When Citygarden opened this past Summer it was an instant hit. Kids especially loved the various places to get wet.
The splash fountain was packed with kids. Adults lined the edges watching as the kids had fun.
Even adults got into [...]
NBC Action News: Family May Sue Power & Light District
NBC Action News: P & L District Businesses Still Owe Money . . . Sorry, it's a matter of fact that discriminatory practices disguised by dress code policy doesn't pay the bills.' [...] 
I really want to rip on this local drinking club but they actually seem quite cool. They've managed to charm just about every reporter sent their way and the recent KC Tribune feature is no exception.' [...] 
Kansas City Blogger Zach Looks On The Bright Side: Kansas City #29 On List Of “U.S. Metros Least Touched by Recession” [...] 
Branson entertainment mogul Peter Herschend will hold a fundraiser for Billy Long's 7th District Congressional campaign next week. Herschend, co-owner of Herschend Family Entertainment, will hold a reception for Long in the Hilton Promenade on the Branson Landing next Thursday from 5:30-7:00 p.m, according to a [...] 
"Impresses The Hell Out Of People" GOP candidate for Auditor Tom Schweich picked up the endorsements of five State Senators Thursday, including Senate President Pro Tem Charlie Shields. "He impresses the hell out of people with his qualifications, his commitment to public service and his" [...] 
Sen. Claire McCaskill was one of nine Democratic lawmakers to sign a letter to President Obama Thursday that says other countries should take a larger role in dealing with climate change. "Poorly designed climate policies could jeopardize US national interests by imposing burdens on" [...] 
In case you hadn’t heard, the worst kept secret in Lawrence is now official.
Mark Mangino won’t be coaching the Jayhawks next season.
Well, he has a fat chance of coaching them.
Source [...] 
Rep. Roy Blunt
WASHINGTON — In the 2008 presidential election, Republican nominee John McCain narrowly won Missouri’s 11 electoral votes despite Democrat Barack Obama’s strength with African-American voters in the St. Louis and Kansas City areas.
While the African-American turnout in the 2010 midterm elections…
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Forsee
WASHINGTON — University of Missouri system president Gary Forsee stirred up a ruckus on campus when he waded into the global controversy of climate change two weeks ago by declaring his opposition to legislation pending in Congress.
“We have grave concerns,” Forsee wrote…
[...] Here's the gist of the letter that Kansas City Mayor Mark Funkhouser sent today to former City Manager Wayne Cauthen:
Dear Wayne:
On November 24, 2009, you had hand-delivered to the City Clerk your letter demanding the “name clearing” hearing before the City Council provided for in Section 218(e)(3)(B) of the [...]
I was very pleased with how this morning’s interview went with Charlie Brennan. I hope you’ll give it a listen.
It has been brought to my attention, however, that at least one person in a position of relative influence in the city of St. Louis was not pleased with what [...]
A new story from KY3's Dave Catanese has an fascinating quote from Speaker Ron Richard's spokesperson on why House leaders refused to allow a vote on autism legislation last year.
"Ron just didn't have the votes [last year]," said Richard spokeswoman Kristen Blanchard. "Publicly legislators were telling' [...]
As I wrote yesterday, school districts that give preference to local food suppliers incur significant costs. Processing crops obtained directly from nearby farms calls for more labor, or new equipment, or both:
Eric Cartwright, the executive chef of the MU’s Campus Dining Service, spoke about the problems with getting [...]
Sens. Charlie Shields, Brad Lager, Delbert Scott, Kurt Schaefer, and Bill Stouffer endorsed Tom Schweich for Auditor.
Cynthia Davis' proposed stem cell funding ban would cost the state millions of dollars in revenue and thousands of jobs.
The House of Representatives voted to stop the one-year break in 2010' [...]
Urban chickens are legal in Minneapolis. Legal, but regulated:
Those interested in keeping chickens in the city must apply for a permit and get approval from 80 percent of their neighbors within 100 feet of their property.
Just 120 people have the permits, although a chicken owner estimates that more than [...]
A moving company spent the better part of the day hauling Kay Barnes' stuff out of Briarcliff. See ya, Kay!
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JEFFERSON CITY | Watch out, bobwhite quail and three-toed box turtle — there may be a new state critter in Missouri next year.
State Rep. Jason Brown, a Platte City Republican, filed legislation this week to make the Newfoundland dog the official canine breed of Missouri.
The state game [...]
A few days ago, the Joplin Globe ran an editorial that discussed the micro issue of the relationship between Gov. Jay Nixon and Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder and the macro issue of the role of the lieutenant governor in Missouri government. It was a nice article, using a recent [...]
It isn't a big surprise -- but the Kansas City Council has officially endorsed an East Village location for a new $175 million federal office building in Kansas City.
That's bad news for supporters of the alternative site -- near the Berkley Riverfront Park. The Port Authority has pushed that option [...]
The Tribune reports this afternoon that U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, has responded to UM System President Gary Forsee's letter opposing federal clean energy and climate bill. It turns out that Forsee's calculations, put together by the Director of [...]
Orly Taitz, lawyer for Reps. Tim Jones and Cynthia Davis in their now-dismissed federal birther lawsuit, just won't quit:
In response to federal Judge David O. Carter’s earlier statement that he received affidavits from witnesses who said Taitz asked them to lie to the court, Taitz' [...]
By Bill Arthur
I have been a skeptic of the Global Warming (GW) theory - not because I refuse to believe it possible, but because I am old enough to remember its origin. I was a lot younger in the late 1970’s, just out of college, married, and beginning to farm. [...]
University of Missouri students, faculty and alumni joined together in Columbia this afternoon to rally for comprehensive clean energy and climate legislation outside of UM System President Gary Forsee’s University Hall office. A few photos:
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WDAF hosts today's most captivating headine: "Bloodied Man Carrying Sawed-Off Shotgun Found Wandering The Streets" [...] 
Jim Lembke
Skip Mange
The campaign for a sales tax for an emergency communications system in St. Louis County is not over although 67.74 percent of county voters approved a 0.1-cent sales tax for the system on Nov. 4.
State Sen. Jim Lembke,…
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I think I've linked this before but it's a great article from The Missouri Record and the best title for an online missive I've seen all year. [...] 
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - We’ve yet to see the first snowflake in Illinois this season, but the air is already thick with political campaign ads. Today, it’s Alexi Giannoulias, the third Democratic candidate for President Barack Obama’s former U.S. Senate seat…
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KCTV5: The Missouri Department of Conservation is reporting that the state's prairie chicken population may be rising. [...] 
Yesterday, hoping to get the jump on an already-scheduled series of announcements by Gov. Jay Nixon, Sen. Scott Rupp and Sen. Eric Schmitt, Speaker Ron Richard held a "hastily announced" conference call to express his support for autism insurance legislation, and specifically, for a bill [...]
The Government Accountability Office has issued a 180-page report on the operations of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division from 2001 to 2007.
For most of that time -- from 2003 to 2006 -- Brad Schlozman worked in that division, and was in fact acting head of the division [...]
The Chase Park Plaza
JEFFERSON CITY — The 23 Republicans who control the 34-member Missouri Senate will gather for a retreat starting Friday morning at the Chase Park Plaza in St. Louis.
The powers-that-be will meet at the Central West End landmark…
[...]Kansas will no longer conduct safety and health inspections of hotels thanks to cuts to the state budget.
According to the Associated Press, Kansas Agriculture Secretary Josh Svaty made the call after his agency lost $303,000 in another round of spending cuts announced last week.
The Ag Department licenses and inspects hotels throughout the state [...]
*Know Your Chicken*: From the farmyard to your fork - lots of ways to prepare a whole chicken
December 7 at 6:00pm at Local Harvest Cafe
Cost: $70
Class size: 8 students
Reservations required, call us at 314-772-8815
Here's what you'll make:
- Whole roasted rosemary chicken
- Chicken stock
' [...]
I could write this same post everyday.
Don’t hate yourself because, having tuned into the Tiger Woods drama and the Salahis comedy you’ve found that you can’t tune them out. And don’t blame CNN or TMZ or even the New York Times for making the yarns as [...]
JEFFERSON CITY - Gov. Jay Nixon wants insurers to cover $72,000 a year in “life-changing therapies” for the mounting number of autistic children in the state.
Flanked by a bipartisan group of legislators, Nixon held a press conference in his Capitol…
[...]This news should trouble every American.
Repeat this until it sinks in: American journalists have 1st Amendment rights because they are Americans, NOT because they are journalists.
That word “press” in the 1st Amendment does not refer to the profession of journalism as we understand it today. The word wasn’t even [...]
TOPEKA | State Rep. Jason Watkins, a Wichita Republican, announced he will step down from the Legislature Thursday.
He cited the time demands of the Legislature and said he needs to focus on his private business and family.
As vice chairman of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, Watkins has been a key [...]
Karla May
ST. LOUIS — Democrat Karla May lost her party’s nod to fill the vacancy left by state Rep. T.D. El-Amin, but that doesn’t mean she is out of the running.
Last month, Democratic ward leaders nominated attorney Hope Whitehead to take the…
[...]Thomson Reuters has conducted a huge survey of Americans attitudes towards health care reform and found that an eye-popping 57 percent of independents favor a public option -- with 60 percent of all those polled saying they favored the controversial provision...
On Roy Blunt's campaign website, his health care issues page includes the following line:
We must complete the work of ending denial of coverage due to a pre-existing condition.
This obviously sounds great, but when Blunt and the House GOP put together their health care plan this year, they refused prevent [...]
Can guilt really be a good thing when it comes to the choices we make, and can ethical — namely, “green” — behavior be a bad thing? George Monbiot recently wrote a post on Guardian News about green buying habits and their lingering effects on the moral psyche of [...]
Two state senators file bill for local control of St. Louis police
Palin's appeal is that she is not perfect
Time for student loan reform is now
Greg Musil will apparently not be entering the GOP Primary for the 3rd Congressional District in Kansas, a suggestion that the middle [...]
A really great story from KC Currents: "Local Soldier Reflects on Being Muslim in the Military" [...] 
The Star: Kansas City Council panel endorses contract for new public safety radios . . . The full council will vote today on the contract. [...] 
Earlier in the week I walked past the Eden Lofts at Chouteau & 18th. The name of the firm that designed the building was proudly carved into stone near the entry. It is a beautiful building, I’m sure they were proud.
This practice should be mandatory. You [...]
My favorite local example of privilege: People get fired everyday for saying stupid things but one Shawnee Mission Teacher backed up by student brats makes a civil rights case out of his stupidity. [...] 
Wright-Jones, left, and Keaveny
If St. Louis officials are to end more than a century of state control over the city’s police department, they will need a coordinated approach from their delegation in Jefferson City.
So far, that’s off to a wobbly…
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The Star reports that Adebayo Ogunmeno is not only a lawyer in Kansas City, Kan., but also a prince in the Yoruba tribe in southwest Nigeria and he could one day be king. [...] 
The JoCo SOB posts a 
KC Biz Journal: Burns & McDonnell 
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