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Allison Kite
Data ReporterAllison Kite is a data reporter for The Missouri Independent and Kansas Reflector, with a focus on the environment and agriculture.
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Democratic delegates who had pledged themselves to Biden following Kansas and Missouri’s presidential primary votes were largely united around Harris before they met Monday night to endorse her. The votes helped give Harris enough support to secure the party's presumptive nomination.
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Attorney General Andrew Bailey can be questioned about his interactions with a Jackson County official, as his office sues over the county’s property assessment process.
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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson says he's not worried about Kansas' effort to poach the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals. But he says Missouri will put together its own offer, if the teams make information public beforehand about their proposed stadium locations and costs.
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Brooks Sherman, chief operating officer for the Royals, and lobbyists hosted lawmakers at the Six Mile Chop House and Tavern on Monday “to talk about the Royals interest in Kansas."
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Under a bill being considered during the Kansas special legislative session, the Chiefs and Royals could receive more than $750 million to help finance stadium projects if they move to Kansas.
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Speaker Mike Johnson says after consulting with Missouri Rep. Ann Wagner, Republican leadership has decided not to hold a vote on a bill that would renew the program without adding new states.
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Since last summer, Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley has been pushing for an expansion of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to include Missouri and other states where communities were harmed by nuclear bomb testing and waste.
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The National Nuclear Security Administration plans to spend more than $3 billion to expand its facilities in Kansas City, where workers produce non-nuclear components of nuclear weapons.
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The legislation requiring companies to build their meatpacking sludge storage lagoons away from nearby homes passed the Missouri Senate this week.
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The law targets a plan by KC Recycle & Waste Solutions to build a landfill at Kansas City’s southern border. For more than a year, Raymore and other suburban municipalities have pushed legislation designed to block the landfill, arguing it would hurt the environment, property values and residents’ health.