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Peggy Lowe

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Peggy Lowe is investigations editor at KCUR and Harvest Public Media in Kansas City.

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Why people food companies are buying pet food companies

by Peggy Lowe
May 2, 2019
General Mills last year bought Blue Buffalo Pet Products for $8 billion.
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Bad weather and trade complicate planting for Midwest farmers

by Peggy Lowe
Apr 22, 2019
Flood damage has made things extremely difficult.
Farmer Richard Oswald, standing on U.S. 136 near Rock Port, Missouri. In the background is a flooded grain elevator, where millions of bushels of corn and soybeans are rotting in the water.
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For small-town economic success, broadband is the new railroad

by Peggy Lowe
Apr 17, 2019
Emporia, Kansas, wants to get into tech.
Emporia, Kansas, population 24,700, has always been home to manufacturing. City leaders now hope to bring more technology jobs to the area.
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Midwest suffers extensive flooding and damage

by Peggy Lowe
Mar 27, 2019
There's been catastrophic flooding across the Midwest, thanks to a "bomb cyclone" weather event that hit mid-month.
An aerial shot of Hamburg, Iowa, on March 22, days after mass flooding forced evacuations, closed Interstate 29 and racked up losses in the billions.
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As loans come due, farmers feel the financial squeeze

by Peggy Lowe
Mar 25, 2019
Some farmers are “quietly exiting” because they can’t make a profit.
Farmer Tom Giessel stands in front of a corn pile near Larned, Kansas. The corn was grown in 2017 and because of a market glut, it still hasn’t sold.
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Marie Kondo may be a boon to the resale industry

by Peggy Lowe
Feb 27, 2019
Goodwill is reporting a spike in donations.
Goodwill is reporting a spike in donations. 
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Many states still don't have protections for LGBTQ workers

by Peggy Lowe
Feb 18, 2019
More than half of U.S. states don’t have laws that specifically bar discrimination against LGBTQ workers.
A unisex sign and the 'We Are Not This' slogan are outside a bathroom at Bull McCabes Irish Pub on May 10, 2016 in Durham, North Carolina.
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Copper thefts a common and costly crime

by Peggy Lowe
Feb 7, 2019
The Missouri Department of Transportation spent almost $1 million last year on repairing street lights caused by thefts of copper wire.
The Missouri Department of Transportation spent almost $1 million last year on repairing street lights caused by thefts of copper wire.
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Kansas City’s auto industry is thriving thanks to the popularity of trucks

by Peggy Lowe
Jan 24, 2019
While layoffs in the auto industry have dominated headlines, there are places where the U.S. automotive industry is doing pretty well.
Kansas City's auto industry is booming thanks, in part, to the popularity of pickup trucks like the Ford F-150.
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The proposed merger of Sprint and T-Mobile could mean big changes for Sprint’s home town

by Peggy Lowe
Jan 2, 2019
Employees at Sprint’s suburban campus say they’ve weathered many rounds of lay-offs over the last 20 years, so change is the norm.
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