ywalker

VP and Editorial Page Editor of The Kansas City Star. Former Dean of Students at OU's Gaylord College. Positively Joy podcast host, speaker & author.

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It's been 3 years as Opinion Editor at The Kansas City Star. I've loved this role and being part of such important work. We recently ran a "Meet the Team" package. https://t.co/tTttizErUn
Get to know us and come out to a community meetup at The Combine in KC on June 16!

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Gas is high, but we've seen worse before. Will this come back? https://t.co/oHGYVEhErR

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Respect MO voters gathered 300,000 signatures https://t.co/fspbFD20Fx

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@DavidMastio and I discussed affordable housing in Kansas City in our latest installment of DoubleTake. David thinks the city is making progress. I have questions: https://t.co/UkaYtXfUla

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My latest column, DoubleTake with @DavidMastio, on Immigration detention centers: https://t.co/WxXYfUjqhj

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My latest column: Would you ban alcohol in single-serve bottles if your neighborhood was inundated with gas stations and liquor stores? KC is considering a plan to ban small-sized alcoholic drinks under an ordinance in areas with crime and drunkenness. https://t.co/lakeo6XDZe

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Did you miss the American Public Square grant info session for small nonprofits Tuesday? No worries, there will be more. https://t.co/AF0EeiaBI0

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My latest column: Da Bears moving to Indiana? https://t.co/zGpVFgw4su

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Remember the time @FussyLibrarian Librarian interviewed me?

[The Fussy Librarian @FussyLibrarian]

If she could go back in time, author Yvette Walker (@ywalker) would tell her younger self not to box herself in, creatively. She's certainly walking that walk nowadays, too: https://t.co/gY7yJ9RXeJ #authorQA #christianauthor #christianwriter #writer #christian

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There is a new grocery store coming to the corner of 31st and Prospect. This is a big deal, and I was glad to hear it. The East Side Kansas City neighborhoods had been without a grocer since August 2025: https://t.co/DH5lImG8Yq

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Blessed is the lamb.

[Catholic Sat @CatholicSat]

As is tradition, this morning on the Feast of St. Agnes, in the Chapel of Urban VIII in the Apostolic Palace, Pope Leo XIV blessed two lambs whose wool will be used to make the Pallia given to Metropolitan Archbishops.

The bleating is too adorable

🎥: Vatican Media

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@StephenSwartz1 I’ve read four of those. Guess I need to catch up!

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We talked to the archdiocese of Kansas City, Kan., to find out where the archbishop stands on immigration and the U.S. Conference of Bishops. https://t.co/cQJ6uZgltB

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Announcement: https://t.co/UFq0kPzEL0

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Latest editorial: ‘Not the right thing to do’: Missouri redistricting against the people’s good | Opinion
https://t.co/fdPpxmakJc

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Looking forward to all the chances I get to connect with community this week. This one is on Wednesday evening.

[Poynter @Poynter]

📻From radio to social media, what’s next for the news?  Join Dave Jorgenson, @ywalker, Rebekka Schlichting and Poynter’s @asharock on Sep. 10 at @TheWWImuseum for a conversation about key moments that shaped today’s media landscape and what comes next for news and information. https://t.co/8THZ1o7jlc

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Excited to be a part of this. Hope to see you there!

[Poynter @Poynter]

📻 From radio to social media, what’s next for the news? Join Dave Jorgenson, @ywalker, Rebecca Schlichting and Poynter’s @asharock on Sep. 10 at @TheWWImuseum for a conversation about key moments that shaped today’s media landscape and what comes next for news and information.
🔗 https://t.co/8THZ1o7jlc

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We know we are being watched, but what are they doing with our data? @torianoporter takes a look at this in several Kansas City-area cities.

https://t.co/bqENlzVKCG

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My latest column. It's an important topic. https://t.co/vEyGRpdcW4

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UnidosUS visted Kansas City for a listening session. My latest column. https://t.co/ckPd0rUqzv