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Mayor Lily Wu said a new sales tax vote is not on the horizon, but city leaders will talk during the budget process about how to pay for several of the initiatives the sales tax would have funded.
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Three students explain why they wanted to participate in an anti-ICE walkout at their school. -
Child welfare advocates say Kansas foster care regulations unintentionally tear families apart. State law forced one family to decide between asking their adopted son to move out when he turned 18 or send four younger boys out of their foster home. -
Public ownership of the new Chiefs stadium would shield bonds for the project from the federal income tax. -
Organizers said the objective is to generate money for the party's campaign activities and to rally support for the constitutional right of individuals to possess firearms for self-defense. -
The state will use candy and soda definitions that are already set in its food and sales tax laws.
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KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty ImagesFrom artificial intelligence to fatalities from music streaming to the effects of immigrants on elderly health care, the Planet Money newsletter rounds up some interesting new economic studies. -
Maria Fabrizio for NPRA large study found that people taking GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic for diabetes were less likely to be diagnosed with substance use disorder.
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In a phone call with CBS News Monday, Trump said "the war is very complete." But at a separate event with Republican lawmakers, he said the U.S. still needed to achieve "ultimate victory." -
With the removal of FDA warning labels, hormone therapy to treat symptoms of menopause has grown in popularity. Now some patients are reporting delays in filling prescriptions for estrogen patches. -
Policy experts say new SNAP changes don't address the challenges faced by single parents. They also argue that losing food assistance will only create more barriers for struggling families. -
The case of Khalil, who was detained last March, sits at the vanguard of a battle of immigrants' due process and civil rights, and the Trump administration's mass detention and deportation policies. -
The singer-songwriter and producer has had one of the more distinguished and multifaceted careers in modern music. He talks about following an unconventional path from Tony! Toni! Toné! to Sinners.
Commentary & Podcasts
Beth Golay speaks with Saba Sams about her new novel, 'Gunk.' And Suzanne Perez brings us a review of Jeannette McCurdy's 'Half His Age.'
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