Power And Light Building Could Become Apartments With Council Vote
Updated 6:11 p.m.:The Kansas City City Council has postponed the vote on the Power and Light building so city officials can conduct another hearing on the proposal's financial implications.The...
View ArticleKCI Commission 'Overwhelmingly' Favors One-Terminal Plan
The recommendation to replace the three terminals at the Kansas City International Airport with one new building is still controversial among the general public.But according to its final report, the...
View ArticleKansas City Council Committee Endorses Open Carry Ban
The public safety committee of the Kansas City city council unanimously endorsed Mayor Sly James's proposal to ban the open carry of firearms Wednesday.Citing a recent move by the town of Lake Ozark,...
View ArticleKansas City Council Passes Open Carry Ban
The Kansas City, Mo., city council voted Thursday to ban open carry of firearms. Delivering the pitch that sealed the ban's passage, Mayor Sly James told the council that openly carrying exposed guns...
View ArticleKansas City Council Committee Hears Plan To Save Kemper Arena
A Kansas City council committee responded favorably Thursday to a proposal to convert Kemper Arena into a youth sports complex, but it's too early to declare the aging arena safe from the wrecking ball.
View ArticleSEC Charges Kansas With Securities Fraud
The Securities and Exchange Commission charged Kansas with fraud Monday for failing to inform purchasers of state bonds about underfunding of the state employees pension fund.The charges centered on...
View ArticleSanders Confident On Katy Trail Expansion To Kansas City
Jackson County Executive Mike Sanders says a deal is in place with the Union Pacific Railroad to extend the Katy Trail the 25 miles from its present terminus to the Truman Sports Complex.That would not...
View ArticleChastain Rail Plan To Voters With No Mention Of Light Rail
Clay Chastain's latest light rail proposals will go to the voters in November as the Missouri Supreme Court ordered, but not in a form voters would easily recognize.The city council is taking advantage...
View ArticleTear Down Kemper Arena, American Royal Insists
The American Royal is sticking to its guns, insisting that Kemper Arena be torn down to make way for a new, smaller arena.A council committee was looking favorably at a Foutch Brothers Developers' plan...
View ArticleTransit Benefits Could Become Condition For KC Companies Seeking Incentives
The Kansas City city council is considering making group public transit benefit plans a requirement for companies to get economic development incentives. "UMKC —All the students have through their...
View ArticleKansas City Council Sidesteps Chastain Lawsuit Threat, Reaffirms Ballot Language
Legal maneuvering continued Thursday over a court order to put a Clay Chastain light rail proposal on the Kansas City ballot. The city still appeared to stay a step ahead of the perennial activist.
View ArticleKansas City Council Repeals Outsourcing Of Ambulance Billing
Faced with a successful referendum drive that could force the repeal of plans to outsource Kansas City ambulance service billing, the city council has repealed the plan.
View ArticlePat Roberts Faces Tough U.S. Senate Race After Field Narrows
A Wednesday shake-up in Kansas politics even has seasoned pundits amazed. Chad Taylor, a Democrat running for U.S. Senate, has withdrawn from the race, leaving Kansas Republican Pat Roberts facing his...
View ArticleKansas City Ordinance Will Let Municipal Courts Enforce Ex Parte Orders
Updated Thursday, September 4, 2014The Kansas City City Council is seeking to further curb domestic violence by letting the municipal courts enforce orders made by judges without all parties present,...
View ArticleTax Breaks Advance For Biotech Research Park
Tax abatement for a 344-acre biotech office park south of the Cerner Three Trails Campus has cleared committee and advances to the city council floor.The Plans Zoning and Economic Development Committee...
View ArticleCouncil Approves Tax Abatement for Kansas City Research Park
A biotech research park in south Kansas City and 25-year property tax abatement to support it gets the go-ahead from the Kansas City council. The idea of the research park and rezoning to allow it...
View ArticleKansas City Council Toughens Domestic Violence Enforcement
Kansas City, Mo., toughened its protections against domestic violence Thursday, giving city prosecutors the power to take violators of ex parte orders of protection to court.
View ArticleBlunt Cool To Federal Restrictions On Police Militarization
Missouri U.S. Senator Roy Blunt made Kansas City his first stop in a statewide series of "listening sessions" with law enforcement officials on Monday. Blunt is co-chair of the Senate Law Enforcement...
View ArticleKansas City Ordinance Targets Persons Intimidating Bike Riders, Walkers
A Kansas City City Council committee has finalized an ordinance making it illegal to intimidate walkers and bike riders on Kansas City, Mo., streets.Maggie Priesmeyer, who volunteers for an...
View ArticleKansas City Spent $1.1 Million On Thwarted Streetcar Expansion
The bills are totaled up on what the city of Kansas City, Mo., spent on the voter-rejected Phase 2 of the downtown streetcar system.
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