Pets can improve your life
Commentary by Tere Siqueira If you’re willing to commit, owning a pet can be a rewarding experience.A growing body of research suggests that pets can have several positive benefits for your physical and mental health. Those benefits include the following:*Reduce stress and anxiety: As the National Institutes of Health pointed out in a 2018 post […]
Kansas witnesses abortion spike post-Roe v. Wade overturn
By Tere Siqueira Kansas has seen a spike in abortions performed since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022.Citing data released by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE), multiple media outlets reported in late June that 12,317 abortions had been performed in 2022 in Kansas – the most in 21 […]
Jorge Ramos: A toda velocidad con el Checo Pérez
MONTREAL, CANADÁ ⎯ “Ponte el cinturón”, me dijo Sergio Checo Pérez. Acababa de llover torrencialmente a las afueras de la ciudad y la pista de carreras estaba encharcada. Pero pocas cosas parecen asustar al piloto mexicano, particularmente cuando está frente al volante. Pisó al acelerador y salimos a toda velocidad en un nuevo carro Honda […]
Editorial: Deadly combo: kids in hot cars
A toddler is recovering, according to a Lenexa, Kansas police spokesman on July 10. The 22-month-old boy was hospitalized in critical condition after being rescued from inside a closed car on June 26. He’d reportedly been left there by his parents for about two-and-a- half hours. A bystander noticed the boy around 3 p.m. and […]
Nonprofit strives to make a difference for pets
By Chara A Kansas City area nonprofit organization is working to help pets and their owners – and has done so for 11 years.The organization is the KC Pet Project. Established in 2012 and based in Kansas and Missouri, it operates the KC Campus for Animal Care, the main animal shelter in Kansas City, Missouri. […]
Hearings on Evergy rate increase request underway
By Roberta PardoThe Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) has started public hearings “to give Evergy customers an opportunity to learn more about the company’s rate increase request and to make comments before the commission,” per a July 6 KCC press release.The proposed increase — filed with the KCC in April — is an average monthly hike […]
Hispanic Chamber hosts Latina Leadership Summit
Story by Roberta Pardo / Photos courtesy by Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of GKC The Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Greater Kansas City hosted the 2nd annual Latina Leadership Summit on June 28.Hosted at the The View at Briarcliff Event Space in Kansas City, Missouri, the summit gathered entrepreneurs, executives, innovators and community leaders to […]
Dos Mundos: Volume 43 Issue 28 • 07/13/23 – 07/19/23
In this issue • Cámara Hispana organiza Cumbre de Liderazgo Para Latinas • En curso audiencias sobre solicitud de aumento de tarifa de Evergy • Organización sin fines de lucro se esfuerza por marcar la diferencia para mascotas