The Kansas City Star daily briefing — Thursday, June 17, 2021

The top headlines from The Kansas City Star on Thursday, June 17th, 2021, including a shortage in Uber and Lyft drivers has created frustration for customers but means great business for Kansas City drivers, Evergy will take control of some thermostats as Kansas City faces its first heat wave, Missouri Republicans are still weighing a ban on Medicaid coverage of contraceptives as part of a compromise on renewing a crucial tax that funds the health program and the developer of a a five-star hotel in Kansas City can’t say how much the cost of the project is increasing as he tries to rally political support for the proposal.