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Celisa Calacal

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Sep 15, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Celisa Calacal

    Kansas City makes its largest affordable housing fund investment. Here's where it'll go (opens the original)

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    The restoration of a century-old hotel, a shelter for families experiencing homelessness, and renovations to an affordable housing complex — these are just some of the projects that received money from Kansas City’s Housing Trust Fund this summer, after City Council approved $16.4 million to help fund 16 projects across the city. The allocation is the largest round of funding the program has ever received, Mary Owens, deputy director for the city’s Housing and Community Development department, t

  2. Article · Sep 5, 2026 · Celisa Calacal

    Missouri map ruling gives Cleaver easier reelection path and Democrats better shot in midterms (opens the original)

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    Longtime Kansas City Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II may keep his seat after all, following the Missouri Supreme Court’s decision to nix a new congressional map written for this November’s election that carved up Kansas City to make Cleaver’s seat harder for Democrats to win. The court ruled that the Missouri Constitution does not stop voters from weighing in on a redistricting map, which Secretary of State Denny Hoskins initially blocked from appearing on the November ballot. It also means this fall’s

  3. Article · Aug 31, 2026 · Celisa Calacal

    Kansas City to cover rent and moving cost for displaced North Lawn tenants (opens the original)

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    Cricket Wheeler remembered receiving the sudden news; one Friday morning, a Kansas City Police officer knocked on the front door of his apartment and said he had to leave immediately. Wheeler was one of 24 people who were relocated from two North Lawn apartment buildings without warning on Aug. 21, after a Kansas City task force determined the buildings were unsafe to live in. Residents had to leave the structures so electrical repairs could begin, according to a city spokesperson. But Wheeler s

  4. Article · Aug 17, 2026 · Celisa Calacal

    Kansas City shifts North Lawn repair plan to new landlord, but tenants may have to move out (opens the original)

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    Three weeks after the Kansas City Council passed an emergency ordinance to fund and execute immediate repairs at the troubled North Lawn apartments, lawmakers on Thursday repealed and replaced it with a new order that could force residents to relocate so the complex’s new owner can complete long-awaited repairs. The city council’s new ordinance still appropriates $500,000 from the Housing Trust Fund, but outlines that such an agreement would allocate that money to providing relocation assistance

  5. Article · Aug 5, 2026 · Celisa Calacal

    Trump's pick in new 5th District wins Missouri Republican primary to challenge Emanuel Cleaver II (opens the original)

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    Kansas City’s longtime Democratic U.S. representative, who is fighting to hold onto his seat in a newly redrawn district, now knows who he will face in November’s general election. Incumbent Rep. Emanual Cleaver II was the only Democrat running in the primary. On Tuesday, Republican voters selected Missouri State Sen. Rick Brattin as their candidate to unseat him. Brattin ran in a crowded Republican primary, beating Taylor Burks, Brad Patty, Brett Hueffmeier and Micah Beebe. Brattin received 44%

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