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Google network also coming to Missouri’s Kansas City

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

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Not to be left out, officials for Kansas City, Mo., announced Google also has selected their city for its ultra high-speed broadband network.

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Ordinance moves Polsinelli Plaza plan forward

Thursday, March 17, 2011

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An ordinance that could allow law firm Polsinelli Shughart to get a new headquarters on Kansas City’s Country Club Plaza is headed for an April 6 hearing.

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Judge weighs candidate’s residency

Friday, February 18, 2011

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A morning hearing picking apart where a City Council candidate in Kansas City really lives continues into the afternoon as the clock ticks closer to Tuesday’s primary election.

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Attorney wants KC to stop mulling appeal, give him $200,000 in fees

Monday, February 7, 2011

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Attorney Mark Jess is trying to stave off an appeal of a recent $2.6 million verdict against the city of Kansas City with a time-sensitive settlement proposal.

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Jackson County to sue K.C. over TIF commission

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

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Jackson County officials announced their intention to sue the city of Kansas City over the makeup of its TIF commission. Jackson County Executive Mike Sanders said at a press conference today that Kansas  City is not allowing representatives of the county and other local taxing entities to participate in the process as allowed by state [...]

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KC terminal operator sues city over airport competition

Monday, November 30, 2009

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A longtime terminal operator at Kansas City’s municipal airport is suing the city for allegedly concealing incoming competition. Executive Beechcraft, which runs the largest terminal at the Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport, previously leased the property that James Stowers is proposing as the site for a roughly $10 million full-service executive terminal and hangar facility. [...]

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Suit against KC mayor settles as trial looms

Thursday, July 23, 2009

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What was expected to be the trial of the year has become a decent-sized settlement. The Kansas City Council voted today to settle former employee Ruth Bates’ suit against the city and Mayor Mark Funkhouser for $550,000. The vote was 7-3, with the mayor abstaining. The settlement ends the long-running lawsuit a day before jury [...]

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Attorneys urged to give to skywalk memorial

Thursday, July 16, 2009

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Friday marks the 28th anniversary of the Hyatt Regency Hotel skywalk collapse on July 17, 1981, in Kansas City. At a news conference Thursday, Dallas attorney John Sullivan, who lost his mother in the disaster, urged all attorneys – especially those who participated in the numerous lawsuits the disaster spawned – to give generously to [...]

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Court upholds KC’s smoking ban

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

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Kansas City’s ban on smoking in public places doesn’t violate state statute, the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District ruled this morning. The smoking ordinance, enacted last year, bans smoking in most public places, including bars, restaurants, theaters, bowling alleys and other establishments in Kansas City. An employee at JC’s Sports Bar was fined under [...]

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Appeals court OKs light rail repeal

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

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An appeals court has denied a constitutional challenge to the Kansas City Council’s controversial repeal of a voter-passed light-rail initiative. Light-rail activist Clay Chastain had sued Kansas City after the City Council voted in November 2007 to repeal a light-rail plan passed a year earlier. The voters had enacted an ordinance that extended the city’s [...]

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