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Missouri Black Caucus Chairwoman | Kansas City Sports Roundup

KCUR | By Steve Kraske,
Danie Alexander, Chris Young
Published December 10, 2020 at 8:27 AM CST

Segment 1, beginning at 4:01: A state lawmaker from Kansas City is the new chairwoman of the Missouri Legislative Black Caucus.

Rep. Ashley Bland Manlove assumes the duties of the chairwoman at a pivotal time for race relations in the state. With violent crime setting record numbers in Kansas City, she believes that local control of the Kansas City Police Department will create equity and diversity within city law enforcement.

Segment 2, beginning at 30:40: Professional women's soccer is returning to Kansas City.

The National Women’s Soccer League announced Monday that the Utah Royals FC will move to Kansas City, Sporting KC's historic turnaround season comes to an end, and the Chiefs have secured a playoff birth for the 2020 season.

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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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Chris Young