Jonathan Shorman

This July 28, 2021 file photo shows a sign on the door of a hair salon informing patrons that masks are required to be in the business in Kansas City, Mo. Businesses large and small are reinstituting mask mandates and requiring vaccines of their customers as U.S. coronavirus cases rise. (Jill Toyoshiba/The Kansas City Star via AP, File)

Kansas, Missouri could take months to reach key vaccination threshold as delta surges

August 10, 2021 at 9:55 a.m.

Vaccinations have risen in Kansas and Missouri as more residents line up for shots, amid fears they could become the delta variant's latest victim or in hopes of snagging a...

La planta de procesamiento de carne de Smithfield Foods en Milan, Missouri, el jueves 21 de mayo de 2020.

Pandemia y negligencia de la era de Trump abruman a la agencia federal encargada de la seguridad de los trabajadores

March 25, 2021 at 11:24 a.m.

Trabajaban hombro con hombro con cuchillos afilados. Los turnos se ampliaron a 11 horas. Se les ofrecieron bonos de 500 dólares si no faltaban a un turno en un mes...

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly on inauguration day at the Kansas State Capitol on Jan. 14, 2019 in Topeka, Kan. Kelly ordered K-12 schools closed for the rest of the academic year Tuesday as the state continued to escalate its response to the coronavirus.

War over Easter: Kansas lawmakers revoke governor’s order limiting church gatherings

April 9, 2020 at 11:21 a.m.

TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas Republican leaders on Wednesday revoked Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's order limiting religious gatherings to 10 people, paving the way for churches to meet on Easter Sunday...

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