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Jackson County Executive Frank White, Jr.

Jackson County Executive Frank White, Jr.

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egislature Approves, Schedules Recall Election of Jackson County Executive Frank White, Jr. in Response to Certified Petition

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Friday, July 11, 2025
StaffThe Jackson County Legislature on Monday voted 8-0 to schedule a special election per the Jackson County Charter, following the successful certification of more than 42,900 valid signatures seeking to recall County Executive Frank White, Jr.Legislature Chairman DaRon McGee issued a statement...
The U.S. Capitol on June 30, 2025. Photo/Ashley Murray/States Newsroom

The U.S. Capitol on June 30, 2025. Photo/Ashley Murray/States Newsroom

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Republicans Rewrote the US Senate Megabill in its Last Moments

Ashley Murray Missouri Independent
Thursday, July 3, 2025
WASHINGTON — The final “big beautiful bill” approved by Senate Republicans Tuesday included some lastminute changes on hot-button issues such as safety net programs and clean energy tax credits.Senate Republicans had wrangled for weeks to deliver legislative text to satisfy concerns from lawmakers...
Frank White, Jackson County Executive

Frank White, Jackson County Executive

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Recall Petition for Jackson County Executive Moves to Next Step

Denise E. Jordon K.c. Globe Managing Editor
Thursday, July 3, 2025
White Alleges Move is about ‘Politics’; McGee Says it’s about ‘Process’ Jackson County Executive Frank White, in light of a historic grassroots effort by Jackson County voters that has resulted in obtaining enough petition signatures to move a recall process forward—remains defiant, calling the...
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Convicted on Federal Mann Act Counts, Cleared of Racketeering and Sex Trafficking

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Convicted on Federal Mann Act Counts, Cleared of Racketeering and Sex Trafficking

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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Convicted on Federal Mann Act Counts, Cleared of Racketeering and Sex Trafficking

Stacy Brown Nnpa Senior National Correspondent
Thursday, July 3, 2025
Sean “Diddy” Combs was convicted Wednesday of transporting two women across state lines for sex but acquitted of running a criminal enterprise and two counts of sex trafficking.The split verdict capped a weeks-long federal trial that exposed the hip-hop mogul’s private life to public scrutiny and...
Actors Ralph McCain and C. Kelly Wright

Actors Ralph McCain and C. Kelly Wright

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-LOCAL THEATRE

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Thursday, July 3, 2025
Noted director, playwright and set designer, Ajene D. Washington premieres his poignant and powerful new play “A Shadow in Time” to Kansas City audiences at the Just Off-Broadway Theatre (3051 Central in PennValley Park, KCMO) starting Thursday, July 10 through Sunday, July 13, 2025. 
Mayor Quinton Lucas Honors Former Mayor Sly James with Pavilion Dedication

Mayor Quinton Lucas Honors Former Mayor Sly James with Pavilion Dedication

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Mayor Quinton Lucas Honors Former Mayor Sly James with Pavilion Dedication

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Friday, June 27, 2025
Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas recently dedicated the Sylvester “Sly” James, Jr. Pavilion at the Kansas City Convention Center, honoring the former Mayor Sly James’s leadership from 2011 to 2019.“Having served on the City Council during Mayor James’s tenure, I witnessed firsthand how his visionary...
Missouri or Kansas? Business Leaders Don’t Care as Long as Chiefs, Royals Stay Near KC

Missouri or Kansas? Business Leaders Don’t Care as Long as Chiefs, Royals Stay Near KC

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Missouri or Kansas? Business Leaders Don’t Care as Long as Chiefs, Royals Stay Near KC

Rudi Keller Missouri Independent
Friday, June 27, 2025
Lawmakers in both Kansas and Missouri have pursued legislation to make hundreds of millions of dollars available for sports stadiums Kansas City regional business leaders don’t care whether the Chiefs or the Royals play in Missouri or Kansas as long as they don’t leave the metropolitan area.That...
Rep. Cleaver Co-Sponsors War Powers Resolutions to Prohibit U.S. Involvement in Iran

Rep. Cleaver Co-Sponsors War Powers Resolutions to Prohibit U.S. Involvement in Iran

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Rep. Cleaver Co-Sponsors War Powers Resolutions to Prohibit U.S. Involvement in Iran

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver
Friday, June 27, 2025
(Washington, D.C.) – U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (DMO) on Wednesday cosponsored two War Powers Resolutions to prohibit American involvement in Iran, following President Trump’s unilateral, unconstitutional, and dangerous decision to use U.S. Armed Forces to strike Iran directly.The...
Legislator Abarca Condemns ICE Arrest in Northeast K.C.

Legislator Abarca Condemns ICE Arrest in Northeast K.C.

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Legislator Abarca Condemns ICE Arrest in Northeast K.C.

Manny Abarca
Friday, June 27, 2025
Jackson County Legislator Manuel Abarca IV is speaking out after receiving confirmation of a recent arrest in his neighborhood by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).“This was a neighbor, someone who lives, works, and worships in our community, treated like they didn’t deserve the dignity...
October 12, 2017 Sunnyvale/CA/USA - Stacked Target shopping carts with the company's logo on the side, a bulls eye (Photo by Sundry Photography)

October 12, 2017 Sunnyvale/CA/USA - Stacked Target shopping carts with the company's logo on the side, a bulls eye (Photo by Sundry Photography)

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Black Press, Shoppers Turn Up Heat on Target

Stacy M. Brown
Friday, June 20, 2025
Target’s reputation and in-store traffic continue to spiral downward as new data reveals the toll of its decision to pull back on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.
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