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City of KCMO requests week extension to respond to BOPC lawsuit The original deadline for Kansas City, Missouri Mayor Quinton Lucas and other City Council members to respond to a lawsuit filed by the Kansas City Police Department Board of Police Commissioners was Tuesday. A spokesperson said the City has requested another week to respond. and last updated 2021-06-15 19:03:29-04 KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The original deadline for Kansas City, Missouri Mayor Quinton Lucas and other City Council mem...

Superintendent Tony Lake has spent three years at the helm of Lindbergh Schools and is set to lead the district for at least another three after the Board of Education extended his contract through 2024. After getting voter approval for a $105 million no-tax-rate-increase bond issue to build a new Lindbergh High School, Lake said he is now looking ahead to what the district needs in the future financially and facilities-wise and how to fund both of those missions. The board voted unanimously Ja...

By Mike Genet mike.genet@examiner.net The Examiner Similar to four years ago, voters in the Independence School District overwhelmingly approved the district’s requested bond issue Tuesday. Nearly 85 percent of voters said yes to issuing $43 million in bonds for upgrades to safety and security measures at many school entrances, the fine arts and auditorium facilities at the high schools, and playground equipment. The final unofficial tally: 5,208 yes votes – 84.75 percent – to 937 no.  I...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A fuel tax plan, modeled after one in South Carolina, has been proposed in the Missouri House. House Transportation Committee Chairwoman Becky Ruth, R-Festus, unveiled earlier this week the legislation, which includes a tax rebate component. Under Ruth’s plan the Missouri gas tax would increase by two cents per gallon on Jan. 1, 2022. The tax would then increase by an additional two cents each year until a total of five increases had occurred. The bill also would...