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Parents pushed backed against the Independence School District after it banned a book that includes a non-binary character from its elementary school libraries. Independence's policy is to remove challenged books while they go through a review process.
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Kansas Reflector
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Andrew Harnik/APThis week, the U.S. Supreme Court heard two major cases: one that could alter who has the authority to regulate federal elections, and another that addresses whether applying public accommodation laws to artists violates the First Amendment. What kind of impact could these cases potentially have?
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After Missouri voters approved Amendment 3, people on parole and probation will be the first to have records expunged of marijuana-related charges starting on Thursday. After that, the process gets much more complicated. -
Barely one month after Kevin Johnson, another St. Louis County defendant is scheduled to be executed.
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Families in Independence say they struggle to get information from their school board, and it's gotten more difficult since the board started enforcing a policy limiting public comments.
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The court concluded that Missouri refused to allow paycheck deductions to starve the corrections workers’ union during negotiations — violating the “fundamental right” to collective bargaining guaranteed by the Missouri Constitution, and freedom of speech and association rights protected by the state and federal constitutions.
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Millions received the COVID-19 vaccine, which was the first widely used immunization to use mRNA technology. Washington University researchers hope they can use the same method to make an mRNA flu shot.
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Critics say that the streamlined tax incentive process under Ordinance 220701 would prevent Kansas City residents from providing input on developments that could affect their children’s schools or their own cost of housing.
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Kansas City offers myriad services and organizations for the unhoused and those on the brink of houselessness. Here are a few.
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Public safety activists are "incredibly disappointed" that the board is holding just one public meeting to introduce the finalists.
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Officials previously said the summer emergency food benefits program would be dispersed by the end of the year. Achieving that goal looks increasingly unlikely.
