Celisa Calacal
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KCUR
More than a dozen Historic Northeast neighbors and community members took Mayor Quinton Lucas on a walk along the length of Independence Avenue to highlight the area’s best qualities — and point out the problems in need of city solutions.
@kcur893 A 9-year-old Kansas City girl named Hazen Workman-Duffy was killed by a car last year while riding her bike to school. Her death led to cries from Kansas City parents and advocates for more pedestrian safety measures on roads — and for a culture change among drivers. A year later, how much has the city actually done? KCUR’s Jodi Fortino reports on Kansas City’s latest efforts to eliminate traffic fatalities, and how local families are taking their kids’ safety into their own hands. 🎙️Hosted by Jodi Fortino 📹Filmed and produced by Zach Perez 🖥️Edited by Gabe Rosenberg #kansascity #traffic #safety ♬ original sound KCUR - Kansas City
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Officials are pursuing the change after learning that the city’s public safety sales tax would not cover an all-new jail and other key projects as planned. -
The Trump administration is narrowing longstanding interpretations of what it means to harm plants and animals protected under the Endangered Species Act. Conservation experts say the change will pose greater challenges for already-vulnerable populations, and several groups have sued the administration. -
The vice president will come to Kansas to support Republican Sen. Roger Marshall in his tight race with Democrat Adam Hamilton. President Trump rallied for Marshall earlier this week. -
MoDOT announced the locations of the higher speed limits after studying the interstates that run through Missouri. -
A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction late Wednesday restricting a Homeland Security Investigations office voter fraud investigation in Missouri and eight other states, likening the tactic to voter intimidation. -
Ferguson has been under a consent decree since 2016, two years after a Ferguson police officer killed Michael Brown Jr. and a DOJ investigation found the city violated residents' civil rights through policing, traffic stops and court fines. -
Many wore red to honor the victims’ hometown soccer club — McPherson City FC. -
Democrat Adam Hamilton sold a centrist message while Republican Sen. Roger Marshall urged Trump voters to show up to the polls to continue the president’s agenda. -
Stacey Preis stepped down as interim Missouri Commissioner of Education after just four months, as speculation grows about Senate President Pro Tem Cindy O’Laughlin being named the next leader.
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