Na’im Al-Amin designed an organization with services he wished he had access to during the 30 years he was impacted by the criminal justice system. He’s the founder of SWAGG […]
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WyCo Commissioners Alarmed By Mayor Garner’s Proposed Property Tax Decrease
To say members of the Wyandotte County Unified Government Commission were shocked when Mayor Tyrone Garner presented his proposal for a major property tax decrease at a recent “visioning session” […]
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Community Unity Mental Health Day Seeks to Educate About Cannabis
Drew McDowell, co-owner of the Funky Skunk KC smoke shop in Raytown, MO, says he sees a huge lack of knowledge about CBD and cannabis – and he wants to […]
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U.S. House Panel Grills Oil Executives at Hearing on Soaring Gas Prices
Democrats blamed the oil industry, Republicans blamed President Joe Biden and oil executives blamed global market forces at a U.S. House hearing Wednesday on how to reverse a dramatic increase […]
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Stacey Abrams Reaches Millionaire Status Before 2nd Campaign
ATLANTA (AP) — When Democrat Stacey Abrams first ran for Georgia governor in 2018, her lackluster personal finances and a hefty bill from the IRS gave Republicans fodder to question how she […]
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Independence Elects First Black School Board Member
In a historic election yesterday, Anthony Mondaine will become the Independence school district’s first Black school board member. According to unofficial final results, incumbent Jill Esry was in the lead […]
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Missouri Supreme Court Rules Keith Carnes Should be Released
The Missouri Supreme Court ruled yesterday that a Kansas City man who has been serving a life sentence for a 2003 murder, should be freed and his convictions set aside. […]
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Tiger Woods Plans to Play the Masters and Thinks He Can Win
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Two words can go a long way when Tiger Woods is behind them. No one would have been surprised if Woods never played golf again after […]
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Twitter Says it’s Testing an ‘Edit’ Button
Twitter tweeted Tuesday that it is indeed working on a way for users to edit their 280-character messages, although it says the project has nothing to do with the fact that […]
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White House to Extend Student Loan Pause Through August
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration plans to freeze federal student loan payments through Aug. 31, extending a moratorium that has allowed millions of Americans to postpone payments during the […]