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Seg. 1: Library Tax & County Charter Ballot Questions. Seg. 2: Kansas Cities Mull LGBTQ Protections.

KCUR | By Steve Kraske,
Danie Alexander
Published October 25, 2018 at 3:02 PM CDT
Mission City Council member Sollie Flora introduced a nondiscrimination ordinance there, seeking to protect members of the LGBTQ community.
Luke X. Martin
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KCUR 89.3
Mission City Council member Sollie Flora introduced a nondiscrimination ordinance there, seeking to protect members of the LGBTQ community.

Segment 1: Voters to decide on increasing funds for public library system and amendments to Jackson County Charter.

Ballots in Jackson County on Nov. 6 will be packed with issues. Today, we discussed eight of the questions before voters, seven of which deal with how county legislators, and the executive and prosecutor operate. First, though, we take up a levy proposal that would increase the budget for the Kansas City Public Library.

Segment 2, beginning at 22:58: Johnson County cities consider laws prohibiting discrimination against members of the LGBTQ community.

A number of municipalities in northeast Johnson County, Kansas, have adopted or are considering nondiscrimination ordinances to protect community members on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. Supporters of the measures explained why they are needed, and an opponent voiced reasons for not putting these laws on the books.

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Steve Kraske
Steve Kraske is an associate teaching professor of journalism at UMKC, a political columnist for The Kansas City Star and has hosted "Up to Date" since 2002. He worked as the full-time political correspondent for The Star from 1994-2013 covering national, state and local campaigns. He also has covered the statehouses in Topeka and Jefferson City.
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Danie Alexander
Danette (Danie) Alexander first came to KCUR in 2007 as an intern for Up to Date after completing her B.A. in Communications at the University of Missouri – Kansas City. After her KCUR internship was completed, Danie continued to spend her mornings assisting senior producer Stephen Steigman as a volunteer with the show. Her radio experience also includes stints with public radio's New Letters on the Air as a broadcast engineer and on local public radio as host of a weekly overnight call-in show.
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