Two major ballot measures head to Missouri Supreme Court
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This is Kansas City Today. I'm Noomin Uji Adin. Today is Monday, August 24th. Coming up, last week a Missouri judge declined to put two measures on the November ballot, even though they got hundreds of thousands of petition signatures. Next week, Missouri's Supreme Court will take up the cases, potentially having a major influence on the future of state politics. We'll take a closer look at those cases. But first, some headlines. Kansas City told residents of a troubled apartment complex in the North Indian Mound neighborhood to vacate Friday morning. Tenants of the North Lawn property say they had no prior warning. A spokeswoman for the city says property owner Sean Johnson is responsible for warning residents, and parts of the building had to be vacated to do electrical repairs.
The city stepped in after the building's previous landlord refused to make repairs for years, despite mold, a lack of heat, and other serious issues. Tenant organizers say the city initially promised that no one would have to leave their homes during repairs. The property owner and manager did not immediately respond. to a request for comment. Kansas City Council members passed a six hundred million dollar funding deal last week for a new baseball stadium at Crown Center, but the stadium isn't a done deal. Councilman Crispin Reya voted in favor of the plan. He says several big steps are still coming.
A very, very important one coming up, which will be a bulk of the conversation around the finances and that'll be uh whatever city support is on the table and and what that looks like. That'll be a big item coming before the city council.
The Kansas City Royals still need to submit their master development plan.
What was the judge’s decision on the two ballot measures and why does it matter?
Opponents of the deal say it was rushed and benefits the team's billionaire owner more than it does the city. They've called for the city to allow residents to vote on the deal. But Reya told KCUR he doesn't think the city is obligated to delay work on the stadium. The mother of a Missouri man killed by Lenexa police last year is now suing the city and the officers involved, Kyle Palmer reports.
Jose Enrique Cartagena Shacon, a 25 year old man from Grand View, was fatally shot while sitting in his car outside a Lanexa apartment complex in June 2025. Two officers had responded to a call about a man allegedly pointing a gun at another person, and they found Shacone asleep in his car with what they said appeared to be a gun on his lap. The object turned out to be a CO two powered pellet gun. The lawsuit alleges Shakone posed no threat to the officer. Officers, it also says Chacon could not speak English well and likely did not understand the commands for him to drop his pellet gun before officers shot him. Johnson County District Attorney Steve Howe declined to press charges against the two officers last year.
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On Wednesday, Cole County Judge Daniel Green sided with Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins in two cases where the Secretary declined to allow measures on the November ballot. One case is probably pretty familiar to our listeners at this point. The group People Not Politicians collected enough signatures to put the state's new congressional map up for a vote, and sued Hoskins when he didn't allow that measure on the ballot.
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