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KCMO Mayor Quinton Lucas calls for changes in KCPD budget Funding to be used in community services fund Copyright 2021 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Caitlin Knute/KSHB-TV and last updated 2021-05-20 16:02:34-04 KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City, Missouri, Mayor Quinton Lucas introduced two ordinances on Thursday which aim to "vastly increase accountability," in the Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department. Under the first proposed ordinance, the KCPD budget would be amended to 20% of the city's general r...

File Photo The Kansas City Museum continues the journey toward foundation management as the Kansas City, Mo., City Council approved an agreement with the Kansas City Museum Foundation (KCMF) to manage, operate and maintain the Kansas City Museum on April 15. “I’m delighted for City Council’s approval and grateful for their support as the Kansas City Museum Foundation takes on this new, expanded role at such a critical time for the Museum,” said Anna Marie Tutera, the Museum’s Executive Director. “It’s a significant responsibility and the Foundation is ready and fully capable to...

Carlos Moreno/KCUR 89.3 / Kansas City councilmembers are worried the city has wasted millions of dollars on infrastructure projects that aren’t critically needed. Voters approved $800 million in general obligation bonds in 2017 that would be spread out over two decades to pay for street, sidewalk and other infrastructure repairs. But at the rate the city council has doled out money, the program would only last about 15 years, according to the city’s finance department director. “In terms of addressing deferred maintenance, this program is an absolute failure,” Councilwoman Ka...

Flooding forced tenants out. They want more help from their landlord, and Kansas City Allison Kite and Cortlynn Stark, The Kansas City Star Mar. 8—Jarrod McDaniel was in bed late at night last month when the fire alarm sounded at his downtown apartment building. When he got downstairs, he said, the lobby was flooded. A pipe had burst, cutting off power to the Professional Building Lofts at 11th Street and Grand Boulevard and forcing tenants out. Their landlord put them up at a nearby hotel. But now, McDaniel, a special education teacher, and his neighbors are scrambling to g...

Downtown Kansas City residents displaced by landlord after power outages March 1, 2021 Photo by Colton Sturgeon All Professional Building Lofts residents were said to be displaced and told to find new homes by March 5 after power outages Saturday. The Alexander Company, an out-of-town landlord, displaced these residents. The owner is paying for a hotel but tenants’ leases are still terminated. As of today, the Housing Authority of Kansas City confirmed they have 15 voucher holders in the building and are issuing transfer vouchers today. Councilperson Eric Bunch tweeted yesterday the city c...