Among other issues, the Kansas City mayoral debate (pictured left) focused on what the city can do to compete with Kansas economic incentives that are raiding Missouri-side businesses and possible consequences of eliminating the city’s earnings taxes.

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One of Jackson County’s most anticipated trials of 2009 was expected to begin in July. But cooler heads prevailed and reached an anti-climactic settlement the day before opening arguments were scheduled. The Kansas City Council voted 7-3 to settle former ...

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Attorneys are starting to line up for the Kansas City mayor's office. More than 16 months away from the election, two area lawyers are looking to unseat Mayor Mark Funkhouser.

Mike Burke (pictured) is the most recent to put in a mayoral bid for the February 2011 election, and Sly James, of the Sly James Law Firm in Kansas City, has been raising money for his campaign all year.

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One of Jackson County’s most anticipated trials of the year was expected to begin today. But as so often happens in civil cases, cooler heads prevailed and reached a settlement. The Kansas City Council voted 7-3 last week to settle ...

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