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‘Stablecoin summer’: Crypto community greets GENIUS Act with optimism, caution

By Tommy Felts / July 25, 2025

Editor’s note: This story was originally published by Missouri Business Alert, a member of the Kansas City Media Collective, which also includes Startland News, KCUR 89.3, American Public Square, Kansas City PBS/Flatland, and The Kansas City Beacon. Click here to read the original story. [divide] A new federal cryptocurrency law has sparked a range of reactions across…

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Match this: ‘Ted Lasso’ filming in KC another win for city’s tax credit pitch, mayor says 

By Tommy Felts / July 22, 2025

Scoring state-side shooting locations for the newest season of “Ted Lasso” reflects a strategy by the KC Film Office that’s straight from the hit Apple TV+ series’ playbook: the harder you work, the luckier you get. “‘Ted Lasso’ filming in Kansas City represents everything we’ve been working toward,” said Rachel Kephart, director of the KC…

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KCMO is building a skate park under the Buck O’Neil Bridge (and tagging artists for the blank canvas)

By Tommy Felts / July 9, 2025

Editor’s note: The following story was published by KCUR, Kansas City’s NPR member station, and a fellow member of the KC Media Collective. Click here to read the original story or here to sign up for KCUR’s email newsletter. [divide] Local artists can have a hand in creating public art to accompany a planned skate park between River Market and…

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These 15 KCMO projects just got a $19M+ boost; funding focused on inclusive community investments

By Tommy Felts / July 7, 2025

A pair of high-profile projects at 18th and Vine — restoring the Boone Theater and its Kansas City jazz legacy, along with transforming the long-vacant Workhouse Castle into a boutique hotel — offer just a few notes from a chorus of just-funded redevelopment initiatives aimed at buoying small business and tackling challenges in Kansas City’s urban core.…

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‘America the Entrepreneurial’: Can builders restore the promise of ‘the most courageous startup the world has ever seen?’ 

By Tommy Felts / July 3, 2025

Risk-takers set the story of the United States of America in motion, said Victor W. Hwang, lamenting a modern day reality where needless barriers too often work against entrepreneurs and young businesses. An upcoming milestone birthday for the nation offers a focal point for restoring a coast-to-coast commitment to supporting builders and dreamers, he said,…

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