>>> I FEEL -- I FEEL LIKE IT'S OUT OF OUR CONTROL.

>> LOCAL PROTESTS AFTER A DRAFT ABORTION RULING IS LEAKED.

BUT WHAT IT WOULD MEAN FOR US HERE?

FOR ALL THAT TALK FROM THE MAYOR ABOUT FIXING POTHOLES, WHY ARE FEWER OF THEM NOW BEING FILLED?

GOVERNOR KELLY SET TO MAKE HISTORY AS KANSAS GREENLIGHTS SPORTS BETTING.

SO HOW WILL IT WORK?

AND WHY IS MISSOURI STRUGGLING TO DO THE SAME?

PLUS, LAST WEEK I MENTIONED HOW THE GOLDEN GIRLS WOULD HAVE BEEN BANNED FROM ONE CITY IN JOHNSON COUNTY.

NOW IT'S LAW AND GETTING NATIONAL ATTENTION.

DID SHAWNEE REALLY ENACT A ROOMMATE BAN?

>> THEY WANT TO LIVE IN GOOD NEIGHBORHOODS, LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.

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IT IS GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US ON OUR WEEKLY JOURNEY THROUGH KANSAS CITY'S MOST IMPACTFUL, CONFUSING AND BEFUDDLING LOCAL NEWS STORIES.

HOPPING ONBOARD THE "WEEK IN REVIEW" BUS THIS WEEK IS OUR OWN SENIOR REPORTER MARY SANCHEZ, FORMERLY OF THE "KANSAS CITY STAR."

AND DAVE HELLING WHO STILL CALLS THE "STAR" HOME.

ALSO WITH US REPORTER AND MANAGING EDITOR FOR THE "SHAWNEE MISSION POST," KYLE PALMER AND KMBC 9 POLITICAL ANALYST MICHAEL MAHONEY UP FIRST, THE PUBLICATION OF A DRAFT OPINION THAT SUGGESTS THE SUPREME COURT IS PREPARING TO THROW OUT ROE V. WADE PUT THE QUESTION OF ABORTION BACK AT THE CENTER OF THE NATION'S POLITICAL DEBATE THIS WEEK.

IT ALSO IGNITED A WHIRLWIND OF REACTION ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WHERE WE LIVE?

IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT OVERTURNING ROE WOULD NOT MEAN ABORTION WOULD BE OUTLAWED COAST-TO-COAST.

RATHER IT WOULD GIVE INDIVIDUAL STATES, LIKE KANSAS AND MISSOURI, THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO SET THEIR OWN ABORTION POLICIES.

SO WHAT WOULD THAT MEAN HERE?

APPARENTLY IT DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU LIVE.

LET'S START IN MISSOURI.

IN 2019, MISSOURI PASSED A TRIGGER LAW THAT WOULD MAKE IT A FELONY FOR MEDICAL PROVIDERS TO PERFORM ANY ABORTION, EXCEPT IN CASES OF MEDICAL EMERGENCY IF ROE IS STRUCK DOWN.

SO IF WE HAD A SUPREME COURT RULING TOMORROW, MICHAEL MAHONEY, WOULD THAT ULTIMATELY BECOME THE LAW IN MISSOURI?

>>> IT WOULD BECOME THE LAW PRETTY QUICKLY.

IN THE MISSOURI LEGISLATURE AND ERIC SMITH ARE INDICATING THAT ONCE THAT OPINION BECAME FORMAL, IF THAT'S WHAT THE OPINION IS GOING TO BE, STRIKING DOWN ROE V. WADE.

HE WOULD ENACT -- OR WOULD DECLARE THAT THAT WAS THE LAW IN THE STATE OF MISSOURI.

SO THAT COULD HAPPEN INSTANTANEOUSLY.

SO WE'LL SEE.

THE SITUATION, AS I IMAGINE WE'RE ABOUT TO DISCUSS, MUCH DIFFERENT IN KANSAS RIGHT NOW.

>> Nick: LET'S CONTINUE WITH MISSOURI, MARY.

WOULDN'T THERE BE LAWSUIT AFTER LAWSUIT AFTER LAWSUIT.

WOULDN'T WE HAVE CORPORATIONS SAYING THEY WOULD NEVER COME TO MISSOURI ANY MORE.

THE NICK SAYING THEY WOULD NEVER PLAY A GAME IN MISSOURI ANY LONGER?

>> WE'LL SEE.

HERE'S THE PROBLEM.

MISSOURI IS NOT THAT OUT OF LINE WITH, AS EXTREME AS SOME OF THIS SOUNDS TO MANY WOMEN FRANKLY, MISSOURI IS NOT THAT FAR OUT OF LINE WITH SO MANY OTHER STATES.

26 OTHER STATES ARE READY TO GET RID OF ABORTION AS A LEGAL OPTION FOR WOMEN.

60% OF THE U.S. POPULATION BELIEVES THAT ABORTION SHOULD BE LEGAL, WITH RESTRICTIONS.

GENERALLY IN RAPE, INCEST.

NOW WE HAVE A SUPREME COURT AND STATE LEGISLATURES THAT ARE DOING EVERYTHING THAT THEY CAN DO TO GET RID OF THAT RIGHT.

>> Nick: AND THAT MISSOURI TRIGGER LAW YOU COULD ONLY HAVE AN ABORTION IN CASES OF A MEDICAL EMERGENCY.

RAPE AND INCEST WOULD NOT BE PART OF THAT.

LET'S TALK ABOUT, AS MICHAEL MAHONEY MENTIONS.

KANSAS HAS THE MOST LIBERAL ABORTION LAWS IN THE COUNTRY.

THAT'S BECAUSE IN 2019, THE KANSAS SUPREME COURT RULED THAT THE STATE'S CONSTITUTION PROTECTED A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO ABORTION.

SO IF ROE WAS STRUCK DOWN THIS WEEKEND, KYLE, NOTHING WOULD CHANGE IN KANSAS?

>> WELL, NOT FOR THE TIME BEING.

OF COURSE, WE HAVE THE IMPENDING VOTE ON THE ABORTION AMENDMENT, WHICH WE'LL GET TO IN KANSAS.

AS FOR NOW, NO.

I THINK THERE ARE STILL LEGAL OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE TO GET ABORTIONS IN KANSAS, INCLUDING AT A PLANNED PARENTHOOD CLINIC IN OVERLAND PARK.

SO THAT IS THE CASE RIGHT NOW IN KANSAS.

>> Nick: WE'VE SEEN SOME OF THOSE YARD SIGNS FOR THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ALREADY, DAVE HELLING.

THEY SAY THEY VALUE BOTH AMENDMENTS.

THERE ARE ADS ON TV ABOUT THIS.

THIS IS GOING TO BE AN AUGUST BALLOT VOTE.

THEY SAY KANSAS COULD BE THE FIRST STATE TO HAVE A REFERENDUM ON ROE V. WADE.

IF IT IS POSSIBLE, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IN KANSAS?

>> IT WOULD THEN BE UP TO THE LEGISLATURE TO SET WHATEVER RESTRICTIONS THAT IT WANTS TO ON THE RIGHT TO ABORTION IN KANSAS.

IT SIMPLY OVERRULES THE SUPREME COURT AND SAYS, NO, THE STATE LEGISLATURE CAN MAKE THAT DECISION.

NOW WE SHOULD BE CLEAR.

IF ROE IS DISCARDED BY THE SUPREME COURT, THE FOCUS ON KANSAS THIS SUMMER WILL BE ENORMOUS, INCLUDING TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ONE WOULD ASSUME IN TV ADVERTISING AND OTHER ATTEMPTS TO GET OUT THE VOTE.

BECAUSE IT WILL BE SEEN AS A REFERENDUM IN SOME WAYS ON WHAT THE COURT DECIDES.

>> Nick: BEFORE WE GET INTO THE POLITICAL ASPECTS OF THIS, I STILL WANT TO DRILL DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE PRACTICAL NATURE OF THIS.

WHILE WOMEN IN ST. LOUIS CAN JUST CROSS A BRIDGE INTO ILLINOIS, WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS FOR METRO AREA WOMEN IF ROE IS OVERTURNED, PRESUMABLY A MISSOURI RESIDENT CAN TRAVEL TO KANSAS FOR THE PROCEDURE?

>> YES.

OVERLAND PARK HAS A CLINIC, INCLUDING IN WICHITA, INCLUDING THE GEORGE TILLER.

IF WE GO INTO ANOTHER STATE OF SUMMER OF MERCY, LIKE WICHITA SAW AROUND THAT CLINIC, WHICH WAS BOMBINGS AND ULTIMATELY THE MURDER OF GEORGE TILLER.

THE VENOM AND THE FEELINGS AROUND THIS ISSUE ARE SO STRONG.

THERE'S A LOT OF HEALTH CARE, PARTICULARLY FOR POORER WOMEN WHO ARE GENERALLY AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND LATINO.

THEIR OPTIONS TO TRAVEL ARE GOING TO BE SO MUCH LESSER, JUST BY FINANCIAL RESOURCES.

SO WE DO NEED TO KEEP IN MIND WHO THIS HARMS THE MOST.

>> Nick: BUT IT'S BEEN SURPRISING THAT KANSAS HAS BEEN SORT OF ABORTION SANCTUARY IN THE MIDWEST, KYLE.

WE SEE IN ONE OF THE WICHITA CLINICS SAYS HALF OF THE PATIENT VOLUME IS NOW COMING FROM OKLAHOMA.

AND 44% OF ALL THE ABORTIONS PERFORMED IN KANSAS WERE FROM MISSOURI RESIDENTS.

>> YEAH.

I THINK LOOKING AT THE STATE DATA, PROVIDED BY THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT, IS INSTRUCTIVE TO GROUND YOURSELF IN WHO WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.

7,850 ABORTIONS PERFORMED IN 2021 IN KANSAS.

OF COURSE, THAT'S DOWN FROM THE LATE 2000s AND THE PEAK '90s.

YOU'RE RIGHT, NICK.

HALF OF THEM FROM NONRESIDENTS.

THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE NONRESIDENTS COMING FROM MISSOURI.

I'VE SEEN REPORTS THAT WOMEN TRAVELED HUNDREDS OF MILES TO GO TO THE CLINIC IN OVERLAND PARK.

I SHOULD POINT OUT THAT STATE DATA SAYS, TO GIVE AN IDEA OF WHO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

ROUGHLY 85% OF THE ABORTIONS PERFORMED ARE ON PATIENTS WHO ARE UNMARRIED, BIG PERCENTAGE OF THEM, ABOUT 33% ARE ON PATIENTS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 20 AND 24.

AND THEN MORE THAN 45% OF THESE PATIENTS ARE EITHER BLACK OR HISPANIC.

SO YOU COULD MAKE THE CASE THAT THE MEDIAN PERSON IMPACTED BY THIS DEBATE IN KANSAS IS GOING TO BE A YOUNG, SINGLE WOMAN OF COLOR.

I THINK WE CAN'T FORGET THAT AS WE TALK ABOUT THE POLITICAL RAMIFICATIONS OF THIS ARE.

>> JUST QUICKLY.

THERE ARE TWO ITEMS OF NOTE HERE.

FIRST, LEGISLATORS IN MISSOURI HAVE DISCUSSED A BILL THAT WOULD PROHIBIT MISSOURIANS FROM LEAVING THE STATE TO OBTAIN AN ABORTION IN ILLINOIS OR KANSAS OR ANY OTHER STATE.

THAT'S A QUESTIONABLE LEGALITY.

WOULD CERTAINLY FACE A LEGAL CHALLENGE.

BUT AT LEAST THERE'S SOME DISCUSSION HERE OF PROHIBITING PEOPLE FROM TRAVELING FOR ABORTION.

AND, SECOND, REPUBLICANS IN WASHINGTON ARE PONDERING A NATIONWIDE BAN ON MOST ABORTIONS.

AND IF THAT HAPPENS, THEN TRAVELING FROM MISSOURI TO KANSAS, EVEN IF KANSAS REMAINS A STATE IN WHICH ABORTIONS ARE AVAILABLE, A NATIONWIDE BAN COULD HAVE A DRAMATIC IMPACT ON THAT AS WELL.

SO THOSE ARE TWO DEVELOPMENTS WE NEED TO WATCH AS WE CONSIDER THIS IDEA OF PEOPLE LEAVING ONE STATE FOR ANOTHER STATE.

>> Nick: ONE OF THE BIGGER, BROADER POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS HERE, MICHAEL MAHONEY, WE HAVE BEEN SORT OF STAKEHOLDER OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS THAT, YOU KNOW, GOVERNOR KELLY HAS A HARD TIME GETTING RE-ELECTED THIS YEAR.

DAVIDS MAY BE TOAST IN THE 3rd CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT IN KANSAS AS ANOTHER DEMOCRAT RUNNING FOR OFFICE THIS YEAR.

AT A TIME WHEN WE'RE TOLD THAT PEOPLE ARE FRUSTRATED ABOUT RISING PRICES, DOES THE ABORTION -- ABORTION RULING CHANGE THE DYNAMICS IN KANSAS AND GIVE LIFE TO GOVERNOR KELLY AND DAVIDS?

>> DEMOCRATS ARE HOPING THIS IS A SORT OF GALVANIZING EVENT, THAT WILL BOOST VOTER ENTHUSIASM FOR DEMOCRATS.

NOW REMAINS TO BE SEEN.

GIVEN THE ECONOMICS IN THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW, WITH INFLATION AND HOUSING AND GASOLINE PRICES.

A LOT OF PEOPLE VOTE THEIR POCKETBOOKS.

BUT THE REASON YOU HEAR REPUBLICANS TALKING MORE ABOUT THE EGREGIOUS NATURE OF THE LEAK IS THEY FEAR THAT APPEAR POTENTIAL STRIKE DOWN OF ROE IS A POLITICAL LOSER FOR THEM.

>> Nick: HOW DO YOU SEE THAT, MARY?

>> IT'S A HUGE ISSUE DRAW FOR SOME VOTERS.

BUT SO MANY PEOPLE JUST DON'T VOTE.

AND WE'LL SEE.

IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BRING IN, PARTICULARLY YOUNGER WOMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES, WHO ARE STILL OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE.

WE'LL SEE.

>> Nick: WELL, WE TALK ABOUT BIG ISSUES LIKE ABORTION, SOMETIMES IT'S THE SMALLEST ISSUES THATCLE PROVE THE MOST DIVISIVE AND UPSETTING.

TAKE POTHOLES.

THE CITY FILLED IT FAR FEWER OF THEM LAST YEAR, A THIRD LESS, IN FACT, IN ABSOLUTE NUMBERS.

23,000 LESS.

>> THE POTHOLES IN THE 3rd AND 5th DISTRICT.

THEY'RE BIGGER THAN THE FOUR OCEANS.

>> I'M GOING TO BE SOMEONE WHO MAKES SURE WE HOLD ON TO OUR PROMISE.

ADDRESSING EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND MAKING SURE WE DON'T HAVE THE ISSUES.

>> FAST FORWARD TO HIS FIRST WEEKS ON THE JOB, AND LUCAS SAYS HE'S SO SERIOUS ABOUT FIXING THE PROBLEM, HE PROMISES APPOINT A NEW POTHOLE CZAR.

>> WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO IS WHOSE PERSON'S RESPONSIBILITY IS WHERE IT STOPS.

>> WHAT HAPPENED, MICHAEL MAHONEY?

HE WAS GOING TO BE THE POTHOLE CZAR.

>> GOOD QUESTION.

THE CITY SAYS THEY HAVE SPENT MORE OF THEIR EFFORT ON STREET PAVING AND THEY'RE SHORT ON CREWS ON THE POTHOLE CREWS.

IT'S A TOUGH JOB AND LOTS OF TURNOVER.

BUT ALL OF THAT IS RINGING HOLLOW I THINK TO A LOT OF KANSAS CITY MOTORISTS AND METRO MOTORISTS THAT ARE DRIVING ON KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, STREETS.

BASIC SERVICES FROM CITY HALL ARE SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE ABSOLUTELY EXPECT TO BE DEALT WITH.

AND THIS REPORT IS REALLY TOUGH MEDICINE FOR THE MAYOR.

>> Nick: DAVE HELLING, THE CITY'S PUBLIC WORKS SUPERINTENDENT IN THE "KANSAS CITY STAR" STORY SAYS, YES, IT'S ABOUT STAFF SHORTAGES, LOW STARTING PAY.

THAT'S $16.57 AN HOUR.

$16.57.

A LACK OF INTEREST IN PUBLIC WORKS AMONG YOUNGER GENERATIONS.

THAT'S THE ISSUE.

SO IF THE MAYOR IS NOW SAYING WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND HIRE MORE PEOPLE, ISN'T THAT GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE IF NOBODY REALLY IS INTERESTED IN WORKING FOR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT?

THEY DON'T GET PAID ENOUGH?

>> RIGHT.

THAT'S A PROBLEM THAT'S NOT JUST UNIQUE TO KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, OF COURSE.

THAT'S TRUE ACROSS THE REGION AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

SO IT'S ONLY A PARTIAL EXPLANATION FOR THE PROBLEM.

ONE OTHER POSSIBLE EXPLANATION IS THE AGING NATURE OF KANSAS CITY ROADS.

HOW OLD THEY ARE, THE DIFFICULT WINTERS, FREEZING AND THAWING CYCLES.

>> Nick: WELL, "WEEK IN REVIEW" VIEWER BILL HAS A MORE CLEARER EXPLANATION.

HE SAYS IF THERE'S SUCH A STAFF SHORTAGE, I'M CONFUSED AS TO WHY THE SURROUNDING MUNICIPALITIES CAN ACCOMPLISH THIS TASK.

ARE THOSE OTHER CITIES FACING THE SAME PROBLEM, KYLE?

OR ONE OF THESE MYTHS WE LIKE TO TELL OURSELVES?

>> AGAIN, NICK, THE STREETS IN JOHNSON CITY ARE PAVEED IN GOLD.

[LAUGHTER] THE STREETS IN JOHNSON COUNTY ARE NOT PERFECT.

IN FACT, ONE OF THE WORST LOCAL ROADS I REGULARLY DRIVE ON IS STATE LINE ROAD SOUTH OF PRAIRIE VILLAGE.

>> Nick: ONE THING WE HEAR, MICHAEL MAHONEY, FROM KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, OFFICIALS PER SQUARE MILE IT'S LARGER THAN NEW YORK CITY.

AND YET HAS ONLY A FRACTION OF THE POPULATION TO SUPPORT IT.

>> NUMBERS SOMETHING AROUND 6400 LANE MILES IN KANSAS CITY THAT CITY HALL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR.

THAT'S A FAR LARGER NUMBER THAN ANY OF THE SUBURBS AROUND IT.

IT'S A FACTOR IN SNOW REMOVAL.

CERTAINLY A FACTOR IN POTHOLES.

BUT THE THING IS IF VOTERS AND DRIVERS DON'T THINK ABOUT THAT.

THEY THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEY'RE HAVING TO TAKE THEIR FRONT OR BACK END IN.

BECAUSE IT'S OUT OF ALIGNMENT.

>> Nick: YEAH.

BUT WHY, MICHAEL, IS IT THAT THAT DOES NOT SEEM TO BE HURTING THE MAYOR?

>> I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU CAN SAY THAT RIGHT NOW.

VIOLENT CRIME RATE IS GOING TO BE A PROBLEM.

WHEN HE SEEKS RE-ELECTION, THE STREET ISSUE IS GOING TO BE A PROBLEM.

IF THIS IS NOT ADDRESSED IMMEDIATELY, AND TO THE POINT OF, WELL, THERE'S NO POTHOLES CZAR RUNNING, IT'S REALLY EARLY IN THE CYCLE FOR LUCAS RE-ELECTION.

IT'S REAL EARLY.

I WOULDN'T LOOK FOR ANYTHING TO HAPPEN ON THE POLITICAL FRONT FOR THE NEXT MAYOR'S RACE UNTIL AT LEAST THE FALL, PROBABLY AFTER THE MID-TERMS.

>> Nick: WELL, WE MENTIONED IT IN OUR BIG STORY IN THIS SEGMENT LAST WEEK.

I ASKED COULD THE GOLDEN GIRLS HAVE LIVED IN SHAWNEE AFTER THE JOHNSON COUNTY CITY BECOMES ONE OF THE FIRST IN THE REGION TO MAKE CO-LIVING ILLEGAL.

>> ROSE, IS THIS A SCANDINAVIAN VIKING CONCOCTIONS?

>> YES.

IT'S CALLED -- CAKE.

[LAUGHTER] >> THIS WEEK, A NEW LAW GOES INTO EFFECT IN SHAWNEE THAT OUTLAWS SUBLETTING TO UNRELATED ADULTS.

IT'S NOW CAPTURING NATIONAL ATTENTION WITH SOME HEADLINES CALLING IT THE "KANSAS ROOMMATE BAN."

>> SHAWNEE IS A LEADER IN BANNING THIS IN JOHNSON COUNTY AND MAYBE IN THE WHOLE COUNTRY.

>> RENTERS WANT TO LIVE IN GOOD NEIGHBORHOODS JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.

WE NEED MORE CITIES TO LOOK AT CO-LIVING AND SHARED LIVING AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADD HOUSING.

>> Nick: WHEN I SAY WE TRACK THE MOST'S CONFUSING AND BEFUDDLING STORIES, THIS WOULD BE ONE OF THEM.

BECAUSE A LOT OF THE NEWS REPORTS ON THIS SEEM TO BE ALL OVER THE PLACE IN HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN NOW LIVE WITH YOU, WHO WOULD BE AFFECTED.

KYLE PALMER, CAN YOU HELP US OUT?

FIRST OF ALL, WHAT IS THE MOTIVATION BEHIND SHAWNEE DOING THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE?

WHAT EVIL DEEDS AND HORRIBLE PRACTICES WERE HAPPENING THERE THAT PROMPTED THE CITY COUNCIL TO DO THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE?

>> WELL, I THINK THE KERFLUFFLE HAS CAUGHT PEOPLE OFF GUARDS.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ISOLATED, A HANDFUL OF COMPLAINTS FROM RESIDENTS IN HER WARD, ABOUT REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS WHO HAD TAKEN OVER, YOU KNOW, IT'S CALLED TRADITIONALLY SINGLE FAMILY HOME PROPERTIES.

AND CONVERTING OR REMODELING THEM IN A WAY TO ALLOW FOR MULTIPLE UNITS INSIDE TO MAKE WAY FOR WHAT COULD BE A CO-LIVING SPACE.

>> Nick: CAN YOU HELP US UNDERSTAND, THOUGH, HOW MANY ROOMMATES CAN YOU HAVE NOT RELATED TO YOU?

>> THE CRITICAL GOLDEN GIRLS QUESTION.

I CAN'T REMEMBER IF THREE, FOUR GOLDEN GIRLS.

>> Nick: FOUR GOLDEN GIRLS.

ONE OF THEM IS RELATED TO EACH OTHER.

THE MOTHER -- DOROTHY'S MOTHER.

YES.

>> I THINK SOME OF THE RHETORIC ABOUT THIS ORDINANCE, YOU KNOW, QUOTE/UNQUOTE BANNING ROOMMATES MIGHT BE A BIT MISLEADING.

THE ORDINANCE SAYS IT ALLOWS FOR UP TO THREE UNRELATED ADULTS TO LIVE IN THE SAME SPACE.

MORE THAN THAT, YOU COULDN'T HAVE A FOURTH.

IT ALSO DOESN'T COUNT KIDS.

IF YOU HAD THREE ADULTS WHO ALL HAD KIDS, ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE COULD THEORETICALLY LIVE TOGETHER UNDER THE SAME ROOF.

>> Nick: THIS IS HAPPENING, MARY, IN THE BACKDROP OF HUGE HOUSING PRICES.

PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO SAVE MONEY, AREN'T THEY.

WOULDN'T A CITY WANT TO ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO TRY AND SHARE THE COSTS OF HOUSING DURING THIS VERY DIFFICULT TIME.

>> I THINK IT DOES OPEN UP THE BROADER CONVERSATION ABOUT HOUSING AND AFFORDABILITY AND HOW PEOPLE ARE MAKING THEIR WAY.

BUT JUST PICKING AT HOW THIS WAS MESSAGED OUT, HOW THIS WAS DONE, I DON'T THINK GETS US THERE.

IT'S ALMOST LIKE A SIDETRACK, BECAUSE FRANKLY IT WAS KIND OF MISREPORTED AND THEN SOME ADVOCATES PICKED UP ON IT.

>> Nick: YOU WERE DOING THE TRUTH CHECKS REPORT, DAVE HELLING, FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, OF COURSE, ON KCTV-5.

WOULD THE MEDIA GET A PASS FALSE, TRUE OR FALSE ON THIS?

>> I WOULD NOT MAKE THAT JUDGMENT WITHOUT TAKING A LOOK AT ALL OF THE STORIES.

WHICH I HAVE NOT DONE.

LET ME SAY MORE REPORTING TO BE DONE.

I THINK THAT'S OBVIOUS HERE.

TWO THINGS I POINT OUT.

FIRST, ENFORCEMENT OF THIS IS GOING TO BE AN INTERESTING CHALLENGE FOR THE PEOPLE IN SHAWNEE.

WILL THEY GO DOOR-TO-DOOR AND ASK EVERYONE TO COME OUT, SHOW THEIR PAPERS.

IT'S GOING TO BE A DIFFICULT THING TO ENFORCE.

THE SECOND THING, NICK, IS I'M GLAD TO KNOW THAT "THREE'S COMPANY" ALSO A FAMOUS TV SHOW, IS APPARENTLY STILL ALLOWED UNDER THE SHAWNEE WAY.

>> Nick: DID KANSAS, BY THE WAY, "DOWNTON ABBEY" WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED.

AT HIGH CLEAR CASTLE.

DID KANSAS BEAT MISSOURI THIS WEEK?

NOT IN FOOTBALL OR BASKETBALL, BUT IN CROSSING THE FINISH LINE FIRST ON SPORTS BETTING.

AFTER YEARS OF DEBATE, KANSAS IS ABOUT TO BECOME THE 34TH STATE IN THE NATION TO LEGALIZE SPORTS BETTING.

UNDER THE MEASURE, KANSAS WOULD GET A 10% CUT ON EVERY BET PLACED.

AND WHERE WOULD THE MONEY GO?

80% OF IT WOULD BE FUNNELED INTO A SPECIAL FUND TO HELP LURE THE CHIEFS OR ANOTHER MAJOR SPORTS TEAM TO THE STATE.

THAT PART I GET.

WHAT I DON'T GET IS HOW THIS WILL WORK?

WOULD YOU HAVE TO GO TO ONE OF THE CURRENT CASINOS IN KANSAS TO PLACE A BET OR WILL THERE BE NEW BETTING OFFICES SET UP ALL AROUND THE STATE?

>> YOU WOULD NOT HAVE TO GO TO A CASINO.

I COULD DO -- YOU COULD DO IT FROM YOUR PHONE, AS LONG AS YOU'RE IN THE STATE OF KANSAS.

THIS HAS JUST BEEN INTERESTING TO WATCH, BECAUSE BOTH KANSAS AND MISSOURI STARTED ON THIS JOURNEY TOWARDS ALLOWING SPORTS BOOK AND SPORTS BETTING AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME.

AND A LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT AT THE TIME -- WHEN IT STARTED, THAT THIS WOULD BE A NO-BRAINER.

THAT BOTH STATES WOULD DO IT QUICKLY.

TURNED OUT TO BE EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE.

I'M CERTAIN OF IT NOW.

KANSAS IS GOING TO BEAT MISSOURI ACROSS THE FINISH LINE ON THIS.

AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, MISSOURIANS AROUND HERE, IN JOPLIN AND ST. JOE AND EVERYTHING GOING ACROSS THE RIVER OR ACROSS THE STATE LINE TO, YOU KNOW, THROW A FLUTTER DOWN ON THE CHIEFS OR THE ROYALS OR K.U., M.U.

WHATEVER.

>> Nick: KANSAS POLICE COULD BE WAITING FOR THEM AT THAT STATE LINE TO ARREST THEM, MICHAEL MAHONEY.

>> YEAH, RIGHT.

>> Nick: DAVE, WHY DID MISSOURI, THOUGH, STALL?

WHY IS IT CONSIDERED DEAD THERE?

>> WELL, ACTUALLY THIS WEEK THERE ARE ATTEMPTS TO REVIVE IT, BECAUSE THERE ARE SUPPORTERS OF SPORTS GAMBLING, WHO WON'T GIVE UP UNTIL THE ADJOURNMENT COMES, NICK.

BUT, FIRST OF ALL, THERE'S A GENERAL RESISTANCE TO GAMBLING MEASURES ON THE PART OF SOME MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE.

AND IT ALSO GOT TANGLED UP IN THESE QUASI SLOT MACHINE OPERATIONS, THAT HAVE POPPED UP IN MISSOURI, IN GROCERY STORES AND GAS STATIONS AND BARS, WHICH ARE FIERCELY RESISTED BY THE EXISTING CASINOS, BUT SUPPORTED BY LOBBYISTS WHO SAY, HEY, LOOK.

IT'S A WAY TO BRING IN MONEY TO THE SMALLER MOM AND POP OPERATIONS.

THAT GOT TANGLED UP INTO SPORTS GAMING.

THAT'S WHY MISSOURI HAS A BIT OF A PROBLEM.

LET ME ALSO JUST SAY QUICKLY IN KANSAS, NICK.

THE IDEA THAT THIS WOULD PROVIDE A WINDFALL TO BRING THE CHIEFS OVER INTO WYANDOTTE COUNTY IS MAYBE A LITTLE DEPRESSANT -- A LITTLE AGGRESSIVE.

PROBABLY AT MOST $4 MILLION AVAILABLE FOR A SPORTS TEAM.

THAT WOULDN'T NEARLY PAY FOR A NEW STADIUM.

THERE WOULD OBVIOUSLY HAVE TO BE OTHER EXPENDITURES.

>> Nick: NOW WOULD PAY FOR A PROFESSIONAL DARTS TEAM TO MOVE FROM MISSOURI TO KANSAS.

BUT LET'S TALK A BIT MORE ABOUT THE KANSAS BILL, KYLE.

THE BILL ACTUALLY STATES IN KANSAS EACH CASINO CAN PARTNER IT UP TO 50 RETAILERS TO OFFER IN-PERSON BETTING.

YOU COULD PACE A BET ON CHIEFS WHILE BEING AT THE HY-VEE?

>> I DON'T THINK YOU'RE THINKING BIG ENOUGH, NICK.

THAT COULD BE A NEW SITE FOR A CASINO.

WHAT ARE WE THINKING HERE?

>> Nick: IF YOU LIVE IN KANSAS AND YOU'RE SALIVATING AT THE NOTION OF BEING ABLE TO SPORTS BET NOW IN YOUR OWN STATE, YOU HAVE TO CHILL YOUR HEELS.

THIS WILL NOT BE IMPLEMENTED UNTIL THE FIRST WEEK OF SEPTEMBER.

SPORTS BETTING GOT MOST OF THE ATTENTION THIS WEEK.

BUT ANOTHER BILL ON B/\KANSAS GOVERNOR LAURA KELLY'S DESK COULD HAVE FAR MORE IMPACT.

FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW, THERE'S BEEN A CONTENTIOUS DEBATE OVER THE WISDOM OF BUILDING BORDER WALLS.

IS IT TIME TO REMOVE THE INVISIBLE BORDER WALLS THAT SURROUND OUR SCHOOLS?

KANSAS LAWMAKERS SENT TO THE GOVERNOR A BILL ALLOWING PARENTS TO ENROLL THEIR CHILDREN IN ANY PUBLIC SCHOOL THEY WISH, REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY LIVE.

UNDER THE MEASURE, A SCHOOL COULD ONLY DENY ADMISSION IF THEY WERE AT MAXIMUM CAPACITY.

SEVERAL LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT LEADERS SAY THE POLICY CHANGE WILL LEAD TO CHAOS IN OUR CLASSROOMS.

REALLY?

KYLE PALMER, WHAT'S THE MOTIVATION BEHIND THIS MEASURE?

WHAT BACKERS HOPE IT WILL DO?

>> BRING MORE POTENTIAL SCHOOL CHOICE.

BRING MORE POWER TO PARENTS.

THOSE OPPOSING THE MEASURE SAY IT COULD CREATE CHAOS.

>> Nick: WHAT ARE THEY AFRAID OF?

>> YOU KNOW, IF THESE JOHNSON COUNTY ARE HIGH PERFORMING.

POSSIBLY SPECIAL EDUCATION, E.L.L.

STUDENTS WHO BY RIGHT OF LAW REQUIRE MORE FUNDING PER HEAD, THE DISTRICT WORRIES THOSE -- THEY WOULD NOT BE RENUMERATED FOR TAKING ON THOSE EXTRA KIDS THAT REQUIRE THE EXTRA FUNDING AND EXTRA SUPPORT.

JUST THE FACT THAT SCHOOLS, WIND CHILL THEMSELVES TO BE CASH-STRAPPED, BECAUSE STILL NOT FULLY FUNDED UNDER THE FOUNDATION FORMULA IN KANSAS, HAVE TO SPREAD THE RESOURCES EVEN FURTHER, BY EDUCATING STUDENTS WHO ACTUALLY AREN'T PART OF THEIR TAX BASE.

>> Nick: MARY, COULD THIS BE A FAIRER SYSTEM.

SHOULD THE QUALITY OF A STUDENT'S PUBLIC EDUCATION DEPEND ONLY ON WHERE THE PARENTS CAN AFFORD TO LIVE OR PURCHASE A HOME?

DOESN'T THIS ALLOW MORE PEOPLE TO ATTEND GRADE SCHOOLS?

>> IN THEORY, YES.

THERE'S NO TRANSPORTATION COSTS INVOLVED.

SO GENERALLY IT'S GOING TO BE THE FAMILIES WHO CAN AFFORD TO MOVE, JUST LIKE THE FAMILIES WHO CAN AFFORD TO PAY A PRIVATE EDUCATION ARE THE ONES WHO END UP BEING ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS.

>> Nick: NOW WHEN YOU PUT A PROGRAM LIKE THIS TOGETHER EVERY WEEK, YOU CAN'T GET TO EVERY STORY GRABBING THE HEADLINES.

WHAT WAS THE BIG LOCAL STORY WE MISSED?

CLEANUP CONTINUES IN KANSAS AFTER A TORNADO DAMAGES MORE THAN A THOUSAND BUILDINGS IN ANDOVER.

DEFYING CALLS FOR CLEMENCY, A PRISONER WAS EXECUTED.

A CYBER ATTACK CONTINUES TO DISRUPT GOVERNMENT SERVICES IN WYANDOTTE COUNTY FOR THE THIRD-STRAIGHT WEEK.

NICK GARNER HOLD AS PRESS CONFERENCE AND REFUSES TO ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM REPORTERS.

>> ANY DEMAND FOR MONEY?

>> I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENT ON THAT.

>> IS THE NEXT BIG MAKEOVER IN KANSAS CITY COMING TO THE WEST BOTTOMS, A NEW YORK DEVELOPER QUIETLY BUYING UP MORE THAN 25 ACRES OF LAND WITH PLANS FOR 1200 APARTMENTS, SHOPS AND RESTAURANTS.

THE METRO CELEBRATING CINCO DE MAYO AND KANSAS CITY THROWS A BIG BIRTHDAY BASH FOR ITS BEST-KNOWN CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER, ALVIN BROOKS TURNS 90.

AFTER NEARLY 50 YEARS IN BUSINESS, RAINY DAY BOX IS UP FOR SALE.

ALL RIGHTY, MICHAEL MAHONEY, DID YOU PICK ONE OF THOSE STORIES OR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT?

>> EMANUEL CLEAVER'S CONGRESSIONAL SEAT IS SETTLED NOW.

MISSOURI WILL TRY TO GET ANOTHER REDISTRICTING PLAN THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE, BEFORE THE END OF NEXT WEEK, WITH THE SESSION ENDS.

THE BATTLEGROUND SEEMS TO BE BOONE COUNTY, WHERE THEY'RE SPLITTING IT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS.

AND THE SECOND DISTRICT, WHICH IS SUBURBAN ST. LOUIS.

>> Nick: WOW, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT MAPS ANY MORE.

I ALMOST GOT A DEGREE.

DAVE.

>> YOU MENTIONED MAYOR TYRONE GARNER OF THE UNIFIED GOVERNMENT, NICK.

THE OTHER THING THAT WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO IS APPARENTLY HE WALKED OUT OF A MEETING THE OTHER DAY WITH COMMISSIONERS APPARENTLY TALKING ABOUT A HIRING A PERMANENT COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.

MAYOR GARNER HAS WALKED OUT OF OTHER SESSIONS.

HE WON'T ANSWER QUESTIONS.

SOMEBODY NEEDS TO GET WITH THE MAYOR AND TALK TO HIM ABOUT HIS RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE PUBLIC, BEFORE PEOPLE REALLY, REALLY GET UPSET IN THAT COUNTY.

>> Nick: MARY.

>> I WANT TO WISH ALVIN BROOKS A HAPPY 90th BIRTHDAY.

BUT WHAT A LOT OF THE CONVERSATION HAS BEEN AROUND MR. BROOKS IS JUST WHO ELSE IS GOING TO BE PASSING THE TORCH TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THAT SORT OF BROAD SPECTRUM OF A CAREER.

I CAN'T THINK OF VERY FEW LEADERS THAT INVOLVED IN KANSAS CITY, AT THAT MANY SIGNIFICANT LEVELS FOR THAT MANY DECADES IN TIME.

AND I WANT TO CELEBRATE HIM AND HIS LIFE.

AND ALSO MAYBE PUT THE PUSH BEHIND OTHERS TO THINK OF HOW YOU COULD SERVE AT THAT DEEP OF A LEVEL.

>> Nick: WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU, BY THE WAY, MARY SANCHEZ, HER PRIVATE CELL PHONE NUMBER IF YOU WANT TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE AS A RESULT OF THAT.

THANK YOU, MARY.

KYLE PALMER.

>> I WANTED TO SAY MORE ABOUT RAINY DAY BOOKS.

IT'S AN INSTITUTION IN NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY.

ONE OF THE FEW REMAINING INDEPENDENT, LOCALLY OWNED BOOKSTORES IN THE METRO.

CUSTOMER NEWSLETTER SHOWS THEY'VE INTENDED TO RETIRE.

THEY'VE DONE THIS FOR 47 YEARS.

WHO CAN BLAME THEM.

THEY WANTED TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH GRANDKIDS AND GREAT-GRANDKIDS.

RAINY DAY IS NOTABLE FOR AUTHOR EVENTS.

IT'S A LOSS FOR SURE.

BUT ALSO A TIME TO CELEBRATE WHAT RAINY DAY HAS BEEN AND WHAT IT COULD BE FOR THE FUTURE.

THEY MADE IT VERY CLEAR THEY'D LIKE TO SELL IT TO SOMEBODY TO CONTINUE.

>> Nick: YOU COULD BE RUNNING RAINY DAY BOOKS, AS A RESULT OF WHAT KYLE PALMER IS TELLING US ON HERE.

AND ON THAT WE WILL SAY OUR WEEK HAS BEEN REVIEWED.

THANKS TO MARY SANCHEZ, SENIOR REPORTER FOR OUR DIGITAL NEWSROOM FLATLAND KC.

FROM THE "SHAWNEE MISSION POST" KYLE PALMER, CHANNEL 9'S MICHEAL MAHONEY AND THE "STAR'S" DAVE HELLING.

AND I'M NICK HAINES.

FROM ALL OF US HERE AT KANSAS CITY PBS, BE WELL, KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON.

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