you thought the whole controversy over the Kansas City, MO school district had died down, think again. This week, the Missouri Senate surprised many in this community by putting the district squarely back on the front page by unanimously passing a bill allowing for a “quick” state takeover of the school district. The legislation actually is worded to allow the state to swiftly take control over any unaccredited district in Missouri. A similar measure failed to come to a final vote last year. The school district says their making progress. So why are lawmakers acting now?

TEEN HANDCUFFED IN BASEMENT: Could more have been done? Eight-months after a Kansas City girl is found locked in a closet for weeks on end, a mentally challenged teenager is found handcuffed to a pole in a Kansas City basement. He reportedly told police he’d been locked up since being removed from school last September, and that he’d been fed only oatmeal, Ramen noodles and bologna sandwiches. Did the system fail him?

WOULD YOU PAY MORE FOR HIGHWAYS?: Even some Republican lawmakers are now joining with Missouri transportation officials in supporting an effort to place on the statewide ballot a 1% sales tax hike that would widen I-70 and fix much of the state’s highway system. But aren’t “taxes” a swear word in Jefferson City?

REVIEWING THE NEWS THIS WEEK:

Will Kraus (R)
Missouri State Senator

Paul LeVota (D)
Missouri State Senator

Patrick Ishmael, policy analyst
Show Me Institute

Dave Helling
Kansas City Star

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KC Week in Review
January 18, 2013

Livestrong and Sporting KC break-up, violent video games tax and other stories this week.

THIS WEEK: Friday, January 18th, 2013 @ 7:30 pm
(Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11 am )
Photo Courtesy: sportsnet.ca

LIVESTRONG: An ugly break-up between Livestrong and Sporting KC as the cancer charity’s name comes down at the Kansas City soccer park.

MISSOURI LAWMAKERS TRY TO HEAD OFF GUN RULES: Even as President Obama unveiled plans this week for tighter gun control, state legislators in Missouri began preemptive action to counteract any coming regulations. Under a bill introduced in the Missouri Senate, federal agents trying to enforce new gun restrictions in the show-me-state would be guilty of a Class D felony.

TAXING VIOLENT VIDEO GAMES: A Republican lawmaker from rural Missouri is this week calling for a sales tax on violent video games in response to the deadly Connecticut school shooting. Camdenton Republican, Diane Franklin said the proposed 1 percent sales tax would help pay for mental health programs and law enforcement measures aimed at preventing future mass shootings.

BROWNBACK: The Kansas Governor delivers his State of the State Address. What did we learn?

RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS: Should you be required to live where you work? Why a new rule in the Independence School District is creating a big stir.

REVIEWING THE NEWS THIS WEEK:

Dana Wright
Newsradio 98.1FM KMBZ

Stacey Cameron
KCTV5

Dave Helling
Kansas City Star

Bill Grady
Newsradio 98.1FM KMBZ

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KC Week in Review
January 27, 2012

A renewed debate over red light cameras. Plus, is Governor Brownback being unfairly pilloried for denying food stamps to the children of illegal immigrants?

THIS WEEK: Friday, January 27th 2012 @ 7:30 pm
(Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11 am )

RED LIGHT CAMERAS: Red light cameras are good at catching speeders in the act but are cameras making Kansas City streets safer? The simple answer, according to police, is no.
DRIVEWAY TAX: The so-called Mission “driveway tax” is declared illegal. What are the implications?

STREETCARS: Could we be voting on a new downtown streetcar line in Kansas City in just a matter of months?

KANSAS SPEAKER: From Yo-mama to Psalm 109, the Kansas House Speaker making national headlines and international news pages.

BROWNBACK AND FOOD STAMPS: Is the Kansas Governor being unfairly pilloried after his administration denies food stamps to the children of illegal immigrants?

ARTS FUNDING: If you’re still upset about the state of Kansas slashing the arts budget, now you have a chance to put your money where your mouth is.

WANTED-SOMEONE TO RUN FOR KCMO SCHOOL BOARD: Remarkably, just two names make the ballot in upcoming KCMO school board election. Even School Board president Airick Leonard West is taking a pass.

Reviewing the news this week:

Steve Kraske
KC Star/KCUR

Chris Hernandez
NBC Action News

Barbara Shelly
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
May 17, 2013

The most important local stories of the week dissected in 29 minutes or less.

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THIS WEEK: Friday, May 17, 2013 @ 7:30 pm
(Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11 am )
Photo Credit: Gawker.Com

TERMINAL MAKEOVERS: You’ve been listening for months now to the debate over whether Kansas City should change the design of KCI airport from a three terminal to a one-terminal design. Well what’s been the experience in other cities that have splashed out lots of money on new airport makeovers? This week the Kansas City Star examined that issue and in every comparable city they examined, passenger traffic is down and so are aircraft departures.

CURFEW STALLED: Have plans for a 9pm year-round teen curfew in Kansas City fizzled out? A vote on the measure was delayed yet again at City Hall this week.

KCMO SCHOOL TAKEOVER: Missouri lawmakers this week drop on to the Governor’s desk legislation allowing an immediate takeover of the Kansas City, MO district. Will Governor Nixon sign the measure in to law? And what impact will it have on the beleaguered district?

GORDON PARKS: The parents of more than 200 elementary school children at a Kansas City charter school are forced to a find a new place to educate their kids this week. The Missouri State Department of Education is shutting down Gordon Parks Elementary School after 13 years due to low test scores.

LOCKED IN BASEMENT: The Jackson County Prosecutor’s office this week charge a local couple with keeping their 9-year-old girl locked in the basement for months because she lacked bladder control. Authorities say the 9 year old was sleeping on a mostly deflated air mattress near an exposed sewage pipe. An interior door leading to the basement was secured by a lock and chain and had been outfitted with an alarm that sounded when the door was opened.

AMTRAK: Is Kansas City about to lose its Amtrak rail service to St. Louis? The twice-a-day train is in jeopardy according to a story this week in the Kansas City Star. The issue taxpayers spend $1.5 billion a year to subsidize passenger train travel, and the federal government — weary of a four-decade effort to keep the company afloat — wants to move more of Amtrak’s costs onto states and riders. At a cost of $9,600 per ride to operate the train, Missouri taxpayers would be on the hook for $8.5 million a year.

LIBERTY HOSPITAL LAYS OFF 129 EMPLOYEES, BLAMES OBAMACARE: 129 workers at Liberty Hospital are getting their pink slips. They are being eliminated this week as part of an effort to reduce expenses by $20 million. Devastated employees including nurses and some senior managers left the hospital in tears after being told to collect their belongings.

GOOGLE EVERYWHERE: Gladstone, Grandview, Raytown, Shawnee, Olathe. Plus, Austin, TX and Provo, UT. The list keeps growing by the week. Are leaders in KCK and KCMO feeling they’ve lost their specialness now that the internet giant is inking “special” deals with all these other cities?

THIS WEEK’S NEWS REVIEWERS:

Lynn Horsley
Kansas City Star

Sam Zeff
KCPT Special Correspondent

Mary Sanchez
Kansas City Star

Dave Helling
Kansas City Star

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KC WEEK IN REVIEW
May 20 @ 7:30 pm

The Google lottery gets bigger. Could YOU now benefit from 100x faster web speeds? Wanted - A new KC Police Chief. Plus, your handy dandy guide to the recently completed Kansas and Missouri legislative sessions. And is the National Tea Party Convention heading to KCK?

THIS WEEK: Friday, May 20th, 2011 @ 7:30 pm
(Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11 am)

THE HANDY DANDY GUIDE TO THE KANSAS & MISSOURI LEGISLATURES: Your state lawmakers just wrapped up their business and headed for home. We take you through their biggest accompishments and failures….

GOOGLE EXPANDS: Now 100 times faster internet connection is also heading to KCMO. Why should you care? What does it all mean?

WANTED -NEW POLICE CHIEF: Jim Corwin announces he’s retiring as Kansas City’s top cop. He’s the longest serving KCMO police chief in almost forty years. What is his legacy and who will succeed him?

EXITS, DEPARTURES, RESIGNATIONS: There’s been a lot of them this week. We take you on a fast-paced review.

NATIONAL TEA PARTY CONVENTION: Wyandotte County seems to be winning most of the new businesses and events coming to the metro. Is KCK about to get the national Tea Party convention?

THIS WEEK’S NEWS REVIEWERS:

Steve Kraske
KC Star/KCUR

Mary Sanchez
Kansas City Star

Chris Hernandez
NBC Action News

Dave Helling
Kansas City Star

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KC Week in Review
May 3, 2013

It's great weather for penguins. So who better to join us than the man who's bringing us penguins, KC Zoo Director Randy Wisthoff. The KC Rep is this week nominated for its first Tony award in its history. We're joined by producing director Jerry Genochio.

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THIS WEEK: Friday, May 3, 2013 @ 7:30 pm
(Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11 am )
Photo Credit: KansasCity.Com

ZOO DIRECTOR: It’s great weather for penguins. So who better to join us this week that the man who’s bringing us penguins, Zoo Director Randy Wisthoff. The KC Zoo makes news this week as more than 2000 visitors wait in line for hours in the cold to get a sneak peek at a totally empty and still unfinished penguin exhibit.

HISTORY AT THE REP: The Kansas City Repertory Theater is nominated for a Tony award. It’s a first for the 49 year old theater company. We’re joined by the theater’s producing director Jerry Genochio.

HCA BUYS ST. JOE & ST. MARY’S: For profit hospital chain HCA expands its footprint in Kansas City this week by buying two longtime Catholic hospitals in the metro.

NORTH KC HOSPITAL: A bill preventing the hospital from being sold without a public vote lands on Governor Jay Nixon’s Desk. Also this week, the city’s new mayor and a majority of the council say they are opposed to the sale of the hospital. Is this the end of this long-running and divisive saga?

HOMESCHOOLING: It’s the fastest growing segment of American education. But remarkably, there is very little regulation of homeschooling in Kansas or Missouri. KCPT’s special correspondent Sam Zeff took a closer look at the trend on this week’s The Local Show and responds to more questions from Nick Haines.

THIS WEEK’S GUESTS:

Randy Wisthoff
KC Zoo Director

Jerry Genochio
KC Rep Theater, Producing Director

Sam Zeff
KCPT Special Correspondent

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