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School leaders say teachers, staff could be cut under proposal; say they were caught off guard

Ozark Voters Face Two Ballot Issues For Schools

A measure to help the Holts Summit Fire Protection District keep up adequate staffing will be decided in the April 5 municipal election.

Whether sports, partisan politics or even what we teach our kids in school, the media loves a good fight.

A hearing over a bill that would repeal the standing motor fuel tax lasted for more than four hours Tuesday afternoon as many representatives and witnesses discussed their feelings on the current tax and the effectiveness at which its revenue was being used.

In the spring of 2020, Black Lives Matter protestors called for the Kansas City Police Department to be released from state oversight. Civil rights groups are still talking about that, but there's little momentum.

The Mehlville Fire Protection District Board of Directors unanimously set its 2021 tax rate — which governs how much taxpayers pay in their property taxes due Dec. 31 — at a Sept. 29 tax-rate hearing.  The MFPD has a blended tax rate of 60 cents per $100 assessed valuation, a roughly 2-cent decrease from the...

The Mehlville Board of Education unanimously passed the 2021 blended tax rate at its annual tax rate hearing Sept. 21.  The Board of Education approved a blended tax rate of $3.6598, a 14-cent decrease from last year’s blended rate. The public hearing was held via videoconference.  “The bottom line is, it’s pretty cut and dry...

Peggy Lowe is a veteran investigative reporter based at KCUR, NPR’s member station in Kansas City. She also serves as a correspondent for Marketplace, public media’s national business show.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners was created and...