For Immediate Release September 20, 2007 Contact: Sam Page Phone: 314-989-9939 Sam Page, Democratic candidate for Missouri Lieutenant Governor, today announced that he has received the endorsement of 16 Kansas City area State Representatives. “Sam has been one of our strongest voices in the Missouri House of Representatives,” said Paul LeVota (D-Independence), “Sam leads us […]

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  Orlin Wagner STF KANSAS CITY, Mo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Kansas City Marriott Downtown THE VICE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much, Sam, for the warm welcome. It’s almost enough to make me want to run for office again. (Laughter.) I said, “almost.” (Laughter.) But I’m delighted to be here today and I want to thank Sam for […]

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No Child Left Behind Act and Missouri Education Funding Formula Discussed Dr. Marge Williams says “public education is under attack” in a new interview with Mike Ferguson. She feels the current assessment system set up under the No Child Left Behind Act is unfair and does not give government and parents an accurate look at […]

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The Pitch: By David Martin A few weeks ago, Kansas City, Missouri’s City Council let a piddly $36,000 contract with an engineering company bloat all the way up to $22 million. (You read that right: three additional zeroes.) That same day, the council held up a nonprofit group’s measly $125,000 funding request. Care to guess […]

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University News “culture editor” Jessie Burche, certainly has been a good friend to the campus’ LBGT community. For those of you not up to speed, LBGT stands for lesbian, bi-sexual, gay, and transgendered. Mr. Burche informed us three weeks ago that the University of Missouri-Kansas City was declared by The Advocate College Guide for LGBT […]

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By DeANN SMITH, DAVE HELLING and LYNN HORSLEY Frances Semler said Thursday she’s feeling pressure that the city could lose two national conventions unless she resigns from the parks board. And she was shaken by a local group that showed up at her doorstep Wednesday. But, she said, “I don’t intend to resign.” Mayor Mark […]

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, August 22, 2007 Contact: Jessica Robinson, 573-751-0290 KANSAS CITY – Gov. Matt Blunt today addressed the VFW National Convention and honored our military veterans who represent the best our country has to offer. The governor also discussed his efforts to enact legislation to assist Missouri veterans and their families. “Our veterans […]

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“Missouri Viewpoints”, a new program dedicated to promoting a civil, informative discussion of the social, political and economic issues that affect our state, will make its debut taping tomorrow. If you’re in the area, stop by and give Mike your support! August 16th, 2007Contact: Mike Ferguson (cell – 816.668.9495). (Grandview) – Grandview’s Hard Bean Cafe […]

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“The school districts within Kansas City’s borders get to vote on projects when they come before the TIF Commission. But for the past eight years, the schools and other taxing agencies were always outnumbered by appointees of Kay Barnes, a mayor who seemed to think that developers and their attorneys walked on water and healed […]

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From K.C. Blue Blog: In recent weeks there has been another attempt to divert reality in the other direction when it comes to the Funkhouser Administration. Much like in the past, this time it lands yet again in the minority communities. The ‘Swift Boating’ claim is that criticism of Mayor Funkhouser isn’t out of disgust […]

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