Childcare costs an arm and a leg in the Midwest
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This is Kansas City Today. I'm Nomi Nugiedine. Today is Wednesday, August 12th. Coming up, across the Midwest, the monthly cost of daycare rivals a mortgage payment.
Many Midwesterners needed two things in order to get to work today. They needed a road to drive on and somebody to take care of their children.
We'll hear from two lawmakers leading the charge to make child care more affordable. Plus, high costs for fuel and fertilizer are straining farmers' checkbooks. And this year, many are also paying a lot more for health insurance.
It's scary because it's cutting into their bottom line. They didn't necessarily budget for this. They didn't plan for this.
We'll hear about the soaring cost of health care for many farmers. But first, some headlines. A Kansas City Council committee has held back a plan for a downtown ballpark after negative feedback from the public and city council members. KCUR's Savannah
Hawley-Bates reports. The Kansas City Council approved a $600 million funding plan for a downtown Royal Stadium in April. The new legislation would have allowed the city to sign multiple agreements relating to its development. Worker group Stand Up KC filed a petition to put stadium funding on the ballot months ago. City Councilmember Jonathan Duncan says the city shouldn't try to rush through an agreement with the team before people can vote.
I want to keep the Royals. None of this has been transparent. And right now, I can't say that this is a good deal for the city.
The public can weigh in at the next meeting or by emailing the city clerk and their councilmember. Mayor
Quinton Lucas says the city council may have a special session next week before the next scheduled meeting. The chief justice of the Missouri Supreme Court has told a trial judge that a case about the state's new congressional map must move quickly. That's according to the Missouri Independent. KCUR's Sam Zeff reports the first hearing is today.
The lawsuit seeks to overturn a decision by Secretary of State Denny Hoskins, who last week said that a ballot referendum on redistricting is unconstitutional. Volunteers gathered some 367,000 signatures to put the question on the November ballot. Hoskins said it makes no difference how many people sign the petition because the state constitution doesn't allow voters to weigh in on redistricting. The issue must be decided by September 8th. The last day ballot language for November can be changed. Up first, Cole County Judge Daniel Richard Green must rule on whether national and state Republican committees can intervene on behalf of Hoskins.
The region is under a heat advisory through Sunday. KCUR's Cassandra Isabel Flores has more. The Kansas
City region will see temperatures climb through the rest of the week. Meteorologist Olivia Macko of the National Weather Service says the weather may feel like upwards of 110 degrees Fahrenheit when combined with humid conditions. So we're looking at high temperatures in the mid to upper 90s across the Kansas City metro area. Heat indices will be higher than that. First signs of heat relief are not expected until the late weekend with slight cooling early next week.
We'll be back after this.
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