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Las escuelas públicas de Kansas City están considerando la posibilidad de cerrar cerca de 10 escuelas, debido al envejecimiento de los edificios y a la disminución en sus inscripciones. Pero las familias se han opuesto al plan, y algunas dicen que si su escuela cierra no mantendrán a sus hijos en el distrito.
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Missouri's state treasury has a large surplus after 28 months of double-digit revenue growth and federal payments tied to COVID-19 relief and recovery. The extra money should help smooth any economic downturn while also allowing for new spending initiatives.
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The raises, paid for by a tax levy approved in August, will take the district from the lowest salaries in the metropolitan area to the highest.
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After evacuating New Orleans because of Hurricane Katrina, Jamie Johnson rebuilt her life in Missouri. Now she wants to do "the most good that I can."
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The Democratic candidate for Missouri's District 34 Senate seat opposes the special session for tax cuts when lawmakers should be looking at "what our government should be doing for us."
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The budget includes raising the minimum pay for teachers, fully funding the state’s Medicaid program, including its expansion population, and income tax credits, as well as close to $3 billion in federal funding for projects across the state.
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Two years into the COVID pandemic, students aren’t returning to public school in droves. So Kansas districts are starting budget talks with pared-down enrollment numbers and tightened belts.
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The lawsuit says the much-publicized petition to "Start Slavery Again" all began as private bantering between a biracial student and a Black student on the football team, which eventually found its way onto social media and touched off a media firestorm.
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A Jackson County program is awarding nearly $1.5 million to local agencies to support domestic violence victims and boost youth employment.
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Conservatives flexed the strength of their legislative supermajority, but they failed to override Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly on some key issues.
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Michelle Hubbard says working parents need the flexibility of virtual meetings with their kids' teachers.
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The middle of a pandemic is a tough time to ask taxpayers for more money. But Shawnee Mission is dealing with a crisis of teacher morale and aging buildings in need of maintenance.