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The White House (Photo by Douglas Rissing)

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Trump Signs Controversial Election Executive Order, Critics Call It Blueprint for Authoritarian Rule

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Friday, March 28, 2025
President Donald Trump has signed a sweeping executive order overhauling the way federal elections are conducted in the United States, prompting widespread alarm from voting rights advocates, Democratic lawmakers, and constitutional experts who say the move is an overt attempt to undermine...
Kansas City Manager Brian Platt was fired following a three-week paid suspension. He was the city’s highest-paid employee. Photo/Carlos Moreno

Kansas City Manager Brian Platt was fired following a three-week paid suspension. He was the city’s highest-paid employee. Photo/Carlos Moreno

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City Manager Platt Fired

Savannah Hawley-bates Courtesy, Kcur
Friday, March 28, 2025
Mayor says he damaged the city’s reputationKCUR 89.3—March 27, 2025—Brian Platt has been fired as the Kansas City manager. The city council voted unanimously today to fire him at a special session.Council members spent nearly two hours in a closed meeting to discuss Platt’s employment.
The Sacramento Observer Enshrinement award presented

The Sacramento Observer Enshrinement award presented

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NNPA Celebrates Black Press Day

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Friday, March 21, 2025
The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) and the NNPA Fund brought together over 150 journalists, scholars, and media professionals at Howard University’s Louis Stokes Library to commemorate Black Press Day 2025.
IRIS drivers and riders with Stand Up KC, ATU Local 1287 members, Sunrise Movement KC leaders, and community members rallied together against City Council’s proposal to suspend IRIS and weaken regional public transit. Photo courtesy of Missouri Workers Center

IRIS drivers and riders with Stand Up KC, ATU Local 1287 members, Sunrise Movement KC leaders, and community members rallied together against City Council’s proposal to suspend IRIS and weaken regional public transit. Photo courtesy of Missouri Workers Center

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Hundreds of IRIS and Union Bus Drivers, Riders Protest Major Cuts to KC Public Transit at City Hall

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Friday, March 21, 2025
Hundreds of IRIS drivers and low-wage workers with Stand Up KC, Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 1287 members, Sunrise Movement KC leaders, and community members who rely on local public transportation rallied outside of KCMO City Hall today to protest a proposal that Mayor Quinton Lucas and...
Jackson County Prosecutor Announces 10 More Charges for Repeat Offender in Connection with Burglary Spree

Jackson County Prosecutor Announces 10 More Charges for Repeat Offender in Connection with Burglary Spree

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Jackson County Prosecutor Announces 10 More Charges for Repeat Offender in Connection with Burglary Spree

Prosecutor Melesa Johnson
Friday, March 14, 2025
Jackson County Prosecutor Melesa Johnson on Tues-day announced 10 more felony charges against a Kansas City man in connection with a string of business burglaries that occurred earlier this month.Javaune Tucker was initially charged with Property Damage in the 1st Degree.
Robery (“Robbie”) Woodley

Robery (“Robbie”) Woodley

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Robery Woodley, 82, Dies

Denise E. Jordon Managing Editor
Friday, March 14, 2025
Co-Founded Woodley Building Maintenance, One of K.C.’s Oldest, Largest Minority-Owned Businesses Robery Woodley, chairman emeritus of Woodley Building Maintenance Company and area influential business and community leader, died peacefully Saturday morning surrounded by family.Woodley Building...
school teacher reads a story to a multi-cultural class seated in the classroom. stock photo

school teacher reads a story to a multi-cultural class seated in the classroom. stock photo

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Trump Targets Public Education with Mass Job Cuts

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Friday, March 14, 2025
March 12, 2025—The Trump administration has taken its first steps in dismantling the Department of Education, slashing more than 1,300 jobs and closing regional offices in cities including New York, Boston, Chicago, and Cleveland.
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