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‘May It Please the Court’ African American Women and the Long Walk to the Bench of the U.S. Supreme Court
On Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 6:00 p.m., the Greater Kansas City, Black History Study Group (GKCBHSG) will present Sharon Sanders Brooks as its guest speaker.
Friday, March 18, 2022
Actor Jussie Smollett Released from Jail as He Appeals Conviction
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Six days after he began serving 150 days behind bars for lying to police about a fake hate crime, actor Jussie Smollett was released from jail as his attorneys appeal his conviction.
Friday, March 18, 2022
Zelenskyy Reminds Congress of Pearl Harbor and 9/11 in Pleading for U.S. Help for Ukraine
Jennifer Shutt And
WASHINGTON — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday invoked the Pearl Harbor attacks ahead of World War II and the 9/11 terrorist attacks, while urging the United States to do more to stop the Russian war against his country.
Friday, March 18, 2022
U.S. Senate Confirms Shalanda Young as First Black Woman to Head White House Budget Agency
Jennifer Shutt Courtesy, The Missouri Independent
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate made history Tuesday when it confirmed Louisiana’s Shalanda Young as White House budget director.
Friday, March 18, 2022
‘Begging for Civility’: GOP Infighting in Missouri Senate Boils Over Yet Again
Jason Hancock The Missouri Independent
March 9, 2022--If there were any doubts that the Missouri Senate was broken, they were put to rest on Wednesday.
Friday, March 11, 2022
Rep. Cleaver Votes to Pass Omnibus Funding Package
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Legislation helps lower costs for the middle class, create American jobs, assist the Ukrainian fight for freedom, and more
(Washington, D.C.) – Wednesday, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) voted in favor of H.R. 2471, the fiscal year 2022 government funding package, otherwise known as...
Friday, March 11, 2022
Clyde McQueen Celebrates 35 Years of Leading the Full Employment Council
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If you ask Clyde McQueen about what he does at the Full Employment Council, he’s likely to use the word “serve” rather than “lead.”
Friday, March 11, 2022
Jayhawks’ Ochai Agbaji is ‘Big 12 Player of the Year’
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KCG—The Big 12 Men’s Basketball tournament got underway at T-Mobile Center in downtown Kansas City, Mo. on Wednesday. While the Kansas State Wildcats lost in Wednesday’s first round game against West Virginia, KU handily beat West Virginia 87-63 in (today’s) Thursday’s quarterfinal.
Friday, March 11, 2022
Harvesters’ President/CEO Announces Retirement
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Valerie Nicholson-Watson, president and CEO of Harvesters—The Community Food Network, will step down as head of the regional food bank at the end of the organization’s fiscal year on June 30, 2022. The announcement was made this week.
Nicholson-Watson has led Harvesters since 2013.
Friday, March 4, 2022
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary committee, meets Wednesday with Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court (Jennifer Shutt/ States Newsroom).
Supreme Court Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson Meets with Top Members of U.S. Senate
Jenninfer Shutt Missouri Independent
WASHINGTON — U.S. Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson began the arduous Senate confirmation process Wednesday, meeting on Capitol Hill with four key senators.
Friday, March 4, 2022