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Carlos Moreno/KCUR 89.3Kansas City officials are working on a new way to ban so-called “conversion therapy.” The move comes just weeks after the Kansas City Council repealed a prior ban on the discredited practice because of a Supreme Court ruling against a similar law in Colorado and a lawsuit from the Missouri Attorney General. -
Manica ArchitectureA state lawmaker said the Unified Government’s ordinance to support the Chiefs deal exerts too much power over Kansas negotiations. County leaders believe he’s mistaken.
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Bills to improve literacy and establish a new system for grading Missouri schools passed the House but failed to make their way through the Senate. -
The "Money Follows the Person" program was set to restart this summer, offering more ways for people to live independently. But Kansas pulled back out of fear that the federal funding was disappearing. Now, social service agencies wonder what will happen to those people. -
Some Republicans want to convert the St. Louis-based 1st Congressional District into a winnable seat, after successfully carving up Kansas City in order to oust Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II. But doing that could place the entire map at risk for a Democratic takeover. -
Voters in Missouri will decide whether the state can expand sales and uses taxes, in order to eliminate the income tax. Local government officials worry about how it will impact businesses, consumers, revenue for services like parks and transit, and budget planning. -
The Kansas Department of Revenue — the state agency that oversees driver’s licenses — sent out hundreds of letters invalidating some, but not all, transgender Kansans’ licenses. But lawsuits are underway to stop the effort. -
Opponents argue that the proposal to expand sales and use taxes, known as Amendment 5, violated constitutional prohibitions on addressing more than one subject. They plan to appeal the ruling. -
The city settled with the parents of Maria Pike, who was the mother of 12-week-old Destinii Hope, and with Destinii's father. Their attorney says it's the largest settlement in a police brutality case ever in Missouri. -
The bipartisan legislation from U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas and Maria Cantwell of Washington state aims to “restore order in college athletics.” -
Opponents contend the measure would violate a ban on constitutional amendments including more than one subject. They also argue the ballot summary is misleading and should be changed. -
Legislators hope the bill, if signed into law by the governor, would streamline the process of obtaining a disabled placard and remove barriers for patients with mobility impairments across the state. -
The effort comes after the federal government criticized suspected levels of Medicaid fraud in Democratic-led states. -
Enrollment in the Kansas SNAP program declined 12% since the federal legislation was signed into law last year by President Donald Trump.
