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Guest commentarty: The Airbnb business model deserves fair consideration

What we find both here in Missouri and throughout the nation is that old laws do not always apply well to new ideas.

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Guest commentary: Trumpcare threatens KC area’s entrepreneurial advances

The Kansas City area prides itself on being one of the most entrepreneurial regions in the country. Our civic, political, business and philanthropic leaders have all prioritized innovation, technology and new business ideas as key to creating good jobs and a strong economy to power our area’s present and future success.

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Guest commentary: A letter to Congress after the shooting

Members of Congress now share something in common with an increasingly large percentage of the American people: exposure to public violence. They stand alongside the rest of us in our knowledge that this violence by its very nature seeks to spread its devastation until it has been exhausted.

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Kansas Rep. Nancy Lusk: A new era in Kansas government — bipartisanship

The new paradigm of constructive cooperation started with the 2016 election of legislators from both parties who were determined to return Kansas to financial stability.

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Guest commentary: NFL must address serious issue of head trauma for my father and others

My father, Curtis McClinton, who once played for the Kansas City Chiefs, is believed to have chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), the result of severe head trauma after multiple blows to the head, causing irreversible brain damage.

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Guest commentary: A decade of the Bloch Building, a Kansas City arts milestone

The Bloch Building, and its 10 years of life, has frankly been instrumental in the explosion of one of the most important and vibrant arts communities in the country.

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What others are saying about the Kansas tax deal

Here are some edited excerpts from a variety of sources about the Kansas Legislature’s override of Gov. Sam Brownback’s tax increase veto.

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Kevin Yoder and Emanuel Cleaver: We will remain unified in Thursday’s baseball game and in Friday’s debates

If our political arguments are based on the premise that one side is right and the other is evil, it makes it much easier for twisted minds to justify violence.

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Guest commentary: Terrorism coverage in media reflects bias, distorts reality

Muslims are far and away the most frequent victims of Islamic terrorism. You might not know that from news coverage.

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Guest commentary: Trump’s Paris decision is a boon for Plains states

To meet the carbon-dioxide emissions targets, the United States would have to significantly cut back its use of traditional energy resources, including oil and natural gas, hurting the economies of many Midwestern and Western states.

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Guest commentary: Trump’s Paris climate decision was the wrong move

Our military leadership is composed of seasoned professionals, not politicians, who know that climate change is not a “hoax.”

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Guest commentary: Trump’s proposed NIH budget cuts would extend far beyond U.S.

I’ve spent my whole life at home in communities where family values are central. I grew up in Carl Junction, Mo., where bluegrass harmony wins you a blue ribbon and wrestling is top dog.

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Guest commentary: Worry over guns on Kansas campuses is misguided

Private citizens carrying firearms in defense has not driven up violent crime rates, as some will have you believe.

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Guest commentary from Teresa Loar: Why the rush to build a new single terminal at KCI airport?

This is the largest capital project the city has ever pursued. If there was ever a time for transparency and due diligence, this is it.

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Kansas House minority leader Jim Ward: Democrats are fighting for for middle class in the Legislature

It is impossible to adequately fund schools if we don’t adopt a tax policy that raises enough revenue to meet our obligations to our children.

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Guest commentary: Only certain foreign contacts are off limits?

How are Michael Flynn’s conversations under investigation, while Lindsey Graham’s are apparently acceptable?

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Burns & McDonnell CEO Ray Kowalik: KC pride is the key for a 21st century airport

Now it’s time to develop a one-terminal airport of the 21st century, one that captures the entrepreneurial spirit of a Kansas City that has the nation’s attention like never before.

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Guest commentary: Time to break the fever in our political talk

Last week, I asked friends via a Facebook post to please stop sharing the ubiquitous Melania Trump-widow meme. (I’m a dedicated liberal, by the way.)

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Guest commentary: Higher minimum wage helps the neediest workers

If higher minimum wages supposedly drive up unemployment rates, why does deep-red Nebraska have the lowest unemployment among its neighbors?

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Guest commentary: False choices in GOP health care proposal

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Yeti: Miami’s new KRAPPY anti-theft program announced

Jun 22, 2017

The Miami Police Department has announced its new anti-theft pilot program that they hope will reduce car thefts. The tongue-in-check program is called KRAPPY: Keeping robbers away and protecting property with a yeti. The ad does have a serious message and encourages people to remove valuable items from their vehicles.

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