{"id":665022,"date":"2026-04-05T18:27:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T18:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/665022\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T18:27:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T18:27:25","slug":"kansas-legislature-returns-on-location-with-radio-voice-of-the-royals-denny-matthew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/665022\/","title":{"rendered":"Kansas Legislature returns; on location with radio voice of the Royals Denny Matthew"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">KANSAS CITY, Mo. \u2014 This week two very different \u201copening days.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On April 9, the Kansas Legislature returns for its so-called \u201cveto session.\u201d It will attempt to override any vetoes by Gov. Laura Kelly and could also take up some unfinished business.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/fox4kc.com\/news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:See the latest headlines in Kansas City and across Kansas, Missouri;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;See the latest headlines in Kansas City and across Kansas, Missouri&quot;}\"> See the latest headlines in Kansas City and across Kansas, Missouri <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Joining FOX4\u2019s \u201c4 The People\u201d with a preview is Sunflower State Journal publisher and reporter Brad Cooper on what to watch for when the session opens.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Then, opening day of baseball. The Kansas City Royals opened on the road then came back to KC to knock off the Twins at the home opener.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">And in the booth for his 58th home opener in Kansas City, the legendary Denny Matthews. He\u2019s the radio voice of the Royals, and this week we go \u201cOn Location\u201d to his \u201coffice\u201d, above home plate at The K. His memories of his early days, great Royal moments, and of a special day at Kauffman Stadium last November that had nothing to do with runs, hits, and errors!<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fox4kc.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV | News, Weather, Sports.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV | News, Weather, Sports.&quot;}\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV | News, Weather, Sports. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"KANSAS CITY, Mo. \u2014 This week two very different \u201copening days.\u201d On April 9, the Kansas Legislature returns&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":665023,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2387],"tags":[5,84722,58301,936,2123,55,20053,2596,2595,56932,4,1406,252,57061,84723],"class_list":{"0":"post-665022","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kansas-city-royals","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-brad-cooper","10":"tag-denny-matthews","11":"tag-kansas","12":"tag-kansas-city","13":"tag-kansas-city-royals","14":"tag-kansas-legislature","15":"tag-kansascity","16":"tag-kansascityroyals","17":"tag-laura-kelly","18":"tag-mlb","19":"tag-opening-day","20":"tag-royals","21":"tag-the-kansas-city-royals","22":"tag-veto-session"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116353515804786421","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=665022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/665023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=665022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=665022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=665022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}