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The council was divided when it came to authorizing Mayor Quinton Lucas to negotiate extending City Manager Brian Platt’s employment agreement. Kansas City Council allegedly cut corners to keep ...
Kansas lawmakers and the governor enacted 113 new laws in 2024, of which 101 go into effect on July 1. New child welfare laws, some spurred by Zoey Felix killing This was the year that lawmakers ...
After underfunding pay raises approved last year for state employees, Kansas lawmakers are set to spend another $11.2 million. The House unanimously passed House Bill 2495 on Wednesday. It adds ...
The legislature of the U.S. state of Kansas has convened many times since statehood became effective on January 29, 1861. It continues to operate under the amended 1859 Constitution of Kansas. [1] As of 2024, the Kansas Legislature has been called to special session 26 times by the state's governors. [2]
As City Manager for the City of Kansas City, Missouri, Platt oversees a staff of 4,500 employees delivering city services to Kansas City's 508,000 residents. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Platt began his role as City Manager of Kansas City in December 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic while delivering basic services with a shrinking budget.
[7] [2] This is the first rent strike in Kansas City since 1980, and described by tenants as the first ever targeting the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the regulator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. [ 8 ] [ 6 ] Tara Raghuveer, director of the union, stated they were targeting the American federal government as a way to criticize the systemic ...
Driver’s Licenses: A new state law allows Kansas courts to restrict driver’s licenses rather than suspend them while someone with a misdemeanor traffic violation makes alternative arrangements ...
Kansas House Bill 2453, also known as the Religious Freedom Act, is a piece of legislation proposed in the state of Kansas that would allow people to refuse to provide services in any way related to any relationship (same-sex or otherwise) under the name "marriage, domestic partnership, civil union or similar arrangement" if their objection to doing so is based on their religious beliefs.