Missouri Supreme Court strikes down 2022 vote on Kansas City police funding
The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday took the unusual step of striking down a 2022 voter-approved constitutional amendment that required Kansas City to spend a larger percentage of its money on the police department, and ordered that the issue go back before voters in November.
The ruling overturns a ballot measure approved by 63% of voters in November 2022. It required the city to spend 25% of general revenue on police, up from the previous 20% requirement.
Democratic Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas filed suit in 2023, alleging that voters were misled because the ballot language used false financial estimates in the fiscal note summary.
The lawsuit stated that Kansas City leaders had informed state officials prior to the November 2022 election that the ballot measure would cost the city nearly $39 million and require cuts in other services. But the fiscal note summary stated that “local governmental entities estimate no additional costs or savings related to this proposal.”
Related articles
Celebrity birthdays for the week of May 26
Celebrity birthdays for the week of May 26-June 1:May 26: Sportscaster Brent Musburger is 85. Drumme2024-05-21- European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a press conference, on the day of a2024-05-21
Bangladesh PM Hasina wins reelection
A man reads a newspaper the morning after the Awami League won the general election in Dhaka on Mond2024-05-21Biden sanctions Israeli settlers accused of attacking Palestinians and peace activists in West Bank
This file photo shows US President Joe Biden looking on as he speaks to the media, before departing2024-05-21What a blast to work at NASA. Space agency is sky
WASHINGTON (AP) — Exploring the cosmos makes for happy employees, federal workers like to work from2024-05-21US, Arab states at odds on truce
People inspect the rubble of buildings destroyed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City on Saturday.Airs2024-05-21
atest comment