Eric Bunch

All 12 seats on the city council were up for grabs in Tuesday's election. Current Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas easily won reelection.

Starting today, residents across Kansas City can begin early voting for the June 20 election for mayor and City Council. The new council is confronting an urgent need for more affordable housing, recent spikes in violent crime, economic development and neighborhood livability issues.

Kansas City is headed back to the polls on June 20. The new City Council needs to address an urgent need for more affordable housing, recent spikes in violent crime, economic development and neighborhood livability issues like trash services, infrastructure and short-term rentals.

Kansas City Council passed a resolution declaring the city a safe haven for gender-affirming care and making enforcement of state bans a low priority.

Almost five years after Kansas City Council passed an ordinance regulating short-term rentals, the number of listings hit its highest level ever. Residents complain that Airbnb hosts are out-of-state operators who don't care about their neighborhoods.

To trigger a recall election, Taking KC Back would’ve had to collect 13,700 signatures per council member. But it failed to collect more than 4,000 signatures against any single one.

Several leaders of Taking KC Back, which is leading an effort to recall Mayor Quinton Lucas and multiple City Council members, have close ties to the Kansas City Police Department.

Deja Stallings says her unborn daughter is the latest victim of police brutality. Both the Kansas City Police Department and the Jackson County Prosecutor’s office say they’re reviewing the incident.

A single building with more than 50 uncounted units could potentially cost Missouri more than $60,000 a year in federal funds.

Members of the city’s Transportation, Infrastructure and Operations Committee refused to attend Wednesday’s meeting, stalling city business. They’re calling on Teresa Loar to be removed as committee chair.

The proposal would have asked voters whether they want to start the process of bringing KCPD under local control for the first time since the 1930s.

Social distancing is key to stopping the spread of the new coronavirus, but giving big-city residents enough space to stay safely apart can be tough.