Reginald Townsend News Today

Kansas City’s zero fare bus policy was supposed to be fully funded with local dollars, but no one ever crafted a plan to sustain it.

The prospect of a landfill on the edge of Kansas City and a stones throw from a golf course community has pitted a half-dozen Missouri mayors against a private company with an army of Jefferson City lobbyists.

Developers hoping to build a landfill along Route 150 in south Kansas City have hired 18 lobbyists in the hopes of stopping state legislation that could kill the project before they even formally propose their plan. “They’ve run a covert cloak and dagger-like operation,” Raymore’s mayor told a Missouri House committee in February.

Developers hoping to build a landfill along Route 150 in south Kansas City have hired 18 lobbyists in the hopes of stopping state legislation that could kill the project before they even formally propose their plan. “They’ve run a covert cloak and dagger-like operation,” Raymore’s mayor told a Missouri House committee in February.

Opposition to a proposed Kansas City landfill has sparked an effort in the Missouri House to kill the project. The bill has passed committee.

Developer confirmed plans earlier this week to build a landfill in South Kansas City

Jennifer Monheiser told Missouri lawmakers about plans for 270-acre landfill, amid strong opposition from surrounding communities

Kansas City Area Transportation Authority president and CEO Robbie Makinen had tried to block Kansas City from getting money for an LED streetlight project. Now he’s being forced out.