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Kansas City Police Chief Rick Smith to stay on the job until spring 2022
After a closed-door session Monday, the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners announced that it never voted to fire Smith and that he “remains in good standing” with the board.
Captain in Missouri duck boat tragedy asks judge to dismiss criminal charges
Kenneth Scott McKee and two others face criminal charges in Stone County, Missouri, for their role in a 2018 sinking of a duck boat on Table Rock Lake that killed 17 people.
NRA sued for allegedly breaking campaign finance law to back Josh Hawley and other Republicans
The lawsuit from the gun-control nonprofit Giffords claims the NRA used shell companies to funnel millions "in unlawful, excessive, and unreported in-kind campaign contributions" to GOP candidates, including Sen. Josh Hawley.
Expat In Post-Lockdown Wuhan: 'Things Will Never Be The Same'
Pisso Nseke, a Cameroonian living in Wuhan, China, describes venturing out for the first time in nearly three months and how grateful he is to be alive. But, he says, he doesn't feel truly free yet.
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Missouri library services could disappear after Trump's funding cuts: 'It will be devastating'
An executive order from President Trump has stopped mid-Missouri libraries from receiving reimbursements for federally funded grants. Libraries across the state are being instructed to limit their spending.
Lenexa is launching a pilot program to give seniors property tax relief
The Lenexa City Council approved a pilot program that will provide $100,000 in property tax relief for older homeowners in the area.
Johnson County Library is ditching late fees and wiping out all overdue book fines. Here's why
The Johnson County Library Board voted unanimously to discontinue charging 30 cents for each day an item is overdue. The library will also forgive overdue fines already on the books, saying that embarrassment has been discouraging people from ever returning items or using the library.
If Jackson County legislators don't act by May 1, the new jail's price could jump by millions
The group designing and building the jail says it's held the line on costs as long as they possibly can. But a new majority in the Jackson County legislature has other ideas for what a new jail should look like — or if one should be built at all.
Wichita Starbucks workers trying to unionize for better pay, breastfeeding privacy
Organizers say 70% of the store's employees support the union.
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Misleading texts are steering Kansas voters to the wrong polling places. It's a nationwide problem
Voters across the country reported getting text messages directing them to vote at incorrect polling locations. A progressive political organization said the errors were unintentional, but experts warn the mistake could affect voter turnout on Election Day.
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