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German May attorney Quinton Lucas elected Kansas City mayor
Kansas City residents voted June 18 to elevate attorney and city councilmember Quinton Lucas to the mayor’s office. Lucas, 34, won 58.5 percent of the vote, with 39,216 votes cast in his favor, according to unofficial results from Jackson, Clay and Platte Counties. His opponent, Jolie Justus, 48, also an attorney and councilmember, received 41.4 […]
Kansas City voters elect Lucas as new mayor
A 34-year-old black man whose family was homeless at times during his childhood in Kansas City will become the city’s 55th mayor. Voters this week chose Quinton Lucas over fellow City Council member Jolie Justus in a mayoral runoff, according to unofficial results that showed him with a commanding lead. Lucas will assume office in […]
Kansas City voters elect Lucas as new mayor
A 34-year-old black man whose family was homeless at times during his childhood in Kansas City will become the city’s 55th mayor. Voters this week chose Quinton Lucas over fellow City Council member Jolie Justus in a mayoral runoff, according to unofficial results that showed him with a commanding lead. Lucas will assume office in […]
Two attorneys seek KC mayor’s office
Out of a field of 11 candidates, Jolie Justus and Quinton Lucas won the largest number of votes in the city’s primary election on April 2. They now move onto the June 18 general election.
KC Attorney Justus returns to mayoral race
Kansas City Councilwoman Jolie Justus is back in the city’s mayoral race. Justus, a former Missouri state senator, announced Wednesday that she’s returning to a race she left earlier this year when former Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander declared his candidacy. Kander announced last week that he was dropping out of the campaign to […]
KC Attorney Justus returns to mayoral race
Kansas City Councilwoman Jolie Justus is back in the city’s mayoral race. Justus, a former Missouri state senator, announced Wednesday that she’s returning to a race she left earlier this year when former Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander declared his candidacy. Kander announced last week that he was dropping out of the campaign to […]
Several factors motivate lawyers to do pro bono work
Pro bono (from pro bono publico, “for the public good”) may be spoken in a dead language, but it is very much a living concern for a large number of attorneys. Which begs the question: Why, in a profession that still bills largely by the hour, do lawyers agree to work for free?
Advocates, lawmakers focus on SIF insolvency
Dozens of people with work-related injuries converged on the Capitol last week to plead with lawmakers to find a way to salvage the Second Injury Fund, and there’s some interest from legislative leaders in trying to find a solution.
Plan repeal will be left to ballot, lawmaker says
The House Judiciary chairman expects the House next year won’t give floor time to an amendment to change the Nonpartisan Court Plan. Rep. Bryan Stevenson expects the fight to shift instead to an initiative petition drive. For the past two sessions, the full House spent time debating a proposed amendment to the court plan. This […]
Compilation of legal issues nears legislative consent
The House passed a wide-ranging judiciary bill on Wednesday that includes a controversial plan to convert drug court commissioners into associate circuit judges. But the bill’s sponsor says that provision will likely be taken out of the bill, as several senators have warned the section would sink the entire legislative package. House Judiciary Committee Chairman […]
Committee choice could decide fate of bill
The seemingly routine procedure of referring a bill to committee could have a sizable impact on the fate of legislation altering the state’s public defender system. Most notably, Sen. Jack Goodman’s bill codifies an administrative rule allowing the Public Defender Commission to implement a maximum caseload standard. The public defender commission already created an administrative [&hel[...]
Tenants deserve notice, rights groups say
Advocates for fair housing called on the Missouri General Assembly to pass legislation to give tenants notice of foreclosure proceedings against their landlords. Legislation introduced in the state Senate by Sen. Jolie Justus, D-Kansas City, would require lenders or trustees to give residential tenants at least 20 days’ notice of an impending foreclosure sale. Tenants […]
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