New Missouri Law Increases Kansas City Police Budget

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On Monday, Republican Missouri Governor Mike Parson signed a bill that will require the Kansas City Police Department (KCPD) to receive at least 25% of Kansas City’s general revenue per fiscal year. The bill came in response to an attempt by Democrat Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas and the city council to cut the police department’s budget by $42.3 million last year as part of the wider push by the Democratic party to “defund the police.” “When a majority of the City Council voted to strip $42 million from KCPD’s budget in 2021, I knew I had to do something

At Least 50 Illegal Immigrants Found Dead In Truck In San Antonio

Dozens of illegal immigrants were found dead in a semitruck in San Antonio on Monday, according to a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson. “The bodies of at least 46 people were initially found in the tractor-trailer in the sweltering Texas heat, officials said. Sixteen others, including four children, were hospitalized, San Antonio Fire Chief Charles Hood said,” NBC News reported. “On Tuesday morning, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said the death toll had risen to 50. He said 22 of the dead were Mexican nationals, while seven were from Guatemala and two from Honduras. The nationalities of the remaining 19

Biden Admin Targets Largest U.S. Oil-Producing Area Amid Record High Gas Prices

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As gas prices remain near record high levels, President Biden’s administration has decided to target the largest oil-producing area in the United States: the Permian basin, which is located in western Texas and southeastern New Mexico. According to a regulatory notice, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking to label parts of the Permian Basin as violating federal air quality standards for the ozone. “EPA is now considering a discretionary redesignation for (portions of) these counties in New Mexico and Texas for the 2015 ozone NAAQS under Clean Air Act section 107(d)(3) based on current monitoring data and other air

Russian Missile Hits Crowded Shopping Center In Ukraine

Putin prepares to strike back at Ukraine.

A Russian missile hit a shopping center in Kremenchuk, Ukraine, on Monday, killing at least 10 people and wounding dozens more. Around a thousand civilians were estimated to be in the building at the time of the strike. “The occupiers launched a missile strike at shopping center. There were more than a thousand civilians. The mall is on fire, rescuers are extinguishing fire, number of victims is unimaginable,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said. Video from inside of a burning shopping center in #Kremenchuk pic.twitter.com/WYy9C8TfMh — NEXTA (@nexta_tv) June 27, 2022 The shopping center had posed “no danger to the Russian

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