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Concerns about transparency lead City Council to tweak KCI selection process

A lengthy debate Thursday revealed that Kansas City Council members have misgivings about the city’s approach on determining a proposal for a single terminal at Kansas City International Airport.

Four companies submit proposals to build $1 billion single terminal for KCI

Burns & McDonnell, AECOM, Edgemoor Infrastructure & Real Estate and BlueScope Construction all submitted proposals to build a new terminal for Kansas City International Airport to City Hall on Thursday, July 27, 2017.

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In stunning defeat for Trump, Senate rejects Obamacare repeal legislation

Republican Senator John McCain bolted the party and cast the deciding vote to defeat Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s legislation to partially repeal the Affordable Care Act.

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Brownback reflects on legacy as he prepares to leave for job in Trump administration

In a Thursday news conference, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback conceded changes could have helped his 2012 tax cut policy, and he championed record on abortion.

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So Brownback will be the ambassador for religious freedom. What’s that?

Sam Brownback will oversee a staff of about 25 as the head of an office responsible for publishing an annual report on religious freedom in virtually every country in the world.

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White House official goes on profane rant against coworkers and leakers

New White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci went after chief of staff Reince Priebus Thursday as a suspected "leaker" within the West Wing.

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Meet Kansas’ next governor: Johnson County surgeon Jeff Colyer

President Donald Trump named Gov. Sam Brownback as the next ambassador at-large for international religious freedom, effectively making Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer the governor in waiting.

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Kansas City Council unsettled on KCI ballot language as Aug. 24 deadline looms nearer

Kansas City Council members expressed different ideas and philosophies about what they want voters to decide in a Nov. 7 election for a $1 billion KCI single terminal project.

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Senate Republicans stumble again on Obamacare repeal effort

Senate Republicans failed to pass Rand Paul’s “repeal-and-delay” proposal to topple the Affordable Care Act, setting the stage for Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to introduce a “skinny” repeal plan.

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Transgender policy won’t change based on Trump’s tweets, military leaders say

Marine Gen. Joe Dunford wrote in the message to the chiefs of the services and senior enlisted leaders that no change to the policy would happen until the Secretary of Defense has actually received implementation guidelines.

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Trump taps Brownback for ambassadorship focused on religious freedom

Gov. Sam Brownback has been tapped for an ambassadorship by President Donald Trump a little more than a month after the Kansas governor saw his signature tax policy dismantled by the state’s Legislature.

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Kansas lawmakers say ‘good riddance’ as Brownback prepares to take Trump post

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback will give up the governor’s mansion in Topeka to take a relatively obscure ambassadorship after seeing his power and popularity severely diminished in the last year.

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‘Disgusted, but not surprised’: KC trans veteran speaks against Trump’s military ban

Navy veteran Jenna Squires of Kansas City, a transgender woman, speaks out against President Donald Trump’s ban of trans people from serving in the U.S. military.

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Missouri government agencies still use ‘Oriental’ terminology in state documents

In 2016, a federal measure with bipartisan support stopped the use of “Negro” and “Oriental” in federal documents. Missouri agencies still do.

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People on Twitter are taking shots at Trump’s ego with #TrumpWritesHallmarkCards

On the same morning that Donald Trump denigrated transgender people on Twitter, users made #TrumpWritesHallmarkCards trend with riffs on his famous lines.

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What happens to transgender troops? Pentagon doesn’t know

Facing a barrage of questions, Pentagon spokesmen told reporters to “call the White House” and were not able to offer details. The Defense Department website still carried the Obama-era policy.

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Trump blocking transgender troops comes after pressure from Missouri’s Vicky Hartzler

U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler, a Missouri Republican, has framed her opposition to transgender troops as stemming from concerns about medical costs.

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Transgender people cannot serve in the U.S. military, Trump says

President Donald Trump said Wednesday morning that transgender people are not allowed to serve in the U.S. military.

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Kansas Bureau of Investigation reports on ways to improve sexual assault prosecutions

The Kansas Bureau of Investigation released its findings Tuesday of an initiative aimed at identifying causes of the sexual assault kit backlog in the state.

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JoCo Aug. 1 primary elections: Voters narrow the field of mayoral, city council and school board seats

Voters in seven Johnson County cities will winnow down candidates for city council. Though voters in seven JoCo cities will chose a mayor on Nov. 7, only Roeland Park will narrow the field on Aug. 1.

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Brownback laments 'unartful' small-business tax cuts

Jul 27, 2017

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback lamented the problems with his small-business tax cuts as he reflected on his time in the governor's office on Thursday in Topeka. "We probably needed a cap," Brownback said.

Keith Myers and Hunter Woodall The Kansas City Star

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