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U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver shows up to back a bold taxpayer ask: $18 million for 18th & Vine.new

Congressman Emanuel Cleaver II stands in an elevator on the first floor of Kansas City, Missouri's City Hall on a dreary Wednesday afternoon. Cleaver, flanked by a security guard, is heading to the 26th floor, where the City Council is about to meet and discuss the prospect of an $18 million infusion to the historic 18th & Vine Jazz District...
The Pitch  |  Steve Vockrodt  |  01-14-2016  |  Policy Issues

Kansas City's Tax Dollars Not at Worknew

The Citadel Plaza shopping center was supposed to revive the inner city. Instead, it has leveled a neighborhood and left a contaminated mess. Now the developer wants more of our money.
The Pitch  |  Carolyn Szczepanski  |  01-08-2008  |  Policy Issues

Stop the Violence ... Laternew

The Kansas City Crime Commission's nonurgent effort to stop bloodshed enters its third year of planning -- meanwhile, the city is up to 31 homicides this year.
The Pitch  |  Peter Rugg  |  05-15-2007  |  Policy Issues

From High School Slut to Board of Education Anti-Evolutionistnew

In her tell-all autobiography, Connie Morris reveals that before she was an enemy of evolution, she was a black-haired siren -- frolicking in free love, drowning in drugs and enduring domestic violence before giving herself to Christ. But even Jesus couldn't tame her.
The Pitch  |  Justin Kendall  |  08-23-2005  |  Policy Issues

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