Jean Peters-Baker describes herself as tough but fair. Peters-Baker spoke at a reception in her honor on Thursday, three weeks after she was named to the county’s top legal job.

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 Jackson County Executive Mike Sanders on Monday introduced longtime Jackson County Circuit Judge Stephen Nixon as his pick to serve as the next county counselor. When Nixon assumes the post in January, he will be the first judge to ever ...

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Twenty-five years after they were mothballed, four floors of the Jackson County Courthouse might again house inmates, if only temporarily. Jackson County and Kansas City officials said Wednesday that they plan to consolidate their detention facilities. Moving city inmates into county facilities would save an estimated $1 million per year, officials said.

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