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Up To Date

KCMO Council Newcomers On Challenges, Vision For The City

The newly elected Kansas City, Missouri, city council features six members who have never served on the before. On yesterday's edition of Up To Date, we spoke to three of those new members, and today we meet two more newcomers to the job. 

Guests: 

  • Kevin McManus will be representing the 6th district.
  • Lee Barnes, Jr. will be the Councilman At-Large for the 5th district.
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