Kansas City’s new airport will open a year later than planned. The new opening date is October 2022. Officials expect the airport to cost $1.4 billion. Airlines are funding the project, not taxpayers.

 

The Kansas City Royals will play a home game in Omaha on June 13 of next year. It will be before the 2019 College World Series. Kansas City’s AAA affiliate is the Omaha Storm Chasers.

KC Star has the quote from General Manager Dayton Moore.

“When we first got wind that this would be a possibility we wanted to be a part of this.

“This is our fan base. This is a community we love, a community that has been very kind to us, that’s helped raise our players.”

 

KDOT wants you to watch your language.

Around KDOT, the word “accident” is a four-letter word. Check out today’s blog to find out why we believe its important to say “crashes” instead. https://t.co/OkooxzkdhH pic.twitter.com/C2kUwXnJJU

— KDOT (@KDOTHQ) June 21, 2018

Democrats in Kansas held a news conference about immigrant children in Kansas group homes.

The Villages confirmed Thursday that it has a federal contract to house 50 unaccompanied immigrant children at its seven group homes in Topeka and Lawrence. But it would not say whether any of them had been separated from their parents during recent crackdown at the border.

 

A Cuban immigrant arrived in the United States in 1961. KC Star shares his story about being separated from his mother, and how he arrived in Kansas.

“The emotional cost I still pay today,” the 70-year-old said. “And the long-term harm that we are causing now will be a stain on our nation that will last for years.”

 

KCUR reports the Interstate Crosscheck system has paused while the Department of Homeland Security makes a security check. The system searches for duplicate voters. Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach runs the program.

Crosscheck, at one time, held data on half the registered voters in the country, and critics have warned that the program isn’t keeping the voter data safe. Crosscheck recently came under fire for a data security breach that made public the names, dates of birth and partial Social Security numbers of 945 Kansas voters.

 

National Weather Service Kansas City points out an oddity in our transition from spring to summer.

The summer solstice high temp of 70 in Kansas City yesterday was the lowest since April 28th (high of 68).

— NWS Kansas City (@NWSKansasCity) June 22, 2018

 

The Brief is a daily roundup from St. Joe Post and around the web. The Associated Press contributed to this report.