Kevin Hardy
@kevinmhardy
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Reporter for @stateline_news. Previously @KCStar @DMRegister and @TimesFreePress [email protected]
Kansas City, MO
Joined September 2008
The nonprofit was used by Mayor Quinton Lucas’ predecessor primarily to bring speakers to KC to talk about economic development. Lucas and his former chief of staff use it for Chiefs tickets, hotel stays, flights & dinners. #moleg #mogov via @Allie_Kite
https://t.co/C8hSXIGKYb
missouriindependent.com
Mayor Quinton Lucas and Morgan Said used a nonprofit to fund thousands of dollars in Kansas City Chiefs tickets and travel.
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It’s #GivingTuesday! As a nonprofit, we’re proud to keep our readers informed on the policies that affect their everyday lives. If you’ve valued our work this year, can you help us continue serving the public with our journalism? https://t.co/IMltVM35mZ
stateline.org
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. @statesnewsroom's national network of nonprofit outlets have an election live blog with insights from our reporters on the ground today:
newsfromthestates.com
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Innovations in Manufactured Homes Network (I’m Home) Associate Director Arica Young (@arica4housing) spoke with @stateline_news’ @kevinmhardy about the importance of resident-owned manufactured home communities. Read the article:
stateline.org
Owning their homes but not the land beneath them leaves many mobile home residents vulnerable to rent spikes or development pressure. These states are looking to preserve affordable housing by...
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Owning their homes but not the land beneath them leaves many mobile home residents vulnerable to rent spikes. These states are looking to preserve affordable housing by embracing cooperative ownership. Check out the latest from @kevinmhardy here: https://t.co/mBxY4S4hGL
stateline.org
Owning their homes but not the land beneath them leaves many mobile home residents vulnerable to rent spikes or development pressure. These states are looking to preserve affordable housing by...
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Day 4 in The Deciders series! Will abortion swing the first post-Roe presidential election? via @SofiaResnick
https://t.co/L5hMT1ouPp
newsfromthestates.com
Editor’s note: This five-day series explores the priorities of voters in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin as they consider the upcoming presidential...
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North Carolina reflects the duality of the American economy: Unemployment is low, jobs are increasing and businesses are opening new factories. But high housing and food costs have squeezed middle-class residents, @kevinmhardy and @thatcaseyquin report. https://t.co/JfYqKiEnn5
stateline.org
North Carolina reflects the duality of the American economy: Unemployment is low, jobs are increasing and businesses are opening new factories. But high housing and food costs have squeezed middle-...
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The Deciders: 7 states — with disparate identities and spanning the nation — will decide the next president https://t.co/rmFwES3J1a
@statesnewsroom @stateline @kevinmhardy
newsfromthestates.com
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Do you hate auto-renew subscriptions that replace low teaser rates with the full price without much notice? States are doing something about that: https://t.co/Ol8xwV563F via @stateline_news
stateline.org
About a half a dozen states have enacted laws this year to require more notice from companies before subscriptions are automatically renewed.
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New: Nearly half of the marijuana micro-licenses recently awarded in the KC-area went to secretive LLCs tied to a Wyoming Company. The program was intended to help underserved groups join the market. #mogov #moleg
kansascity.com
The licenses, intended for small and minority-owned businesses, were awarded to LLCs tied to a Wyoming company whose true beneficiaries can’t be easily identified.
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“People want to maintain their neighborhood character, but it should be about ensuring quality of life for everyone.” The growing fight over multifamily zoning: https://t.co/Dwi81od8na via @stateline_news
stateline.org
When Minneapolis, then Oregon, then other local and state governments began stripping away exclusive single-family-home zoning over the past five years to allow the construction of multifamily...
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Pedestrians die at highest rates not in brightly lit big cities where sidewalks are crowded, but in rural areas where people often must walk on dark country thoroughfares never meant for foot traffic, @TimHendersonSL reports. https://t.co/sBNFB5YfQJ
stateline.org
BERNALILLO COUNTY, N.M. — Bianca Quintana was just taking a walk in the early morning dark near her mother’s house on South Coors Boulevard. There, the city streets of Albuquerque give way to feed...
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Americans are racking up credit card debt as they struggle to keep up with the cost of living, and experts say those who earn the least are the hardest hit, reports @statesnewsroom, via @IdahoCapitalSun. https://t.co/J9KQfkXAgw
idahocapitalsun.com
Americans are racking up credit card debt as they struggle to keep up with inflation and the high costs of living and housing.
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Artificial intelligence proved the ‘topic du jour’ at the largest annual meeting of state lawmakers this week in Kentucky, writes @kevinmhardy after attending the annual @NCSLorg conference. https://t.co/yyM5AZM87Y
stateline.org
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Inside a white-walled conference room, a speaker surveyed hundreds of state lawmakers and policy influencers, asking whether artificial intelligence poses a threat to the elections...
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Kansas aims to spend hundreds of millions to lure the Chiefs or Royals out of Missouri. It could be one of the most expensive stadium deals ever, according to Victor Matheson, a researcher who studies stadium subsidies #moleg via @kevinmhardy & @Allie_Kite
https://t.co/xOZc6PzfPU
missouriindependent.com
The chance of new stadiums for the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals has reignited an economic development border war between Missouri and Kansas
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Recently, lawmakers in some states have sought to roll back child labor protections as employers struggle to fill open jobs and critics say some of the safeguards are outdated. But experts say no state has gone as far as Iowa, @kevinmhardy reports. https://t.co/zoUsc9iUON
stateline.org
In recent years, lawmakers in Iowa and other states have sought to roll back long-standing child labor protections as employers struggle to fill open jobs and critics complain that many safeguards on...
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In the past two years, more than 30 lawsuits have been filed in federal and state courts alleging that certain companies are equipping corporate landlords with software algorithms that allow competitors to collude on rent prices. https://t.co/8eIK2SJTAL
stateline.org
In the past two years, more than 30 lawsuits have been filed in federal and state courts alleging that companies are equipping corporate landlords with software algorithms that allow competitors to...
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Red-state cities and suburbs are becoming more diverse https://t.co/fLfQOXLPFT via @stateline_news
stateline.org
Growth in Black, Hispanic and Asian communities is transforming cities and suburban counties, especially in red states such as Florida, Indiana and Texas.
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After some funeral homes mishandled bodies and mixed up cremated remains, lawmakers in several states have looked to increase regulation on an often overlooked industry. Read the latest from @kevinmhardy here. https://t.co/EJFLYTbEcB
stateline.org
The headlines were the stuff of nightmares. One Colorado funeral home owner let the body of a woman decompose for two years in a hearse parked outside a house he rented, while hoarding the cremated...
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Access to water is one of the biggest issues facing communities as the climate changes. @Allie_Kite & @kevinmhardy took a deep look into efforts to force conservation of the #Oglalla Aquifer https://t.co/oDrAzvYQiX
missouriindependent.com
After decades of local inaction, Kansas lawmakers are pushing for big changes in irrigation to save the Ogallala Aquifer.
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