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The Library, in partnership with American Public Square, launches a series of discussions of polarizing local issues – minus the inci...

The Library, in partnership with American Public Square, launches a series of discussions of polarizing local issues – minus the inci...

Educators and researchers have long recognized the importance of mastering reading by the end of third grade. Students falling short often falter in l...

Incentives of various types are widely offered to encourage and promote economic development – a point of competition and controversy in a years-long...

Chuck Marohn, founder of the nonprofit Strong Towns, launches the Making a Great City series with a critical look at how we build our cities and towns...

Urban planner Joe Minicozzi looks at the “math” of effective city building, i.e., the financial implications of land use decisions in municipalities l...

Urban designer Jim Kumon looks at the resurgence of small-scale urban neighborhoods in Los Angeles, Denver, and Minneapolis, among other cities, and h...

The country continues to struggle with the issue of capital punishment and questions ranging from how fairly sentences are imposed and carried out to...

Kansas City-based urban planner, designer, and architect Kevin Klinkenberg examines why and how cities being reinvented today, who the winners and los...

Which areas offer Kansas City the greatest potential for smart long-term growth? Urban planner Joe Minicozzi and Chuck Marohn, founder of the nonprofi...