The bond plan calls for building new elementary schools, major renovations and reopening Southwest High School as a middle school.
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What you need to know about the Lee’s Summit school bond on the ballot April 8
The district says a $225 million bond won’t increase the tax rate. Here’s how it would be used.
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Q&A: These Raytown school board candidates want your vote April 8
Candidates want to see teachers paid more, but are split on nearly every other issue.
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Voter guide: Candidates for the Hickman Mills school board explain their priorities
Candidates answer questions about high-profile education issues and how they think the board can improve.
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Where North Kansas City school board candidates stand on the issues
The candidates answered questions about immigration enforcement, technology and transgender students.
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These candidates want to be on the Lee’s Summit school board for the next 3 years
All candidates responded to questions about teacher pay, immigration enforcement in schools and the bond issue on the April 8 ballot.
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Meet the Kansas City Public Schools board candidates for the April 2025 election
All seven candidates support the district’s bond issue, but they have differing views on how well the district tackles sensitive topics in the classroom.
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From swing state to red state: A peek below the surface of county results in Missouri
An analysis of Missouri election results shows a steady shift to Republicans, including smaller movement in urban Democratic strongholds.
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Kansas Republicans gain even more control over abortion, taxes and transgender rights
Kansas Republicans have an even tighter grip on state politics after dominating in local legislative elections. Republicans expanded their supermajority in the state Legislature in Tuesday’s elections. Democrats failed to unseat Republicans in the Kansas City suburbs and lost key races in Hutchinson, Leavenworth and Manhattan. Democrats had seen this cycle as their best chance […]
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Amendment 5 results: Missouri voters reject casino at the Lake of the Ozarks
Missouri voters rejected Amendment 5 on Tuesday, which would have amended the state constitution to allow a casino to be built at the Lake of the Ozarks. The measure failed to reach the simple majority needed to pass, with 47.6 of Missouri voters giving their approval according to unofficial results. The measure would have amended […]