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Gov. Mike Parson talks to the media in Kansas City during a visit to Morningstar Missionary Baptist Church in April. Lawmakers have been asking Gov. Parson for special sessions on issues that didn t make this year s legislative session.
Gov. Mike Parson hasn t made a decision about special sessions yet, but the list of calls from Missouri lawmakers continue to grow.
Calls for Gov. Mike Parson to hold a special session are piling up following the recent adjournment of the Missouri legislative session.
A spokesperson for Parson said he has not made a decision yet to call any of the special sessions, leaving lawmakers questioning when they will return to Jefferson City and why.
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Alleging Mayor Quinton Lucas and other city officials “defaulted on their duties,” the board is seeking a quick stop to implementation of the plan because it says it violates state law.
Kansas City police board files lawsuit against city leaders over budget measure Glenn E. Rice and Steve Vockrodt, The Kansas City Star
May 28 The Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners on Friday voted 4-1 to file a lawsuit against Mayor Quinton Lucas and the City Council, after the City Council approved a measure that gives the city authority over a portion of the police department s budget.
The lawsuit was filed in Jackson County Circuit Court.
Lucas, one of the five police commissioners, voted against the decision.
Several police board members have opposed a City Council measure passed last Thursday on a 9-4 vote to cut this year s police budget back to 20% of the city s general fund, the minimum required by Missouri law.