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Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas said the city was weighing its options, including appealing the ruling.

Two business groups made recommendations, including independent investigations of excessive force cases. Police Chief Rick Smith had no comment but complained that his staffing levels will soon be the lowest in 25 years.

A political action committee focused on supporting police wants to recall Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas and several city council members. And following a year-long hiatus, the Plaza Art Fair makes a comeback.

Gwen Grant's lawsuit says the board violated the rights of taxpayers under the Hancock Amendment, the citizens’ initiative that limits state revenues and local taxes.

Dawn Cramer, who was appointed to the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners by Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Aug. 26, falsely claimed that she had “completed a high-level PhD program” at a university.

Mayor Quinton Lucas says there is 'nothing secretive' about the city's bid process for the food and retail contract for KCI's new terminal.

If Mayor Quinton Lucas' police reform plan is implemented, the Kansas City Police Department could run out of money by the end of the year and be forced to lay off 1,000 people, the department’s budget manager testified Wednesday.

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson appointed Dawn Cramer to a four-year term on the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners.

The U.S. Justice Department has resumed "pattern-or-practice" investigations under the Biden administration. Kansas City activists hope such a probe could bring reforms to Kansas City Police.

Narene Stokes, who lost her son to a shooting by a Kansas City police officer eight years ago, and Sheila Albers, whose son was killed three years ago by an Overland Park police officer, say “this can happen to anyone.”

Citing a high rate of violence against people of color, four major Kansas City groups call on Attorney General Merrick Garland to scrutinize the city's police department.

What is behind a coalition of Kansas City civil rights leaders asking the Department of Justice to investigate the city's police department, two municipalities that have considered banning conversion therapy, and the work of preserving the Kansas River.