Democrats face stacked odds in Kansas City's congressional races
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This is Kansas City Today. I'm No Meen Uji Adin. Today is Thursday, August 13th. Coming up, Missouri's congressional races this fall will feature some political newcomers and some veterans.
Emmanuel Cleaver's been around in Congress twenty years, been in Kansas C City politics for nearly fifty years, so he knows what he's doing and we'll see. But like I said, the the makeup of the district is gonna be a challenge to overcome.
We'll take a look ahead at the November election. But first, some headlines. A Kansas City Council Committee approved a plan earlier this week to host two more World Cups. Casey War's Savannah Holly Bates reports the full council will decide today whether to continue courting the men's rugby world cup and the FIFA Women's World Cup, both in 2031.
The legislation states the city's intent to provide funding and authorizes the Kansas City Manager to advance bids to be a host city. Jacob Hobbs is part of the union representing the Metro stage hands. He says the men's World Cup this summer brought two million dollars of wages and benefits for the union, but he wants more labor input before the next prospective tournaments.
We do want to progress with this. It's a massive impact towards our labor force that there is a little bit more of a stakeholders meeting with the labor forces.
World rugby has already chosen the Americas to host the 2031 tournament and is expected to choose host cities next spring. FIFA is expected to vote on its Women's World Cup host country this fall.
A Missouri judge has set a trial date in the latest legal battle over Missouri's new congressional map. He granted a request from national and state Republican organizations to delay the case. Anti-gerrymandering group People Not Politicians collected thousands of petition signatures to let voters decide on the new maps. The group sued Secretary of State Denny Hoskins because he's not yet allowed the issue on the November ballot. Mark Ellinger is an attorney representing the Secretary of State. He insists additional delays are not the goal.
I don't think anybody wants to stall. We need an answer to this question quickly. Whoever wins or loses, I mean I think it's pretty clear from the Supreme Court's letter that they anticipate an appeal from one side or the other.
The court has until September 8th to decide whether to put the referendum on the ballot. The Kansas City Council is set to end its minority and women-owned business enterprise program today. It's in response to a lawsuit from Missouri Attorney General Katherine Hanaway that alleges the program is racist and sexist and discriminates against white men. Mayor Quinton Lucas says the change is necessary because the city is under attack from conservative legal interest groups that take action against progressive laws.
They are interested in collecting hides of American cities. And frankly, I don't think the Attorney General of Missouri has anything else politically to do, it seems. She doesn't want to make Missouri safer. She does want to, I think, find ways to marginalize blacks, women, and others.
The city council plans to start a new small business program in its place. Council members say the city will continue to support minority and women owned businesses, despite outside pressure. The four largest school districts in Johnson County have taken a step toward suing Kansas over special education funding. Cape Mays has more.
The Blue Valley, Olatha, DeSoto, and Shawnee Mission School Districts say that Kansas has failed for 15 years to meet its legal obligation to fund special education. The districts hired the law firm Lathrop GPM to advise them on and evaluate the timing and strategy for a potential lawsuit against the state. This year, Kansas lawmakers would have needed to add an additional $225 million to the budget to fully fund special ed.
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