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Kansas City Council Approves Contract to Continue KCATA Bus Service Operations

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Friday, August 15, 2025

August 14, 2025— Mayor Quinton Lucas announced Thursday that the Kansas City Council has approved a 12-month contract with the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA) to continue essential bus service operations throughout the metropolitan area.

Kansas City Election Board Provides Details on September 30 Special Recall Election

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Friday, August 15, 2025

The Kansas City Election Board (KCEB) on Monday shared details of a Special Election that will have only one question on the ballot—whether to recall current Jackson County Executive Frank White. The special election is set for Tuesday, September 30, 2025. To view the Sample Ballot, visit kceb.

Black-Owned Art Gallery in New York City Has Been Championing Black Art for Over Four Decades

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Friday, August 15, 2025

Nationwide -- Over the past forty years, Bill Hodges Gallery has continued to build a lasting presence as a Black-owned gallery in New York City committed to supporting and uplifting African American art.

KCKPS Statement in Response to Investigation by U.S. Department of Education

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Friday, August 15, 2025

August 14, 2025--Today, the U.S.

Police Car In The City

What Trump’s Control of D.C. Police Means for the City, Its Mayor, and Black Residents

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Wednesday, August 13, 2025

By Stacy M. BrownBlack Press USA Senior National CorrespondentBLACKPRESSUSA –August 11, 2025-- Today, Donald Trump seized direct control of Washington, D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department, stripping authority from Mayor Muriel Bowser and handing it over to Attorney General Tom Cotton.

Kansas City Appoints Two New Assistant City Managers

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Friday, August 8, 2025

Friday, August 8, 2025--City Manager Mario Vasquez has appointed Diane Binckley and Tammy Queen, as Assistant City Managers for the City of Kansas City, Missouri. Diane Binckley, AICP, will assume responsibility for guiding the City’s community development functions.

No ICE

ICE protest

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Friday, August 8, 2025

Indivisible Kansas City is joining with many groups across the KC metro to protest ICE. They will hold the protest Saturday 8/9 from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. in Overland Park, Kan. lining the sidewalks from 80th to 103rd on Metcalf Ave.

Assistant Missouri House Minority Leader Marlon Anderson of St. Louis speaks during a Thursday news conference on congressional redistricting. He was joined by, from left, state Reps. Michael Johnson, D-Kansas City, David Tyson Smith, D-Columbia, and Melissa Douglas, D-Kansas City. (Rudi Keller/Missouri Independent)

Black Missouri lawmakers vow to block Missouri GOP push for new congressional districts

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Friday, August 8, 2025

By Rudi KellerMissouri IndependentAugust 7, 2025--Black leaders in the Missouri legislature said Thursday that they will fight any attempt to redraw the state’s congressional districts, pointing to the courts as the venue where they have greatest hopes to prevail.State Rep.

Faith Leaders Call Out Josh Hawley For Reversing Course and Supporting The Big Ugly Bill

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Friday, August 1, 2025

On Friday, August 1, at 10 a.m., Missouri Faith Voices will hold an action at Senator Josh Hawley’s Kansas City office to voice their disappointment about his going against his word and voting to gut Medicaid. The protest will utilize Josh Hawley’s own words.

Missouri legislators file lawsuit claiming stadium funding for Chiefs, Royals is unconstitutional

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Friday, August 1, 2025

By Rudi KellerMissouri Independent - July 31, 2025 4:16 pmJuly 31, 2025--The bill authorizing state support for professional sports stadiums is unconstitutional because it grants public aid to private interests and combines widely different and unrelated subjects, according to a lawsuit filed...

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