Charter Review Commission

Clarification: Originally reported that the Mayor favored the current mayor-council form of government, he suggested adding powers to the elected…

Kansas City is known as a “weak mayor” town. That’s no slight on Mayor Sly James, it’s the way the city charter sets up our government, where the mayor is…

A radical change taking party politics out of Clay County government has been sidetracked on its path to voters in November.Courts have been asked to…

The mayoral commission looking at how Kansas City should alter its basic operating doctrine hopes to get suggestions from all living ex-mayors, but the…

A Commission that will look for ways to change the foundation of how Kansas City Government operates has met just once and the opening session, Wednesday,…