If Detroit is following Kansas City's lead on a consistently money losing project in hopes of urban renewal . . . The Great Recession is certainly going to last a lot longer than anybody anticipated. [...] 
If Detroit is following Kansas City's lead on a consistently money losing project in hopes of urban renewal . . . The Great Recession is certainly going to last a lot longer than anybody anticipated. [...] 
TOPEKA | More cuts to schools, roads and state programs were announced Monday by Gov. Mark Parkinson, the latest reductions designed to shore up the state’s recession racked budget.
“This is the most challenging budget time in Kansas history,” Parkinson said before announcing $258 million in budget cuts and adjustments.
Here are [...]
Harsh Times For The Middle-Class create JoCo Holiday Handouts: Hundreds of Needy Johnson County Residents to be Served Free Thanksgiving Eve Meal [...] 
It's a Tuesday, which means it's a great day for a Republican to call for sweeping tax cuts. Ed Martin takes his turn today:
If a one-time $600 tax break per person boosted economic growth over 3% – during a recession! — just imagine what our economy [...]
NBC Action News reports from Claycomo: The UAW Local 249 is asking members to vote in favor of a strike authorization. Voting is taking place between 4 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. [...] 
WDAF report on the rumor of (bad) jobs and the desperate people who want them: KC Soap Maker Swamped with Resumes [...] Abortion could be the issue that stalls health care reform
Video: New ad pushes for energy independence
Video: Nixon not offering predictions on unemployment, recession
A critique of how the Parents as Teachers program as a "middle-class entitlement," a comparison of the net worth of members of [...]
Gov. Jay Nixon made no predictions about when Missouri's unemployment rate would drop and said it was "very, very difficult" to determine when the state would climb out of a recession.
Nixon also made the case that Missouri has been able to manage the recession better than other states and' [...]
KMBC: "While the recession is supposed to be over, the unemployment rate has broken through the double-digit 10.2% barrier in October." [...] WASHINGTON (AP) — The unemployment rate has surpassed 10 percent for the first time since 1983 — and is likely to go higher.
Nearly 16 million people can’t find jobs even though the worst recession since the Great Depression has apparently ended. Many economists worry that persistently high unemployment could undermine [...]
Keep on dreaming that the recession is ending . . . A utility help give away brought out so many people that police had to start giving fines. [...] Brazil-Roe libel hearing set for Dec. 18
Tax credits for filmmakers are not a winning strategy
Strong reactions to the Democrats health care plan in the U.S. House, polarized opinions of President Barack Obama's decision to pay his respects to fallen soldiers at Dover Air Force [...]
