Mike Hendricks
News Reporter at Kansas City Star
Kansas City Star reporter and lard-butt bicyclist. I'm left handed and pro dog. Find me also at https://t.co/TLec5Ay5P9
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2 days ago |
firerescue1.com | Mike Hendricks
By Mike HendricksThe Kansas City StarKANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City firefighter responsible for the deaths of three people in a December 2021 traffic crash in Westport that cost taxpayers more than $3 million in damages could receive $915,000 from the city to settle a grievance case filed on his behalf by his union.
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2 days ago |
kansascity.com | Mike Hendricks
This spring a jury determined that former Kansas City Manager Brian Platt sidelined the city's communications directors for being unwilling to stretch the truth. Now the cost of that decision is about to go up 50%, if the City Council approves a proposed settlement in the Chris Hernandez case. Final price tag for the city's taxpayers: $1.4 million.
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6 days ago |
firehouse.com | Mike Hendricks
The Kansas City firefighter responsible for the deaths of three people in a December 2021 traffic crash in Westport that cost taxpayers more than $3 million in damages could receive $915,000 from the city to settle a grievance case filed on his behalf by his union.
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6 days ago |
yahoo.com | Mike Hendricks
Mario Vasquez is Kansas City’s new city manager, overseeing a workforce of more than 4,000 and virtually every city service from the water and fire departments, the city’s convention center, street maintenance and real estate development regulations and planning. Mayor Quinton Lucas announced his choice after an hour-long closed meeting on Thursday. The City Council then approved it by a vote of 11 to 2, awarding Vasquez an annual salary of $265,000.
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6 days ago |
yahoo.com | Mike Hendricks
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