A constitutional amendment asking Missourians to let lawmakers decide year-to-year whether the state will offer Medicaid to working-age adults moved closer to passage on Wednesday. By an 8-5 vote, the Senate Appropriations […]
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Citizen’s Review Board Issues Recommendations on Racist Texts
Does the sending of racist texts fall below appropriate standards of professional behavior for police? The Wichita Citizen’s review Boards says yes. Obviously disturbed by what they saw and read […]
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Black Officers Say They Lack Community Support
This isn’t the first time there’s been a focus on cleaning up the culture of law enforcement agencies in Sedgwick County. Dr. Mike Birzer, professor in the School of Criminal […]
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Wichita, Black and the Law: Some Wins: More Losses
How do you go from being Wichita Police Department’s Officer of the Year, to “papered out” in less than one year? The officers we talked to know exactly how that […]
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KC Streetcar Extension Will Stretch to UMKC Campus
Construction on the streetcar expansion route has finally begun. Last week, the Kansas City Streetcar Authority broke ground on the $351 million project that will add 3.5 miles of track […]
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National Urban League Finds State of Black America is Grim
ATLANTA (AP) — The National Urban League released its annual report on the State of Black America on Tuesday, and its findings are grim. This year’s Equality Index shows Black people still […]
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US Inflation Jumped 8.5% in Past Year, Highest Since 1981
WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation soared over the past year at its fastest pace in more than 40 years, with costs for food, gasoline, housing and other necessities squeezing American consumers […]
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DOJ Rule Cracks Down Untraceable Firearms Known as ‘Ghost Guns’
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden Monday unveiled the Department of Justice’s plan to regulate untraceable firearms known as ghost guns, as well as announced his nominee to lead the Bureau […]
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Kelly Signs Bill Blocking Wyandotte County’s Adoption of ‘Sanctuary’ City Policy
TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly signed legislation Monday crafted by Republicans rebuking the Unified Government of Kansas City and Wyandotte County for passing an ordinance allowing issuance of identification cards […]
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UMKC Hires New Head Coach: Dionnah Jackson-Durrett
The University of Missouri Kansas City hired Dionnah Jackson-Durrett as the new women’s basketball coach. Former Roos coach Jacie Hoyt left in mid-March to become head coach at Oklahoma State […]