Kavahn Mansouri
Investigative Reporter | NPR Midwest NewsroomKavahn Mansouri joins KCUR 89.3 and the Midwest Newsroom from the Belleville (Illinois) News-Democrat.
There, his beat focused on covering local government, with a mission to hold elected officials and public agencies accountable. He also contributed to the breaking news beat daily and maintained the paper’s Public Pay Database, which tracks salaries and wages at taxpayer-funded institutions throughout the state.
A native of St. Louis, Kavahn is a graduate of Webster University. You can reach him at kmansouri@umkc.edu.
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As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues, so do broadcasts of what critics decry as Kremlin-funded propaganda on KCXL, a radio station in Liberty, Missouri. Pressure is mounting for KXCL to end broadcasts that have kept the station in business. -
Shareholders for Lee Enterprises, owner of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and 23 other papers in the Midwest, re-elected three directors on Thursday. That news could complicate any future takeover bid by Alden Global Capital. -
The suit comes as the Missouri Supreme Court considers a challenge to Missouri’s Second Amendment Preservation Act from St. Louis, St. Louis County and Jackson County. -
Independence is revisiting its policies after discovering that a police officer made close to $170,000 in overtime pay in 2021, making him the highest paid city employee that year. -
A St. Louis attorney told the Missouri Supreme Court that the Second Amendment Preservation Act was an "unintelligible statute" that has confused state law enforcement. -
Missouri's "Second Amendment Preservation Act," passed in 2021, allows anyone to sue a local police department if they believe their rights to firearms have been infringed. The result is local, state and federal agencies are reluctant to work with one another for fear of potential lawsuits. -
Millions of American consumers still rely on 3G devices and technology, and its phase-out is underway as 5G services expands across the country. -
Of the nation's 10 coal-fired power plants that produce the most sulfur dioxide, four are located in the Midwest. And yet, none violate Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards. -
The lawsuit isn’t unexpected. Journalism analysts and union representatives had anticipated that Alden Global Capital would continue to aggressively pursue a deal for the newspaper owner.
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Lee Enterprises' board of directors rejected a buyout offer from Alden Global Capital, a hedge fund known for downsizing the newspapers it owns. -
Harris Kupperman, who owns 7.3% of Lee Enterprises' shares, called Alden Global Capital's offer to buy the publisher for $141 million "insufficient and opportunistic."
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Lee executives said the hedge fund, known for gutting the newspapers it acquires, did not follow the rules in trying to nominate three people to the the publisher's board.
