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Posts Tagged ‘Politics’

‘You Have Awakened a Sleeping Lion’: Kansas City Residents Denounce GOP Congressional Map

By | January 25, 2022 | 0
Connie Brown Collins, a Wyandotte County resident, says during a news conference Monday at the Statehouse in Topeka that lawmakers awakened a sleeping lion with their proposal to divide the Kansas City metro area between congressional districts.

Kansans for Fair Maps, a coalition of advocacy groups, organized a news conference to elevate the voices of residents in the Kansas City metro area who are upset about the proposed new congressional map.

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Meet Melanie Arroyo, Therapist-Turned-Politician

By | November 10, 2021 | 0
Melanie Arroyo knew she wanted to be a therapist. But she didn't know that would lead her into politics. (Vicky Diaz-Camacho | Flatland)

In four years, 29-year-old Melanie Arroyo became a U.S. citizen, a practicing therapist and now the first Latina city council member in Lenexa.

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Who is Taking KC Back? Behind the PAC Hoping to Oust Multiple Council Members

By | September 22, 2021 | 0
A group of volunteers collect signatures to recall 4th District Councilman Eric Bunch on Sept. 7, 2021. The recall attempt was unsuccessful.

A new political action committee in Kansas City, Missouri, is quietly raising its influence and aims to have a say in how City Hall conducts business — and who is in office to do it.

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Exhibit on History of LGBTQ Rights Removed from Missouri Capitol

By | September 2, 2021 | 0
Missouri State Sen. Greg Razer, D-Kansas City.

A state senator from Kansas City is demanding answers about why an exhibit on the LGBTQ-rights movement was removed from the Missouri Capitol after only a few days on display.

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‘Big and Bold’ Infrastructure Bill Falls Short on Helping States Fight Climate Change

By | August 9, 2021 | 0
Electric vehicles are displayed before a news conference with White House climate adviser Gina McCarthy and U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg to highlight electric vehicles on April 22, 2021, at Union Station near Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Critics who wanted to see a greater focus on advancing climate action and equity for disadvantaged communities say the infrastructure spending bill comes up short, or even worsens, progress toward those goals.

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