About this episode

Crystal Fincher and Erica Barnett discuss various local issues in this week-in-review episode.

On this week-in-review, Crystal Fincher and Erica Barnett discuss: 🗄️ Data center moratorium 🚈 Link light rail ridership soars 🕸️ The whole KCRHA situation 🫶 CARE Department proposal As always, a full text transcript of the show is available at officialhacksandwonks.com . Follow us on Bluesky at @HacksAndWonks . Find the host, Crystal Fincher, on Bluesky at @finchfrii and find today's co-host, Erica Barnett, on Bluesky at @ericacbarnett and on PubliCola.com .

People in this episode

Host: Crystal Fincher

Guest: Erica Barnett

Topics covered

• data center moratorium
• link light rail ridership
• KCRHA situation
• CARE Department proposal
• week in review

Keywords

• data center
• link light rail
• KCRHA
• CARE Department
• week in review

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: KCRHA, CARE Department

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