KC council grapples with budget shortfall
- 11/20/2008 11:24 PM CST
Kansas City could be facing a $60 million to $80 million budget shortfall next year, City Council member Deb Hermann warned Thursday.
Kansas City could be facing a $60 million to $80 million budget shortfall next year, City Council member Deb Hermann warned Thursday.
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County department heads streamed before the Jackson County Legislature’s budget committee Thursday with a message: We’re making do; let’s hope next year isn’t worse.
A Kansas City lawyer and former Overland Park police officer was selected Thursday to fill a vacancy on the Johnson County Community College board of trustees.
Who: Howard Reid of Carrollton, Mo. How and when he died: Nov. 9, from respiratory arrest following heart and lung problems.
Sheri Cuda takes aim at the city’s Water Services Department because of water trucks that are using a hydrant in front of her house to fill up.
A man has been charged in the case of an 8-month-old girl who died May 31, 2006, after scalding water was spilled on her.
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Steve Kraske, The Kansas City Star’s political correspondent, is host of “Up to Date” from 11 a.m. to noon weekdays on KCUR, 89.3 FM. Today: Video guru/critic Jason Heck and film professor/screenwriter Mitch Brian discuss films for which they’re thankful — what they’re calling the “comfort food” of film.
Kansas City residents will face much higher sewer rates in coming years, but city officials also will seek federal funding and try to provide relief to low-income households.
Kansas City jail inmates suffering from mental health issues could qualify for treatment under a $900,000 grant program announced Wednesday.
The United Way of Wyandotte County announced Wednesday that it surpassed its annual fundraising goal by raising $2,389,082, or $677 more than it had hoped.
WASHINGTON | It’s just a few minutes after the House Financial Services Committee has adjourned for the day.
When it comes to the environment, Oakhill Day School isn’t your average school, Ben Kjelshus isn’t your average citizen and Stan Salva isn’t your average mayor.
WICHITA | A former investigator for Johnson County District Attorney Phill Kline says that he became increasingly concerned about Kline’s protracted investigation of Kansas abortion clinics.
The Kansas City School District still has work to do to clean up its finances, auditors reported Wednesday night, but they saw much improvement from a year ago.
Who: Eugene “Dean” Duerst, 75, of Olathe. How and when he died: Sept. 29, of dementia and Parkinson’s disease.
Federal prosecutors announced a crackdown on drug trafficking in the Northeast area on Wednesday with the indictment of 23 people on narcotics, firearms and immigration charges.
A Nov. 19 article in the Shawnee/Lenexa and Shawnee Mission Neighborhood News incorrectly described the Johnson County Christmas Bureau’s holiday shop. Items at the shop are provided to families for free.
JEFFERSON CITY | Missouri’s highway funding has hit a pothole. The director of the Missouri Department of Transportation said Wednesday that its tax revenues are running 4.9 percent behind projections through the first four months of the fiscal year — a trend that could jeopardize future road and bridge projects.