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Posts Tagged ‘KCUR’

Kansas City Mayor Wants to Ban Discrimination Against People with Housing Vouchers

By | December 1, 2023 | 0
Mayor Quinton Lucas introduced an ordinance Thursday that would prohibit Kansas City landlords from refusing to rent to someone based on their source of income.

A new ordinance Mayor Quinton Lucas introduced Thursday would make it illegal for Kansas City landlords to deny a prospective tenant because of how they pay rent.

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Kansas City Votes ‘Yes’ on Public Bus Funding by Renewing Sales Tax for Another Decade

By | November 8, 2023 | 0
Ride KC's River Market MAX rolls out of the transit station in Waldo on March 14, 2023.

Kansas City voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved renewing a local sales tax to fund public transit for the next decade.

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Hundreds of Kansas Citians Are Shot Each Year and Survive. Families Pick Up the Pieces

By | September 27, 2023 | 0
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Since 2015, shootings in Kansas City that leave a survivor are rising slightly — leaving families to struggle with the physical and mental wounds they cause.

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Jackson County Freezes Property Taxes for Seniors After Controversial Assessments

By | September 18, 2023 | 3
This house on the Westside saw its property tax assessment skyrocket in recent years, making it difficult for the owner to pay.

Thousands of senior citizens in Jackson County will soon be eligible for a property tax break, following this year’s most recent assessments.

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Midwest Faces Future of Hazardous Heat, and Homes Aren’t Ready

By | September 15, 2023 | 0
Illustration of a resident sweating in a home.

Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska are part of an emerging “extreme heat belt” that could deliver more scorching days that will test existing dwellings.

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