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Jackson County legislators may have to consider competing ordinances next week that would ban conversion therapy in the county.

An ordinance that would ban conversion therapy in Jackson County failed Monday, but at least one legislator plans to introduce an amended version as soon as next week.

It’s already illegal for health care providers to practice so-called conversion therapy in parts of Jackson County, but the failed ordinance would have outlawed use of the discredited practice on minors across the county and made it easier to report abuse.

Missouri ranks near the bottom of the country for its teacher pay. Faced with staffing shortages, school districts and education leaders are doing what they can to raise salaries.

The raises, paid for by a tax levy approved in August, will take the district from the lowest salaries in the metropolitan area to the highest.

Voters will have a choice for legislative representatives in Jackson County's 1st District, which includes western and eastern swaths of Kansas City, and the 6th District, which includes Lee’s Summit.

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