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Week in Review
by Kansas City PBS
Join host Nick Haines as he sits down with Kansas City area newsmakers and journalists to explore the stories and decisions impacting our community.
Episodes
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On the Ballot: 2026 General Election | Special
Nick Haines talks to Kansas State Representative Pat Proctor and KU Law Professor Mark Johnson about the Citizenship Voting Requirement Amendment in Kansas. Plus, Abigail Vegter, Jason Hancock, Matthew Harris and Debra Leiter examine Missouri issues related to the congressional map, abortion and...
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Week in Review - Oct 9, 2026
Nick Haines, Savannah Hawley-Bates, Kris Ketz, Eric Wesson and Dave Helling discuss more details about the Royals stadium project and projections in a new economic study, the impact of major highway projects including I-70 closure and Roy Blunt Park, Jackson County unveiling new Truman Sports...
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Week in Review - Oct 2, 2026
Nick Haines, Brian Ellison, Charlie Keegan, Eric Wesson and Dave Helling discuss the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on the Missouri congressional map and its election implications, the high profile gaffe by Eric Schmitt and what it might mean for his future, Andrew Bailey departing the FBI, the...
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Week in Review - Sep 25, 2026
Nick Haines, Eric Wesson, Brian Ellison, Kris Ketz and Dave Helling discuss the court battle over Missouri's congressional map despite the start of early voting, Obama's KC visit and candidates distancing themselves from the former President, the poor reporting on Eric Zahnd, the potential for...
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Week in Review - Sep 18, 2026
Nick Haines, Pete Mundo, Yvette Walker, Charlie Keegan and Dave Helling discuss Vice President J.D. Vance's stop in the metro to campaign for Roger Marshall and to launch a fraud initiative, the latest twists and turns in the Missouri map fight, a whistleblower complaint against Denny Hoskins…
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Week in Review - Sep 11, 2026
Nick Haines, Lisa Rodriguez, Eric Wesson, Brian Ellison and Dave Helling discuss the judicial struggle in Missouri over which congressional map is valid for November, the Kansas U.S. Senate race attracting big names for fundraising events, the controversy involving KCMO Mayoral candidate Ryana...
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The Future of 71 | Special
Once dubbed “Kansas City’s Berlin Wall,” Highway 71 was supposed to connect the city. Instead, it cut through the heart of Kansas City’s Black community, displacing thousands of families and dividing neighborhoods. Join host Nick Haines and a panel of elected leaders and transportation experts…
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Week in Review - Aug 28, 2026
Nick Haines, Brian Ellison, Yvette Walker, Kevin Collison and Dave Helling discuss the KCMO City Council failing to address the stadium vote initiative, concerns by San Francisco Tower residents over construction impacts, using public funds for the Plaza, the ouster of KCEDC head, complaints over...
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Week in Review - Aug 21, 2026
Nick Haines, Lisa Rodriguez, Charlie Keegan, Eric Wesson and Dave Helling discuss the details and remaining questions about the Royals new stadium plan, the bribery trial for Jackson County Executive Phil LeVota, the battle over Missouri redistricting, the Missouri Supreme Court ruling on…
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Week in Review - Aug 7, 2026
In this pledge edition of Week in Review, Nick Haines, Brian Ellison, Kacen Bayless, Abigail Vegter and Kyle Palmer examine the results of this week's primary election including the Kansas Governor and U.S. Senate races, Missouri House races and amendments in both Kansas and Missouri. Plus, they...
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Week in Review - Jul 31, 2026
Nick Haines, Eric Wesson, Kyle Palmer, Kris Ketz and Dave Helling discuss the departure of KCMO Police Chief Stacey Graves after less than four years in the role and who might replace her, the disruption at the Royals stadium town hall meeting, the lingering questions in the new Chiefs stadium...
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On the Ballot | Special
Nick Haines moderates a discussion on Kansas Amendment 4 pertaining to electing state Supreme Court justices with Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach and Executive Director of the ACLU in Kansas Micah Kubic. Plus, Matthew Harris, Brian Ellison, Abigail Vegter and Charlie Keegan examine four...
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Week in Review - Jul 17, 2026
Nick Haines, Kevin Collison, Dave Helling, Eric Wesson and Brian Ellison discuss the conclusion of World Cup in KC and its biggest impacts and disappointments, the plan to keep the Fan Fest Heart as a permanent art installation, the next premier event Kansas City is pursuing, the biggest business...
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Week in Review - Jul 10, 2026
Nick Haines, Charlie Keegan, Yvette Walker, Brian Ellison and Dave Helling discuss the final week of Kansas City's World Cup hosting duties and lessons learned, the KC Rep considering a move to the Plaza, the mid-town Costco changing the store's business model, Clay Chastain's petition for a...
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Week in Review - Jun 26, 2026
Nick Haines, Charlie Keegan, Kris Ketz, Mara Rose Williams and Dave Helling discuss the reactions to the Netherlands orange parade plus the adjustments, successes and disappointments of Kansas City's World Cup hosting duties as it reaches the halfway point, the next steps for the baseball stadium...
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Week in Review - June 19, 2026
Nick Haines, Savannah Hawley-Bates, Eric Wesson, Brian Ellison and Dave Helling discuss how well Kansas City handled its first official week of World Cup action and look at the biggest surprises and disappointments, the Butler skydiving plane crash, the Missouri congressional map, the building...
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Week in Review - June 12, 2026
Nick Haines, Kris Ketz, Brian Ellison, Eric Wesson and Dave Helling discuss the launch of the World Cup Fan Fest and the early feedback from soccer fans, the concern over crime as a violent weekend in KC leaves 12 shot and two dead, Lee's Summit cancelling annual community event indefinitely, the...
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World Cup Ready? | Special
Will Kansas City meet its World Cup moment? Moderated by Nick Haines, this Kansas City PBS town hall covers what the world’s biggest sporting event means for our streets, our security, our businesses — and Kansas City’s reputation. Haines and experts have a candid conversation about what…
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Week in Review - May 15, 2026
Nick Haines, Savannah Hawley-Bates, Brian Ellison, Charlie Keegan and Dave Helling discuss the battle over redistricting in Missouri and its impact on Emanuel Cleaver, reconsidering the bar hours extension during World Cup, safety concerns causing Town Topic to reduce hours, the latest KCMO…
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Week in Review - May 8, 2026
Nick Haines, Isabella Ledonne, Brian Ellison, Kris Ketz and Dave Helling discuss reports about underwhelming hotel reservation numbers for the World Cup, construction crews beginning process of removing branding from World Cup stadiums, new vacancies on the Plaza, the latest city pushing back...
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Week in Review - May 1, 2026
Nick Haines, Charlie Keegan, Brian Ellison, Eric Wesson and Dave Helling discuss the shakeup in the race for Jackson County Executive, viewer questions about naming rights for the new Royals stadium and the impact of a stadium on nearby hospitals, Adam Hamilton entering US Senate race as a...
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Week in Review - Apr 24, 2026
Nick Haines, Brian Ellison, Eric Wesson, Pete Mundo and Dave Helling discuss the long awaited announcement that the Royals will build a new stadium in Crown Center in partnership with Hallmark, the push in the Missouri legislature to eliminate income tax and Adam Hamilton delaying his decision on…
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Week in Review Extra: Talking Trees
Nick Haines convenes local policymakers, developers and environmental advocates to dig into the thorny issues raised in the Kansas City PBS documentary, The Politics of Trees. The public also weighs in, directly questioning decision-makers in a candid exchange about tree loss, extreme weather and...
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Week in Review - Apr 17, 2026
Nick Haines, Charlie Keegan, Eric Wesson, Brian Ellison and Dave Helling discuss details, questions and concerns related to moving Royals stadium to Washington Square Park, a push for a petition initiative to put stadium to a vote, Royals considering Crown Center purchase for entertainment...
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Week in Review - Apr 10, 2026
Nick Haines, Savannah Hawley-Bates, Kris Ketz, Eric Wesson and Dave Helling discuss the results of this week's election including KC earnings tax and mayors of Independence and Lee's Summit, a new update on Royals stadium relocation, KCMO City Hall's bias audit of local media, the pushback on new...
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Week in Review - Apr 3, 2026
Nick Haines, Kacen Bayless, Savannah Hawley-Bates, Eric Wesson and Dave Helling discuss the retirement of Sam Graves, Chris Stigall and Nathan Willet jumping into race to fill Graves vacancy, the decision by Mayor Quinton Lucas to not challenge Mark Allford, Phil Levota's about-face on running…
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Week in Review - Mar 27, 2026
Nick Haines, Charlie Keegan, David Hudnall, Eric Wesson and Patrick Tuohey discuss the vote to renew Kansas City's earning tax, the Missouri legislature push to eliminate income tax, the Missouri Supreme Court greenlighting a new congressional map, the ban on cell phones in Kansas schools…
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Week in Review - Mar 20, 2026
Nick Haines, Lisa Rodriguez, Kacen Bayliss, Eric Wesson and Dave Helling discuss the stalled Royals stadium location decision, the Chiefs push for a sports authority in Kansas, the FBI investigation at City Hall and its implications for 2027 mayoral race, Darryl Forte considering run for mayor,...
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Week in Review - Feb 20, 2026
Nick Haines, Savannah Hawley-Bates, Charlie Keegan, Kyle Palmer and Dave Helling discuss the first toll road in the metro area as 69 Highway in Overland Park opens, the restrictions in the Kansas bathroom bill, John Sherman expressing new urgency in the stadium decision, the Missouri…
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Week in Review - Feb 13, 2026
Nick Haines, Eric Wesson, Kris Ketz, Brian Ellison and Dave Helling discuss the last State of the City from Mayor Quinton Lucas and his top remaining priorities, KC ranking highest per capita of homeless among major cities, next year's mayoral race, Royals stadium talk stagnation, dollar hot dog...
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Week in Review - Feb 6, 2026
Nick Haines, Savannah Hawley-Bates, Brian Ellison, Eric Wesson and Dave Helling discuss the response from the public in Olathe and Wyandotte County on the Chiefs stadium deal , plans for an ICE detention center in Leavenworth, the push for ICE restrictions, KCMO budget problems, placing...
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Week in Review - Jan 30, 2026
Nick Haines, Lisa Rodriguez, Eric Graves, Eric Wesson and Dave Helling discuss the Royals announcing the Aspira campus is no longer in consideration, the Chiefs narrowing search for architecture firm, the Kansas bathroom bill, the future for Sharice Davids, the latest on ICE detention center…
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Week in Review - Jan 23, 2026
Nick Haines, Pete Mundo, Savannah Hawley-Bates, Yvette Walker and Dave Helling discuss concerns over locating an ICE detention center in the metro, the late decision by Mayor Lucas to change the location of the new city jail, the pushback on new data centers, a potential name change for Sporting...
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Week in Review - Jan 16, 2026
Nick Haines, Kris Ketz, Brian Ellison, Charlie Keegan and Dave Helling discuss Kansas Governor Laura Kelly's final State of the State address, Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe's State of the State address, legislative priorities including eliminating income tax in MO and capping property tax in KS,...
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Week in Review - Jan 9, 2026
Nick Haines, Lisa Rodriguez, Dave Helling, Eric Wesson and Brian Ellison discuss a myriad of lingering questions about the Chiefs and Royals stadium decisions including financing, demolition of old stadiums and impact on the affected communities, abandoning redistricting efforts in Kansas, the…
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Year in Review - Dec 26, 2025
Nick Haines, Dana Wright, Eric Wesson, Dave Helling and Brian Ellison reflect on 2025's most impactful stories, pick KC's Person of the Year, identify the biggest winners and losers and gaze into a crystal ball to make predictions for 2026.
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Week in Review - Dec 19, 2025
Nick Haines, Savannah Hawley-Bates, Brian Ellison, Kyle Palmer and Dave Helling discuss pushback in Johnson County over stadium consideration at Aspira Campus and continued silence from team owners, the requests for tax incentives by new Plaza ownership, Lockton eyeing move to JOCO, KC's World…
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Week in Review - Nov 21, 2025
Nick Haines talks to Mayor Quinton Lucas as he begins his last year as mayor about some of the key issues the city must address including preparations for the biggest event in the city's history, budget issues and the future of the city's major league sports franchises. Plus, after her first year...
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Week in Review - Nov 14, 2025
Nick Haines, Charlie Keegan, Brian Ellison, Eric Wesson and Dave Helling discuss new downward trending KCPD crime figures and the lingering perception contrary to the numbers, the out-of-state group paying signature gatherers in referendum effort to quit, how local reps voted on shutdown bill, a...
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Week in Review - Nov 7, 2025
Nick Haines, Yvette Walker, Brian Ellison, Pete Mundo and Kyle Palmer discuss the biggest winners and losers in this week's election, the lessons learned from voting trends on both sides of the state line, abandoning redistricting efforts in Kansas, the speculation around potential U.S. Senate…
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Week in Review - Oct 31, 2025
Nick Haines, Savannah Hawley-Bates, Lisa Rodriguez, Eric Wesson and Dave Helling discuss next week's election including how to select the Jackson County Assessor, the four day school week in Independence, the future of Prairie Village government, mayoral races in Wyandotte County and Overland…
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The Future of the Dotte: The Wyandotte County Mayoral Debate
For the first time in 20 years, the race for Mayor of the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas will not feature an incumbent. Nick Haines moderates a debate of key issues like property taxes, housing, business development and consolidation itself as well as potential...
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Week in Review - Oct 17, 2025
Nick Haines, Charlie Keegan, Eric Wesson, Kris Ketz and Dave Helling discuss the Jackson County Legislature selecting Phil LeVota as the new Jackson County Executive, the launch of the streetcar extension next week, grants to fill Plaza vacancies ahead of the World Cup, rebranding KCI in honor of...
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Week in Review - Oct 10, 2025
Nick Haines, Savannah Hawley-Bates, Dave Helling, Charlie Keegan and Brian Ellison discuss a renewed push for decisions in the stadium saga in the wake of the Jackson County recall and a weekend of large crowds downtown, the swearing in of Kay Barnes as the race for Jackson County Executive gets...
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Week in Review - Oct 3, 2025
Nick Haines, Brian Ellison, Kris Ketz, Eric Wesson and Dave Helling discuss the resounding recall election results in Jackson County which ousts Frank White and has Kay Barnes taking over the leadership role in the interim, the local impacts of the government shutdown, Trump's threat to move the...
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Week in Review - Sep 26, 2025
Nick Haines, Charlie Keegan, Dave Helling, Savannah Hawley-Bates and Eric Wesson discuss exploration of an east-west streetcar expansion line, the elevating cost of the Roy Blunt Luminary Park, the stalled Missouri redistricting map, the withholding of $10 million in food aid to Kansas, the new...
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A Frank Decision: Jackson County's Historic Recall Vote
As the historic recall election in Jackson County approaches, Nick Haines moderates a town hall discussion to address criticisms and to discuss the expectations and implications of using this democratic tool with Jackson County Executive Frank White, Jackson County Legislators Sean Smith and…
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Week in Review - Sep 12, 2025
Nick Haines, Lisa Rodriguez, Pete Mundo, Eric Wesson and Brian Ellison discuss the quick turnaround on the new Missouri congressional map as lawmakers prepare to send to the governor's desk, the potential for a Quinton Lucas run for congress, Kansas redistricting efforts, petition initiative…
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Week in Review - Sep 5, 2025
Nick Haines, Yvette Walker, Brian Ellison, Kris Ketz and Dave Helling discuss redistricting efforts in Kansas and Missouri and the implications for Emanuel Cleaver and Sharice Davids, the push for petition initiative reform in Missouri, the latest excuses in the stadium stalemate, tensions in the...
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Week in Review - Aug 29, 2025
Nick Haines, Savannah Hawley-Bates, Dave Helling, Charlie Keegan and Eric Wesson discuss new crime prevention tactics announced by Mayor Quinton Lucas in the wake of another violent and deadly weekend, the chilling effect of recent officer deaths on police recruitment, redistricting efforts in...
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