Questions are mounting over Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas’s use of nonprofit funds for travel and entertainment, including a pricey Super Bowl junket that’s drawn the attention of ethics watchdogs. An investigation ...
Read More »Kansas City mayor welcomes illegal immigrants drawing fire from Missouri AG
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has blasted Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas for saying immigrants who enter the country illegally through the southern border are welcome to come to the city. Lucas ...
Read More »Lawmaker accuses Mayor Lucas of “grooming” children
A Missouri lamaker is voicing concern after Kansas City leaders read a book promoting transgenderism to children for National Reading Day. Videos posted on Twitter and TikTok showed Mayor Quinton Lucas, city ...
Read More »Governor, mayor continue to spar over Super Bowl shooting suspects
Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas continues to spar with Missouri’s governor over the shooting at last week’s Super Bowl rally. Missouri Gov. Mike Parson, who attended the event, said, “We can’t let ...
Read More »Kansas City Council approves resolution to designate city a transgender sanctuary
The Kansas City Council has approved a resolution that would make the city a sanctuary for people seeking or providing transgender services, even as the state’s attorney general is proposing a new ...
Read More »Kansas City forms committee to consider reparations payments for slavery
Kansas City has formed a committee to consider slavery reparations for black citizens. After passing a vote in January to form the commission, Democratic Mayor Quinton Lucas appointed 13 people to sit on the ...
Read More »Mayor Quinton Lucas to pray at local National Day of Prayer event
Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas will join the National Day of Prayer service on the Country Club Plaza at Noon today. The gathering will take place at the JC Nichols fountain. Lucas ...
Read More »Abundant Life Church, Jackson County settle lawsuit over COVID-19 restrictions
Abundant Life Church in Lee’s Summit and Jackson County have reached a settlement in a lawsuit over COVID-19 restrictions. The county will pay the church $146,750 and agree that any future health ...
Read More »Kansas City, Mo., population tops 500,000 in census
The population of Kansas City, Mo., has climbed to more than a half-million for the first time, according to newly released census numbers. Mayor Quinton Lucas said the latest Census numbers exceeded ...
Read More »Media were notified about police defunding before police chief
The office of Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas notified local media of the plan to slash police funding before notifying Police Chief Rick Smith, according to emails obtained by Liberty Alliance USA. ...
Read More »Kansas City sued by state to halt new mask mandate
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has filed a lawsuit challenging mask mandate in Kansas City. He filed the suit in Jackson County, arguing the mandate is “unreasonable, unconstitutional and arbitrary and capricious” ...
Read More »Kansas City Council considers controversial plan to slash police funding
Despite soaring murder rates, the City Council in Kansas City, Mo., on Thursday announced a proposal that would significantly reduce funding for the city’s police to the minimum allowed by state law ...
Read More »Several Missouri Democrats considering run for Blunt Senate seat
Many people assume that the winner of next year’s Missouri Republican primary will go on to be the next senator. Democrats are hopeful, however, even in the face of polls that show ...
Read More »April 17 local ‘Reagan-Lincoln Day’ dinner battles cancel culture
The Jackson County Reagan-Lincoln Dinner is scheduled for Saturday night, April 17 at Adams Pointe Conference Center in Blue Springs. The annual event is a fundraiser for the local GOP’s grassroots efforts ...
Read More »Kansas City looking for community partners to tackle homeless issues
The city of Kansas City has announced several new initiatives to address the homeless crisis. They include repurposing vacant homes and connecting the homeless community with resources to help lift them out ...
Read More »Cass County counters KC mayor, offers to host Chiefs parade
Bob Huston has a solution to Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas banning a Chiefs parade. Hold it in Cass County, Missouri. Huston, who serves as Cass Presiding Commissioner, made the suggestion in ...
Read More »Operation Legend was rare success during deadly year in Kansas City
Although 2020 was one of the most violent years in Kansas City history, the Trump administration’s Operation Legend was a bright spot. U.S. Attorney General William Barr named the federal anti-crime program ...
Read More »Mayor Quinton Lucas announces yet another approach to fight rising violent crime
Kansas City is on pace to shatter its homicide record this year, with 146 murders recorded so far. Mayor Quinton Lucas earlier this week introduced another new crime prevention initiative directed at ...
Read More »Kansas City Awakening March to coincide with Franklin Graham march in Washington
“Join your Christian brothers and sisters to cry out for God to bring a spiritual awakening in our city, nation, and the world!” is the call of Bishop John Birmingham. Birmingham and ...
Read More »Kansas City voters rally to recall Mayor Quinton Lucas
Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas is being criticized for his pandemic response and budget priorities by voters who say he’s fallen short. On Wednesday evening, a group of Kansas Citians called for ...
Read More »Murder charges announced in death of 4-year-old Legend
Charges have been filed against a man in the killing of 4-year-old LeGend M. Taliferro. The child was shot in June while asleep in his home in Kansas City. Ryson Ellis, 22, ...
Read More »Kansas City mayor will enforce only the city’s more-lenient reopening guidelines
Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas announced he will enforce only the city’s reopening rules, not the more stringent ones from the state of Missouri. Even the liberal Kansas City star, which has ...
Read More »Abundant Life announces legal action against Jackson County over reopening restrictions
One of the largest churches in Missouri is taking legal action against Jackson County, Mo., because of its new restrictions on reopening churches. Pastor Phil Hopper, lead pastor of Abundant Life Church, ...
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