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KC Week in Review
February 17, 2012

Kansas Governor Sam Brownback joins Nick Haines on Kansas City Week in Review.

THIS WEEK: Friday, February 17th 2012 @ 7:30 pm
(Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11 am )

KANSAS GOVERNOR SAM BROWNBACK: He is pursuing what may be the boldest agenda of any governor in the country. But while Sam Brownback is gaining national attention for radically altering the size and scope of Kansas government, the negative headlines keep piling up at home. This half we push aside our regular reporter roundtable to hear from the Governor himself. We hit the criticisms head on to examine what makes Sam Brownback tick. Join Nick Haines for this special newsmaker edition of Kansas City Week in Review.

Sam Brownback (R)
Kansas Governor

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KC Week in Review
February 1st, 2013

Is Kansas City's new streetcar line in jeopardy now a lawsuit has been filed challenging the project's funding?

THIS WEEK: Friday, February 1st, 2013 @ 7:30 pm
(Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11 am )
Photo Credit: PlanningKC.Com

STREETCAR LAWSUIT FILED: Is Kansas City’s new downtown streetcar line in jeopardy now a lawsuit has just been filed challenging the project’s funding? Construction was scheduled to start this summer on the two-mile transit initiative approved by voters in December.

BROKEN HEALTHCARE PROMISES? A Jackson County judge awards the Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City $162 million in a judgment against the owner of the largest hospital system in our metro. The foundation sued HCA which purchased all of the former Health Midwest hospitals alleging it had not delivered on promises for charitable care and capital improvements at the facilities, which include Overland Park Regional, Menorah and Research Medical Center’s. It was a massive ruling that captured national attention, including a story in the New York Times. KCPT special correspondent Sam Zeff poured through the 140-page court ruling this week.

GM FAIRFAX: The CEO of General Motors heads to town this week to announce the biggest ever plant investment in the company’s history. The automaker says their $600 million investment will make the KCK facility the crown jewel of GM’s manufacturing universe. We explore the significance of the announcement.

NIXON’S STATE OF THE STATE: The Missouri Governor, now starting his second term, calls for campaign finance reform, more money for education, an expansion of the number of days in the school year and expanded Medicaid coverage. Freed from having to run for re-election, did we see a different Jay Nixon this week?

ADELE HALL REMEMBERED: She is being described as Kansas City’s “First Lady.” Civic leader and philanthropist Adele Hall died this week after collapsing unexpectedly while in Hawaii with her husband, Hallmark Cards Chairman, Donald Hall. She was 81.

REVIEWING THE NEWS THIS WEEK:

Stacey Cameron
KCTV5

Jeff Fox
The Examiner

Sam Zeff
KCPT Special Correspondent

Dave Helling
Kansas City Star

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KC Week in Review
Friday March 23 @ 7:30pm

KCWIR is back! We size up the Mayor's state of the city. Chaos reigns at the Missouri caucuses. And why you'll have to start paying $5 to see the trees and flowers in Overland Park...

THIS WEEK: Friday, March 23nd 2012 @ 7:30 pm
(Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11 am )

JAMES: Sizing up the Mayor’s first state of the city address. What did we learn?

CAUCUS CHAOS: Why almost a week after the Missouri caucuses do we not know who won? Plus, why is a Washington Post writer calling Missouri a candidate for the “worst run contest title in the 2012 nominating process?”

ALL-STAR CRACKDOWN: Why signs, vendors and food trucks are on notice as Kansas City prepares for the MLB All-Star game.

AFRICAN-CENTERED SCHOOL CONTROVERSY: Why a decision by the KCMO school district to take over the African Centered Education Collegium Campus snowballs into calls by some black leaders for a state takeover of the entire district.

OVERLAND PARK: Is the city of Overland Park so cash-strapped they now have to start charging people $5 to experience its trees and flowers? Why the City Council votes this week to charge an admission fee at the Overland Park Arboretum.

REVIEWING THE NEWS THIS WEEK:

Chris Hernandez
41 ACTION NEWS

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
Friday, January 13, 2012

Would you vote for a tax to fight blight on KC's east side? Doing away with the home mortgage deduction in Kansas. Your user friendly handy-dandy legislative guide to Topeka & Jefferson City. And thousands of illegal immigrants getting fake Missouri drivers licenses...

THIS WEEK: Friday, January 13 @ 7:30 pm
(Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11 am)

URBAN CORE TAX: Would you vote for a tax to fight blight on Kansas City’s east side?

BROWNBACK: Doing away with the home mortgage deduction in Kansas. One of Governor Brownback’s eyebrow raising plans revealed in his State of the State address this week. We have the details.
(Program note***KCPT rebroadcasts the Governor’s address Sunday @ 5pm)

HANDY DANDY GUIDE STATE LEGISLATIVE GUIDE: The most important issues you need to be paying attention to in Topeka and Jefferson City this year.

WHEN DO WE GET TO PICK?: When will Missouri and Kansas voters get to make their choices in the GOP race for President? Will anybody care by then?

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS & FAKE ID’S: This week a federal grand jury in Kansas City indicts 14 people in a lucrative scheme that allegedly gave thousands of fake drivers licenses, birth certificates and social security numbers to illegal immigrants.

NEWS REVIEWERS

Mary Sanchez
Kansas City Star

Eric Wesson
The Call

Steve Kraske
The Star/KCUR Radio

Dave Helling
Kansas City Star

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KC Week in Review
Friday, June 15, 2012

Pulling the plug on a destination aquarium in Mission. Crown Center shuts down a summer tradition. Missouri's U-S Senate race heats up. Shuffling the political decks in Kansas. Plus, refusing to give up...why a grand jury might decide a controversial statue's fate in Overland Park.

THIS WEEK: Friday, June 15, 2012 @ 7:30 pm
(Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11 am )

MISSION PULLS PLUG ON AQUARIUM: Longtime plans to build a destination aquarium in Johnson County, much bigger in fact than the one recently opened at Crown Center, come to an abrupt halt this week.


U-S SENATE RACE HEATS UP: Is President Obama giving up on Missouri? And if so, does that only hurt Claire McCaskill in her bid to win re-election to the U-S Senate?


SHUFFLING THE POLITICAL DECKS IN KANSAS: The political news in Kansas centers on the chaos over redistricting as hundreds of candidates file for office in brand new political districts while some longtime incumbents see their seats totally vanish.


CROWN CENTER SHUTS DOWN A SUMMER TRADITION: It’s not summer in Kansas City for many families with small children, without a cool down at the Crown Center fountains. But that decades long tradition is now over. Crown Center is adopting a zero tolerance policy. No more splashing and cavorting in its water. Some surprised parents are now threatening a boycott of the shopping area.


OP ARBORETUM ART CONTROVERSY: It’s a story that is not going away. Now citizens are hoping to convene a grand jury to take up the issue of a headless bare breasted statue on the grounds of the south Overland Park attraction.


SLY JAMES WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGE: Kansas City Mayor Sly James is trying to lose weight. He launched a weight loss challenge this week with Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce President Jim Heeter. Other plus-sized mayors and governors, for that matter, have used their girth to push for massive citywide campaigns that have transformed eating habits and have helped get their communities moving and in shape. But is there any sense this is more than just a cute photo-op?

THIS WEEK’S NEWS REVIEWERS:

Mary Sanchez
Kansas City Star

Steve Kraske
The Star/KCUR

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
Friday, June 29

Giving up on Kemper. McCaskill skipping her party's national convention. Missouri Governor Nixon distancing himself from the Supreme Court healthcare ruling. KU Med earns national cancer center designation. Plus, lingering questions over an abused child held captive in a closet.

THIS WEEK: Friday, June 29, 2012 @ 7:30 pm
(Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11 am )

PULLING THE PLUG ON KEMPER?: Is Kansas City finally ready to give up on Kemper Arena? Well it seems that the Kansas City, Missouri City Council just might be as it votes this week to terminate AEG’s contract to manage the decades old facility. No longer will the city try to market Kemper as a viable alternative to Sprint Center

MCCASKILL SKIPPING DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION: Having been a major speaker at the last Democratic National Convention in Denver, Missouri U-S Senator Claire McCaskill says this week she will skip this summer’s party convention in Raleigh, North Carolina.

NIXON DISTANCES HIMSELF FROM OBAMA ON HEALTHCARE: Republicans pounced on news reports this week that Missouri Governor Jay Nixon, a Democrat, is distancing himself from the President’s Healthcare Reform Law, just as the Supreme Court decides that the law is constitutional. Is this a 180 degree turn for Nixon? We take a closer look and examine other local and regional implications of this week’s big healthcare ruling.

KU EARNS NATIONAL CANCER CENTER DESIGNATION: The University of Kansas Medical Center is informed that it it will receive it’s long sought after National Cancer Institute Designation. It opens the door to millions of dollars in federal grants as well as private funds for advanced research in cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment.

KID IN CLOSET CASE BRINGS UP TOUGH QUESTIONS: The disturbing case of a young Kansas City girl police found living in a closet, locked away without food, festering in her own feces and urine makes national headlines this week and brings with it a lot of troubling questions. Why did it take so long for anyone to notice and rescue the girl aged 10 who weighed just 32 pounds?

MAYOR JAMES KICKS OFF REPAIR CAMPAIGN: On Wednesday, Kansas City Mayor Sly James kicks off the campaign to provide a new source of money for the Parks and Recreation Department and approve a half billion dollars to pay for the city’s massive sewer repair project. James and other city leaders are asking voters on August 7 to approve Kansas City Questions 1 and 2. The campaign is called “Reform Repeal, Repair”. What would be repaired? And what exactly are we reforming?

THIS WEEK’S NEWS REVIEWERS:

Scott Parks
NEWSRADIO 98.1 FM KMBZ

Eric Wesson
THE CALL

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
January 11, 2013

Big shocker in Wyandotte County as Mayor Reardon calls it quits. Also this week, the clash over judges in Kansas. Why KCMO voters may be heading back to the ballot box soon to vote on a health tax? And why enjoying the Overland Park Arboretum now comes at a price.

THIS WEEK: Friday, January 11th, 2013 @ 7:30 pm
(Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11 am )
Photo Courtesy: Kansas City Star

REARDON: Big shocker in Wyandotte County as Mayor Joe Reardon decides to call it quits. Less than 8 weeks before he was to face voters in his bid for re-election, Reardon abruptly decided he will not seek another term.

MEDICAID EXPANSION: If you thought the fight over what so many now refer to as Obamacare was over, it’s not. It has simply moved to state capitals. While the Supreme Court upheld most of the Affordable Care Act, it left up to states whether to expand Medicaid. Medicaid Expansion is going to be one of the most contentious issues lawmakers wrestle with in Topeka and Jefferson City.

MENTAL HEALTH: Prompted by massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Kansas Governor Sam Brownback comes to Kansas City to announce $10 million fund to treat the most serious cases of mental illness in the state. What are we to read into this latest announcement?

KCMO HEALTH TAX: Why is city hall getting ready to put on the ballot a renewal of a healthcare tax this April for the indigent? And not a stop-gap measure until the Affordable Care Act gets fully up and running in 2014, but for the next 9 years?

JUDICIAL CLASH: It’s been traditional in Kansas for the chief justice of the Kansas Supreme Court to address a joint session of the legislature in making the annual State of the Judiciary speech. But, not this year. Justice Lawton Nuss has been rebuffed.He’s been told by the Speaker of the House there’s simply no time for him to make any remarks and instead to put his words in writing. The turn of events has been viewed as a major slight of the judiciary by the conservative tilting legislature which is expected to take up within weeks a bill to change the way higher court justices are selected.

ARBORETUM: Visitors to the Overland Park Arboretum are now greeted by a big surprise. A ticket charge. If Powell Gardens charges $10 for its 900 acres, is it fair for the Overland Park attraction to begin charging $3 for its 300 acres, or is that a stretch?

REVIEWING THE NEWS THIS WEEK:

Mary Sanchez
Kansas City Star

Sam Zeff
Freelance Reporter

Steve Kraske
The Star/KCUR

Dave Helling
Kansas City Star

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KC Week in Review
January 20, 2012

THE DECISION MAKERS: With the future of the KCMO School District now in the hands of Missouri lawmakers, we push aside our regular reporters to bring you the key lawmakers who will ultimately decide the district's future.

THIS WEEK: Friday, January 20, 2012 @ 7:30 pm
(Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11 am)

THE DECISION MAKERS: With the future of the KCMO School District now in the hands of Missouri lawmakers, we push aside our regular reporters to bring you the key lawmakers who will ultimately decide the district’s future.

Victor Callahan
MO Senate (D) Independence

Will Kraus
MO Senate (R) Lee’s Summit

Jolie Justus
MO Senate, (D) Kansas City

Myron Neth
MO House, (R) Liberty

IMMIGRATION: We’re joined by the Missouri Senator who has just introduced a measure that would require schools to verify the immigration status of all their students.

EVOLUTION: A Missouri State Representative wants “intelligent design” taught in public schools alongside evolution. We get the take of our lawmaker panel.

I-70 TOLL ROAD OR GRAVEL PARKING LOT: The head of MoDOT tells a Missouri legislative committee this week that I-70 will become a gravel parking lot within the next 20 years if lawmakers don’t approve turning the state’s busiest highway into a toll road.

NIXON: host Nick Haines gets his legislative guests to dissect the Governor’s State of the State address.

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KC Week in Review
January 25, 2013

The Johnson County Sheriff's unflinching gun announcement stuns many in the community. Sporting KC's new PR black eye. The Kansas City minister in the national spotlight. And the field of candidates is finally set in the race to succeed Wyandotte County Mayor Joe Reardon.

THIS WEEK: Friday, January 25th, 2013 @ 7:30 pm
(Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11 am )

JOHNSON COUNTY SHERIFF: Frank Denning stuns many in the community with an unflinching announcement. He will oppose any federal gun control laws, including limits on high-capacity magazines. What prompts Johnson County’s chief law enforcement official to take such a strong public stand?

TWO MISSOURI SHERIFFS REFUSE TO ENFORCE GUN LAWS: The sheriffs of Osage County and Johnson County, MO are both refusing to enforce any new gun laws proposed by the federal government. To do so they argue would be “tantamount to an all-out assault on the United States Constitution.” But can they do that?

SPORTING KC: A second black eye this week for Sporting KC. The Kansas City Star reports that the soccer club has not delivered on a big commitment it made when it took advantage of $230 million in state and local tax subsidies when it built its stadium in Wyandotte County: No inner-city soccer fields the team pledged to construct in 2010 and no 18-field youth soccer complex that was supposed to be completed last December.

REARDON SUCCESSOR: Joe Reardon recently announced he is stepping down as Mayor of Wyandotte County after eight years on the job. This week was the filing deadline for candidates seeking to succeed Reardon. Who are the 5 candidates wanting the job and does anyone have an advantage at this point in the campaign?

JUDICIAL SPAT: A proposal favored by some conservative Republicans to give Kansas governors and lawmakers more power over appointments to the state’s appellate courts cleared a key legislative committee this week. The measure would amend the Kansas Constitution to allow governors to appoint whomever they choose to the state Court of Appeals and Supreme Court, subject to Senate confirmation. It’s an issue we tackled in depth on KCPT’s The Local Show Thursday night.

HAMILTON: The President of the United States was inaugurated to a second term this week, and the Kansas City figure who got more face time than any other during all the festivities was not a politician, but a clergyman. The reverend Adam Hamilton who leads the metro’s largest congregation, the Church of the Resurrection in Leawood delivered the sermon at the National Inaugural Prayer Service in front of the President and the rest of the country’s governmental leaders.

REVIEWING THE NEWS THIS WEEK:

Mary Sanchez
Kansas City Star

Steve Kraske
KC Star/KCUR

Sam Zeff
Freelance Reporter

Dave Helling
Kansas City Star

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KC Week in Review
January 6, 2012

Mayor Sly James joins Nick Haines to make his case for taking over Kansas City schools. Plus, some lively predictions for what you can expect in 2012 in our metro.

THIS WEEK: Friday, January 6, 2012 @ 7:30 pm
(Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11am)

NEWSMAKER GUEST: KCMO Mayor Sly James

Mayor Sly James joins Nick Haines to make his case to take over Kansas City schools. It’s the week in which the beleaguered district officially loses its accreditation and around fifteen hundred anxious parents call surrounding school districts asking to transfer their children.

ALSO THIS WEEK…

BOEING: Why Boeing shuttering its Wichita plant makes front page news in Kansas City & Kansas officials claiming “betrayal”

KAUFFMAN: Shakeup at Kansas City’s largest philanthropy as Carl Schramm exits as CEO of the Kauffman Foundation.

PREDICTIONS: Some lively predictions for what you can expect in 2012 in our metro from politics to sports…

THE GUESTS

Chris Hernandez
NBC Action News

Dave Helling
Kansas City Star

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