In recent years, our community has supported the expansion of The Kansas City Star's local coverage. We are stronger when all our voices are part of the conversation.

We are journalists, and we’re also community members. We report the news essential to your life and the lives of our community because we live and work here, too. And we care.

Your support will help us increase our public-interest coverage that tells the complete story and holds those in power to account. Your tax-deductible donation can help make an impact.

What this means for you:

Deeper information on issues that affect your life directly.
An increase in fair and measured coverage of all of our communities.
A boost to our clear-headed watchdog approach.

Will you join your community and support enhanced local journalism?

Thank you. — The Kansas City Star team

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This campaign is a program of Journalism Funding Partners (JFP), tax ID #84-2968843, a verified 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with the mission to “increase the depth, diversity and sustainability of local journalism by building and stewarding connections between funders and news organizations.” www.jfp-local.org

JFP is providing funds to this news organization for their endeavors in support of this educational purpose, and will share your information with the publication you are supporting. JFP takes your privacy seriously, and we are committed to safeguarding, preserving, and respecting the privacy rights of our donors, website visitors, and other supporters. For additional information on how JFP maintains your personal information, please see our Privacy Policy.

Kansas City Star's Local Impact Journalism Fund 2024

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