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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 )
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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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KC Week in Review
May 4, 2012

Missouri GOP Lawmaker announces he's gay and then denounces his party over school sexual orientation bill. A report card on KC Mayor Sly James's first year in office. Legoland opens but its "no adults without kids" rule is causing quite a stir.

THIS WEEK: Friday, May 4th 2012 @ 7:30 pm
(Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11 am )

MAYOR JAMES @ 1 YEAR: Kansas City Mayor Sly James marks his first full year in office this week as the top elected leader in Kansas City, MO. We issue a report card.

DON’T SAY GAY: A Missouri Republican lawmaker makes it public that he is gay this week after getting angry with his party over a bill in Jefferson City that would restrict all discussion of sexual orientation in public schools. It has been dubbed the “don’t say gay” bill. According to the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund, Republican Zach Wyatt, who raises cattle in northern Missouri, is now the only openly gay Republican currently serving in a state legislature in the United States.


BROWNBACK POLL NUMBERS: A new Survey USA poll in Kansas gives Governor Sam Brownback lower approval ratings than President Barack Obama. How can that be when the state is overwhelmingly Republican?


YODER CALLS FOR PAY CUT: Kansas 3rd District Republican Congressman Kevin Yoder thinks Congress ought to cut its pay by five percent. Not only that, he wants lawmakers to eliminate their automatic cost-of-living increases as well.


LEGOLAND OPENS BUT NEW POLICY CAUSES STIR: The Legoland Discovery Center officially opens its doors this past weekend at Crown Center. But one of its policies is raising eyebrows. The attraction is not admitting adults unless they are accompanied by a child.


RAISING LOWEST IN NATION TOBACCO TAX: Anti-smoking advocates are expected to turn in petition signatures this weekend for a November ballot initiative asking voters to raise Missouri’s tax on a pack of cigarettes to 90 cents from the current 17 cents. That’s the lowest in the nation. It’s failed twice on the statewide ballot previously. Why do backers believe the 2012 election would be different?


THIS WEEK’S NEWS REVIEWERS:

Steve Kraske
The Star/KCUR

Chris Hernandez
41 Action News

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
November 2, 2012

PRE-ELECTION EDITION: Those pesky ballot questions explained. From cigarette taxes to changing the way we select our judges. From health insurance exchanges in Missouri to the taxing of boats in Kansas.

THIS WEEK: Friday, November 2nd 2012 @ 7:30 pm
(Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11 am )
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THOSE PESKY BALLOT QUESTIONS EXPLAINED ON BOTH SIDES OF STATE LINE
From cigarette taxes to changing the way we select our judges. From health insurance exchanges in Missouri to the taxing of boats in Kansas. These are those “other” decisions you’ll be asked to make when you head to the ballot box on Tuesday. We sort through these pesky, wordy ballot questions on this pre-election edition of the program.

TOBACCO TAX: Currently Missouri has the lowest tobacco tax in the nation. Proposition B would raise the state tax on a pack of cigarettes from 17 cents to 90 cents. The proposal is projected to generate between $283 million and $423 million annually. But where would the money go?

POLICE: Some of our viewers may be confused as to why we started with Proposition B. Is there a “Proposition A?” Well there is…and the reason we’re not starting our program discussing it, is because its sure to be confusing to many Kansas City area voters. Prop A asks whether the city of St. Louis should have local control over its police force? Currently, it is one of just two cities in the country along with Kansas City to be overseen by a state appointed panel. Why should people in metro KC care about this issue and how could their vote on this question affect them in the future?

KANSAS BALLOT: While Kansans won’t be voting for any U-S Senators, a Governor or any big state officeholders, did you know you do have a statewide ballot issue to decide involving the taxing of boats? OK, it’s not the biggest issue in the world, but you may be left scratching your head when you walk into your local polling station Tuesday and see this massive one page ballot question on the taxation of watercraft in the Sunflower state. Should your neighbor with the speedboat of fishing boat get a tax break? What’s at stake?

HEALTHCARE DEBATE: As President Obama and Mitt Romney have battled over the Affordable Care Act, you may not be aware that if you live in Missouri, you will be deciding the issue of healthcare on the ballot Tuesday. 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 are the pros and cons of Prop E?

JUDGES: If you live in Missouri, you’ll also be asked to decide at the ballot box on Tuesday whether or not to change the system of picking higher court judges in Missouri. Missouri Constitutional Amendment 3 would give the governor more authority over the nomination process for Court of Appeals and Supreme Court judges in the state.

MISSOURI STATEWIDE OFFICES: The race for the U-S Senate seat in Missouri has robbed attention from most of the other statewide campaigns in Missouri. We don’t leave you in the lurch. We try to make sense of the candidates running for those other statewide offices, we’re told are important, but have thus far been starved of media time. State Treasurer, anyone? What about Secretary of State?


OUR PRE-ELECTION BALLOT REVIEWERS:

Dave Helling
Kansas City Star

Stacey Cameron
KCTV5

Lynn Horsley
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
November 4th, 2011

ZOO TAX ELECTION: We hold zoo officials accountable as they plead their case for raising your taxes. Plus, eliminating the KCMO School Board...Shaking up Johnson County politics & the growing efforts to ditch state income taxes in Kansas & Missouri.

THIS WEEK: Friday November 4th, 2011 @ 7:30 pm
(Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11 am)

ZOO TAX ELECTION: Just ahead of Tuesday’s zoo tax vote we hold zoo officials accountable as they plead their case for raising your taxes to pay for a better attraction.

Randy Wisthoff
KC Zoo, Director

Carol Hallquist
Friends of the Zoo

PLUS THE REST OF THE WEEK’S NEWS….with reporters Dave Helling of the Kansas City Star and Chris Hernandez of NBC Action News.

ELIMINATING THE KCMO SCHOOL BOARD: It’s something a number of watchers of the beleaguered district have wanted for years. Is it finally about to happen?

POLICING RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS: Why Kansas City, MO spent spent two months doing 24-hour camera surveillance and hiring private investigators to find out that one of its municipal judges was not living within the city limits.

SHAKING UP JOHNSON COUNTY POLITICS: On Monday, the Johnson County Charter review committee will decide whether to let candidates run on party labels like they do for most political offices around the country. A recent public hearing on the matter brought out more than two hundred citizens.

NO INCOME TAX: Aggressive efforts are underway in both Kansas and Missouri to eliminate the state income tax. What would such a move mean? And how would Kansas and Missouri replace that money?

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KC Week in Review
October 19, 2012

Watch online now. Overland Park Mayor Carl Gerlach joins Week in Review. He unpacks what the new Sprint deal means for the metro, answers questions about his city's new "open carry" gun law as well as the ongoing dispute over "bare-breasted" art at the OP Arboretum.

THIS WEEK: Friday, October 19th 2012 @ 7:30 pm
(Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11 am )



NEWSMAKER INTERVIEW: Overland Park Mayor, Carl Gerlach
As Japanese powerhouse Softbank buys hometown Sprint, we wonder what it all means for our metro. We’re joined by newsmaker guest Overland Park Mayor Carl Gerlach who’s city will rise and fall more than any other as a result of this $20 billion deal. Gerlach is also at the epicenter of so many other news stories, from his city’s recent decision to allow the “open carry” of guns to the ongoing saga over public art at the OP Arboretum. We dissect those stories with him too.

PLUS, THE REST OF THE WEEK’S NEWS….

THE NEW KCI?: Terminal “A” is now the likely site for a new KCI. “Site A wins, hands down,” Kansas City Aviation Director Mark VanLoh tells a City Council committee this week as he summarizes months of studies and planning geared toward transforming Kansas City International Airport.

HOSPITALS: What on earth is happening to our area hospitals? While this summer the news that the city of North Kansas City had hired a consultant to evaluate the sale of North Kansas City Hospital was making the headlines, this week it’s reported that for-profit hospital chain HCA is negotiating to take over St. Joseph Medical Center in south Kansas City and St. Mary’s Medical Center in Blue Springs.

FORTE: Kansas City, MO police chief Darryl Forte has just finished his first year on the job as the city’s top law enforcement official. What’s the verdict thus far?

BOARD OF TRADE: The 156 year-old Kansas City institution is sold off this week. What’s been its place in our city’s history?

FINAL DEBATE: The last debate between Claire McCaskill and Todd Akin in the race for Missouri’s U-S Senate Seat was held Thursday night in suburban St. Louis. But did we learn anything new from the exchange?

REVIEWING THE HEADLINES:

Bill Grady
Newsradio FM 98.1 KMBZ

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
Sept. 23, 2011

THE STATE STRIPS KCMO SCHOOLS OF ACCREDITATION: But what does it really mean? We separate the fact from the fiction. Plus, the Kauffman Center opens to rave reviews. And lingering questions about AMC's move to Leawood.



THIS WEEK: Friday, September 23rd, 2011 @ 7:30 pm
(Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11 am)

ACCREDITATION LOST: The KCMO School District is back in the headlines as the state announces its stripping the beleagured district of its accreditation. Some claim it will lead to another mass exodus of students. But what does it really mean? We separate the fact from the fiction.

KAUFFMAN CENTER OPENS: Was it all just rave reviews?

AMC PART TWO: Lingering questions over AMC’s move to Leawood.

TOP COP: Kansas City’s top cop steps down. But who will replace him?

NEWS REVIEWERS:

Larry Seward
NBC Action News

Barbara Shelly
Kansas City Star

Chris Hernandez
NBC Action News

Dave Helling
Kansas City Star

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KC Week in Review April 29, 2011

Union Station says NO to Oprah...Canceling the Shakespeare Festival? Plus, the Changing of the Guard in the Mayor's office...Convention hotel back on frontburner...and overturning term limits in Missouri.

THIS WEEK: Friday, April 29th 2011 @ 7:30 pm
(Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11:00 am)

UNION STATION SAYS NO TO OPRAH: Why Union Station this weeks puts your interests above fame and celebrity.

CHANGING OF THE GUARD: Out with the old and in with the new! You may have voted more than a month ago, but it becomes official on Sunday. Mark Funkhouser gives up his title as Mayor and Sly James takes over his new job.

CONVENTION HOTEL: After months on the backburner, building a new 1,000 room convention hotel downtown is front page news. It’s a new plan and there’s a new mayor. Is this a project that’s about to become a reality?

THE PLAZA REFERENDUM: Outraged that the KCMO City Council votes to OK the controversial Plaza office tower plan, opponents start a petition drive in hopes of nixing the project at the ballot box.

SHAKESPEARE FEST: After 18 years, is it the end of the line for the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival?

TERM LIMITS: Missouri lawmakers overturned your vote on Proposition B, the so called puppy mill law. Why are they now wanting to overturn your vote on term limits?

NEWS REVIEWERS
Lynn Horsley, Kansas City Star
DeAnn Smith, Freelance Reporter
Chris Hernandez, NBC Action News
Dave Helling, Kansas City Star

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KC Week in Review: Friday, May 13, 2011

Another massive catch for Crown Center. Why Mayor Sly James say's he fighting Kansas with a popsicle stick. Plus, Brownback under the spotlight...the metro's largest ambulance service under fire...and guess what's replacing Diana's dresses at Union Station?

LEGO: Another massive catch for Crown Center. Why is Lego picking Kansas City for its new mega play palace?

AMBULANCE: The metro’s largest ambulance service is feeling the heat. And it’s not just over response times. A KCTV5 investigation documents how one area man died in the back of a of a Kansas City ambulance. But his death went unnoticed.

POPSICLE STICK: Why Sly James say’s he fighting Kansas with a popsicle stick.

PHOTO ID: If you live in Missouri, prepare to go to the ballot box again to decide yet another constitutional amendment

BROWNBACK: Why some members of the Kansas Governor’s own party are ringing alarm bells over his style of leadership

FARM AID 2011: The new LiveStrong Stadium in Wyandotte County has been picked for the annual benefit concert featuring Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews

CHOPPERS: From princesses to motorcycles. Union Station announces its new exhibit, “The Art of the Chopper,” more than 30 of the most original and fantastical motorcycles ever built. If DIANA was more geared to women, is this the comparable counter-exhibit for men?

THIS WEEK’S NEWS REVIEWERS:

Krista Klaus
The Business Journal

Dana Wright
KCTV5

Dave Helling
Kansas City Star

Fred Logan
Business Journal Columnist

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KC Week in Review
February 3, 2012

Hollywood Casino opens @ Kansas Speedway. But can our metro support another gaming mecca? We look at how KC will be represented at Sunday's Superbowl. And the Missouri Presidential Primary is Tuesday. Will you bump into the candidates this weekend?

THIS WEEK: Friday, February 3rd 2012 @ 7:30 pm
(Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11 am )

HOLLYWOOD CASINO: Kansas City’s newest casino finally opens its doors at the Kansas Speedway. But can our metro support another big mecca to gaming?

SUPERBOWL AD: Sunday is the Superbowl. And Kansas City’s Kauffman Foundation is paying an undisclosed sum to air a 30-second spot during what is one of the most highly sought after, most expensive time-slots in all of television.

MISSOURI PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY: Tuesday is officially Presidential Primary Election Day in Missouri. Does that mean you might be bumping into Mitt Romney at your local coffee shop this weekend or perhaps standing in line at Gates BBQ with Ron Paul or Rick Santorum?

DISSOLVING THE DISTRICT: New legislative proposal would permanently dissolve the KCMO school district and require neighboring districts take over city schools. Meanwhile, generous tax credits would be offered district students to attend parochial and private schools.

BIOSCIENCE AUDIT: Troubling audit into Olathe based Kansas Bioscience Authority finds scrubbed computer files, destroyed documents, misuse of funds and questionable management.



Reviewing the news this week:

Sylvia Maria Gross
KCUR-FM

Fred Logan, Columnist
The Business Journal

Chris Hernandez
NBC 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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