Kansas City Mayor Calls For $1 Billion For Infrastructure
Kansas City Mayor Sly James presented his vision for next year's city budget and a lot more.James’ proposal went beyond a basic one-year spending plan. He proposed a billion dollar program to rebuild...
View ArticleHuman, Civil Rights Forces Decry Occupy Bigotry
About a dozen members of Occupy Kansas City and representatives of three human rights organizations say they are outraged at a broadside published and online that they call racist, homophobic and...
View ArticleKansas City Mayor Delivers "State Of The City" Address
In office for just about a year, Kansas City Mayor Sly James delivered his first State of the City address on Monday.
View ArticleCity Councilman Jermaine Reed Reflects On First Year
Kansas City’s Third District faces multiple challenges — a 14 percent unemployment rate, crime and the highest poverty rate in the city.
View ArticleTop Of The Morning News: Friday, March 4, 2012
A new bridge is unveiled on Troost. The Kansas City Council passes truancy ordinance. Two Kansas City notables—Alvin Brooks and Walt Bodine—receive an honor from the city council. It’s a daily...
View ArticleMayor Sly James’ New Tax Proposal For Infrastructure
What will it take for Kansas City, Missouri to finally fix its streets and sewer system? Earlier this year, Mayor Sly James announced a bold plan for improving Kansas City's infrastructure that would...
View ArticleKansas City Council Questions Community Improvement Districts
The Kansas City Council has been talking about tightening up on community improvement districts since this summer, but the talk goes on with no decision on what the policy will be.
View ArticleSynthetic Drug, Tobacco Enforcement Measure Sails Through City Council
An ordinance allowing the city of Kansas City, Mo. to suspend or revoke the tobacco-sales licenses of stores which sell illegal synthetic drugs or sell cigarettes to minors sailed through a final city...
View ArticleCash For Liquor Consent Sent Packing In Kansas City
Acting on complaints that the operator of a center-city convenience store was paying residents for permission to get a liquor license, the Kansas City Council has banned the practice.
View ArticleIncluding Power Utilities In Command Center Boosted Snowstorm Fight-ability
Some of the first aftermath data from two major and back-to-back winter snow storms is filtering out of Kansas City city hall. Adding two agencies to the Emergency Operations Center was counted as a...
View ArticleCharter Change Commission Considers KC Government Options
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, heard wide ranging recommendations that...
View ArticleKC Streetcar 2 Is Planned As First Phase Lumbers Along
It’s not clear by how much expanded Kansas City streetcar lines would boost property values. A team of city planners and private analysts expects to know by late October. The panel is trying to narrow...
View ArticleYour Guide To The Kansas City Charter Review
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 glorified city council member, and the city...
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