Discrimination

A GOP-led bill takes aim at ordinances passed in several Missouri cities to protect tenants from discrimination based on the source of their income — especially tenants who use federal housing choice vouchers to pay rent. But portions of Kansas City would be exempted under the Senate version.

The future of hundreds of investigations into possible civil rights violations at schools across the Midwest, and thousands more nationwide, are in question after the Trump Administration shuttered seven of 12 Department of Education offices charged with running the investigations.

The Republican bill was filed in response to a Kansas City ordinance passed last year that bans landlords refusing to lease to prospective tenants solely based on them receiving federal housing assistance.

Andrew Bailey was questioned about his lawsuit against Starbucks that claims diversity hiring initiatives have caused higher prices and longer waits. “I’m just curious if white-served coffee tastes a little bit better,” one Ferguson Democrat asked.

The lawsuit from Republican Andrew Bailey alleges that Starbucks setting goals for the representation of people of color and women in its workforce and leadership amounts to illegal discrimination.

The case may decide if the Missouri Human Rights Act covers legal sex, such as when a birth certificate is amended after gender transition, or is limited to sex as assigned at birth. The MHRA makes it illegal to deny public accommodations on the basis of sex, among other restrictions.

Kansas City prohibió a los propietarios de vivienda rechazar inquilinos basándose únicamente en la forma en que pagan el alquiler, su puntuación crediticia o desalojos anteriores. Un representante republicano de Missouri, que también es propietario de una vivienda, quiere anular la prohibición.

Kansas City banned landlords from rejecting tenants based solely on how they pay their rent, their credit score or previous evictions. A Missouri Republican representative, who's a landlord himself, wants to override the ban.

El Ayuntamiento de Kansas City aprobó una ordenanza que agrega a personas anteriormente encarceladas a la lista de clases protegidas de la ciudad de Kansas City, Missouri. La medida significa que a las personas no se les puede negar empleo, vivienda o negocios por tener antecedentes penales.

The Kansas City Council passed an ordinance adding formerly incarcerated people to the city's list of protected classes in Kansas City, Missouri. The move means that people can't be denied employment, housing, or business for having criminal backgrounds.

Pre-filed bills aim to prevent transgender Missourians from using their gender identity on state-issued licenses. Current policy requires a person to provide proof of gender transition surgery to change their gender marker, which LGBTQ advocates say is discriminatory.

As nativist rhetoric hits a fever pitch ahead of the 2024 election, immigrants and refugees in Kansas City question their safety, and their future, in the U.S.