A daily digest of headlines from KCUR.
- KC Mayor Proposes Budget & Ten Year Infrastructure Plan
- Mortgage Settlements Will Pay In Missouri
- Memories of Barbed Wires and Guard Towers
- Missouri House Passes Voter ID Bill
- Missouri House OKs Workplace Discrimination Changes
KC Mayor Proposes Budget & Ten Year Infrastructure Plan
Kansas City Mayor Sly James presented his vision for next year's city budget and a lot more. James’ proposal went beyond a basic one-year spending plan. He proposed a one billion dollar program to rebuild the city's aging streets, sidewalks, sewers and water mains. Find out more about the mayor’s proposal here.
Mortgage Settlements Will Pay In Missouri
Missouri will get $196 million as part of a national settlement with the nation’s five biggest mortgage service banks. Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster has started looking for home owners to take payments. Find out the details of who gets what here.
Memories of Barbed Wires and Guard Towers
Seventy years ago, President Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. Just a few months after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, this action forced an estimated 120,000 Japanese Americans into internment camps. Kansas-based artist Roger Shimomura was one of them. A young child at the time, the memories of barbed wire and guard towers have influenced his artwork ever since. Find out more here.
Missouri House Passes Voter ID Bill
The Missouri House has passed legislation that would require voters to show photo identification at the polls. Before the vote, Democrats hammered away at Republicans’ arguments that the bill would combat voter fraud, saying there hasn’t been a documented case of voter fraud in decades – and that the bill does nothing to deal with voter registration fraud. Republicans disputed that. Read more about the party line votehere.
Missouri House OKs Workplace Discrimination Changes
Legislation that would redefine workplace discrimination standards in Missouri has passed the State House. The bill would change the definition by making discrimination a motivating factor in any action taken by an employer against an employee, instead of a contributing factor as established by court rulings in recent years. Find out more here.