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"Sales taxes are the most regressive form of taxation, because poor people feel the burden more than the rich. But so far, that’s the only publicly financing option the team has put forward to underwrite a possible new Royals ballpark." @KCStar #storylink=cpy" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">kansascity.com/article2802217…

spending the morning talking about how much we love @stevekraske! if you also love steve you should donate to @kcur kcur.org/donate-to-kcur…

@estherhonig @StoryCorps Congrats Esther!!

It’s time for some personal news 🤠🗞️ … As some of you know, I spent the last year working as a temporary producer for @StoryCorps. I’m excited to announce that I’ll be filling that role permanently.

Some sad news: The MR340, the world's longest nonstop river race, had to end early because of awful storms along the route. @savannahhawley reports that it's the first time this has ever happened. kcur.org/news/2023-08-0…

New Zealand has already pulled off an upset win in the Women's World Cup & there's so much to come leading up to USA's match Friday night. #FIFAWWC #KCBABY #SportingKC kcur.org/sports/2023-07…

Mayor Quinton Lucas and his office are seeking to revoke the business licenses and shut down the business of an illegal after-hours club, where a shooting took the lives of three people last month. kcur.org/news/2023-07-1…

“I am not a pro-lifer. I am an abolitionist.” — Activist Kevan Myers to @rosebconlon, who reports on a faction of the anti-abortion movement that favors “charging women who have abortions with murder,” and in some cases giving “the death penalty.”

@GabrielJR @celisa_mia @jspencebaker agree but also how many is enough

@celisa_mia @jspencebaker yeah I'm into Pizza Tascio, it also feels an important NY style slice hole.

@h_rris it's rude, I think. like, oh okay, I have to work hard to feel good?

It’s almost comical how good you feel after working out. Like huh maybe all that advice about moving your body WAS right after all

NEW: @JacksonCountyMO legislators today passed a resolution saying they want to have another vote next November to tear down Andrew Jackson statues at the downtown and Independence courthouses. They'll have to approve an ordinance to actually do that. #kcmo

BREAKING: @JacksonCountyMO Board of Equalization votes unanimously to extend property tax appeals to July 31. The deadline was Monday.

NEW: @JacksonCountyMO Board of Equalization will meet in a special session today to consider extending the deadline for people to file reassessment appeals. The BOE has extended the deadline in the past.

@priskaneely @PMJATweets @SteveBisaha Hi @SteveBisaha! Congrats!

The awards plaque arrived in the mail, @PMJATweets! Very proud of @SteveBisaha and the Gulf States Newsroom for taking home the second place prize for Nationally Edited News Coverage npr.org/2022/02/26/108…

My Tiny Desk : youtu.be/kes2P4IC2bQ

@KCURMichael holy shit

Today’s special at Mudbug Cajun Po’ Boys: CAJUN DUSTED JUMBO SEA SCALLOPS Black And Bleu Style Served over lemon pepper slaw Topped with a Gorgonzola cream sauce And garnished with blue lump crab You would think it would be pretty amazing. And you would be correct.

@h_rris me tooo

The joy this is bringing me rn is crazy youtube.com/watch?v=kes2P4…

Kansas will revert the gender on drivers' licenses and birth certificates for transgender residents who legally had them changed. kcur.org/2023-06-26/kob…

Here are my unofficial totals of the unofficial results from all three voting jurisdictions (Platte, Clay and KC Election Board [Jackson]): Quinton Lucas is reelected mayor, 80% to 20% over Clay Chastain (who lives in Virginia). 1/x

It’s Election Day in Kansas City and the polls are now CLOSED. I’ll be monitoring election results all night. Hopefully in a few hours we’ll be able to say who will make up our 12-member city council for the next four years. Follow this thread for updates 🧵

@GabrielJR This does suck

Well this sucks.