Clarification: Rita Olson-Stawicki is the president of Taking Back KC. She assumed the position after the resignation of former president Jami Bailey in July 2021. A new political action committee in Kansas City, Missouri, is quietly raising its influence and aims to have a say in how City Hall conducts business — and who is […]
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5 Pieces of Good News About the News (Ben Smith | The New York Times) WCF News and Information Fund commits $1.1 million to The Wichita Beacon (Wichita Community Foundation) The Beacon plans for regional growth in 2021 (News Release | The Beacon) Journalism managers are burned out. Is it time for a work redesign? […]
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What’s on your Missouri ballot for the August primary
Kansas City area voters are heading to the polls Aug. 2 for the beginning of a jam-packed election season. In the primary election, voters will have the opportunity to choose nominees for U.S. Senate and House races, state Senate and House seats and county legislative seats. The Beacon took a look at the races to know […]
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Formerly incarcerated people can still vote in Missouri. This KC group shows them how.
Recently, the Kansas City Council passed a resolution recognizing the work of MORE2 to engage and register people in Kansas City with misdemeanor or felony convictions. Kansas City is the first municipality in Missouri to pass such a resolution.
Posted inLocal Government
Taking KC Back needed 13,700 signatures per council member to start a recall. They collected fewer than 4,000 for each.
Even with a sharp increase in donations, the political action committee Taking KC Back has again failed to prompt a recall election in Kansas City, Missouri. The group filed affidavits with the Kansas City clerk’s office in late September, giving notice of its effort to recall Mayor Quinton Lucas and at-large council members Katheryn Shields, […]
Posted inState Government
Tuesday’s election to put an end to bitter Missouri primaries for U.S. Senate
After campaigns that caused Missourians to revisit a dark chapter in their governor’s office and saw political newcomers take center stage, voters in the U.S. Senate primary for Missouri on Tuesday will finally decide on which Republican and Democratic candidates will run for U.S. Senate. After GOP Sen. Roy Blunt announced he would not seek […]
Posted inState Government
What passed? What didn’t? A recap of what happened in the Kansas Legislature
A ban on so-called “sanctuary cities” and proposed changes to redistricting could impact Wyandotte County.
Posted inElections 2022
Kansas will be the first state to vote on abortion after Roe. Here’s how we got here
Voters in Kansas go to the polls Aug. 2 to determine whether the Kansas Constitution should preserve a right to abortion upheld by a 2019 Kansas Supreme Court ruling.
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Meet the North Kansas City school board candidates for the April 5 election
We have been publishing similar candidate questionnaires for other major Kansas City-area school districts with upcoming elections, including from Independence, Lee’s Summit, Liberty and Park Hill.
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Five questions with Park Hill school board candidates for the April 5 election
We have been publishing similar candidate questionnaires for other major Kansas City-area school districts with upcoming elections, including from Independence, Lee’s Summit and Liberty.
