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Posts Tagged ‘Missouri General Assembly’

Kansas City-area Residents Plead with Missouri Lawmakers to Stop Landfill

By | January 16, 2024 | 0
Sen. Rick Brattin, R-Harrisonville, was joined by, from left, Sens. John Rizzo, D-Independence, Greg Razer, D-Kansas City, and Mike Cierpiot, R-Lee's Summit, at a news conference to discuss a moratorium on landfill development in Kansas City last spring.

Neighbors and nearby cities are opposing a landfill proposed by KC Recycle & Waste Solutions just south of Missouri Highway 150 in Kansas City.

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GOP Infighting, Election Year Politics Could Shape 2024 Missouri Legislative Session

By | January 2, 2024 | 0
Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City.

Missouri lawmakers return to Jefferson City on Wednesday for the start of the 2024 legislative session, and expectations aren’t high. 

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Drag Queens Persevere in Face of anti-LGBTQ+ Legislation in Kansas and Missouri

By | July 18, 2023 | 0
Drag Queen “Manic High” applying makeup.

The Kansas City and Lawrence drag community is persevering in the face of a wave of anti-LGBTQ legislation in Kansas and Missouri. Here’s how.

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Pondering KC’s Quest to Become a Transgender ‘Safe Haven’

By | June 14, 2023 | 0
Kansas Citians protesting anti-transgender legislation in Missouri and Kansas.

Kansas City’s quest to become a “safe haven” in the wake of anti-transgender legislation in Missouri turns on raw politics and vexing legal questions.

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Winners and Losers of Missouri’s 2023 Legislative Session

By | May 15, 2023 | 0
Members of the Missouri House throw paper into the air to celebrate the end of the 2023 legislative session.

Just 43 of more than 3,000 non-budget bills introduced during the 2023 session of the Missouri General Assembly passed. Here are the winners and losers.

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