The 2022 measure ballot that would require Kansas City to increase police funding from the constitutional mandated 20% to 25% has been deemed invalid by the Missouri Supreme Courts–due to an incorrect fiscal note on the ballot.
On Saturday April 20, community organization Sunrise Movement KC held a mass rally on Country Club Plaza to demand Better Buses, limit use of fossil fuels, and an end to genocide.
Heralded as a bold step against LGBTQ+ hate, Justice Horn and City Council reinvest in our criminal legal system and prison industrial complex by passing Ordinance 231032: a new hate crime sentence enhancement.
City Council’s $2.3 billion budget was approved four weeks after community members packed City Hall Chambers to demand Better Buses, but the approved does not include new money for public transit.
On March 28, the city of Kansas City passed their annual $2.3 billion budget that includes funding for alternative-to-policing program REACH.
Following the Royals changing their stadium design to leave Oak Street open, Mayor Quinton Lucas officially endorses extending the stadium sales tax for another 40 years.
Andrea Dorch's tenure as Director of Civil Rights and Equal Opportunity Officer (CREO) unfolded in a series of paradoxical events that underscored the misogynoir ingrained in the City of Kansas City, Mayor Quinton Lucas, and City Manager Brian Platt.
After months of calling for her moral leadership in Congress, a multi-faith coalition of leaders from around the Kansas City area gathered to call on Representative Sharice Davids to demand a permanent ceasefire in Gaza.
As Kansas City's contentious budget season continues, the spotlight falls on widespread support for the R.E.A.C.H program—a groundbreaking shift towards using community response teams instead of arrests—and the push for essential investments in public transit.
Local organizations Al-Hadaf KC and Free Palestine KC hold an emergency demonstration on The Plaza following the israeli massacre in Rafah that killed at least 67 Palestinians.
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