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Posts Tagged ‘Politics’

4 KC Mayors Walk Into a Library … It’s No Joke

By | February 3, 2023 | 0
Nick Haines on stage at the Kansas City Public Library's Country Club Plaza branch moderating a public conversation with former Kansas City mayors Kay Barnes, Sly James, Mark Funkhouser and Emanuel Cleaver.

Four former Kansas City mayors gathered recently to discuss their time in office. Their conversation airs Friday on Kansas City PBS.

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Missouri House Gives Initial Approval to Raising Bar for Voters to Amend the Constitution

By | February 1, 2023 | 0
Lawmakers in the Missouri House chamber on Jan. 18, 2022.

Legislation to make it harder for voters to amend the state constitution through the initiative petition process won initial approval in the Missouri House on Wednesday. 

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Gov. Laura Kelly Argues Kansans Deserve Progress on Tax, Health Care, K-12 Policy

By | January 25, 2023 | 0
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly enters to deliver the State of the State.

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly on Tuesday encouraged the Republican-dominated Legislature to embrace a bipartisan approach to vexing political issues of taxation, health care and education.

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Missouri Lawmakers Vow to Expand Child Care Access. Governor’s Speech May Lay Out the Plan

By | January 18, 2023 | 0
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson delivers a speech.

On Wednesday afternoon, Gov. Mike Parson is expected to lay out his vision for addressing what some legislators have framed as a child care crisis in Missouri. 

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Missouri Lawmakers Reconvene Focused on Sports Betting, Teacher Pay, Initiative Petitions

By | January 4, 2023 | 0
The Missouri House chamber during the 2022 legislative session.

For a vocal slice of Missouri’s population, sports wagering is the most important item on the agenda as lawmakers begin their annual session.

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