Lisa Rodriguez

News Director @kcur. Recovering @kcmo City Hall reporter/newscaster. IG: @tilirodriguez
| [email protected] | She/Her | Chile/KCMO |

[Gabe Rosenberg @GabrielJR]

"Sales taxes are the most regressive form of taxation, because poor people feel the burden more than the rich. But so far, that’s the only publicly financing option the team has put forward to underwrite a possible new Royals ballpark." @KCStar https://t.co/239nnTVlR7

[Kathleen Pointer @kathleenpointer]

spending the morning talking about how much we love @stevekraske! if you also love steve you should donate to @kcur https://t.co/TGQF4Vwb2d

[Lisa Rodriguez @larodrig]

@estherhonig @StoryCorps Congrats Esther!!

[Gabe Rosenberg @GabrielJR]

Some sad news: The MR340, the world's longest nonstop river race, had to end early because of awful storms along the route.

@savannahhawley reports that it's the first time this has ever happened. https://t.co/qvEUgyF4Zm

[Echlin Sports @GregEchlin]

New Zealand has already pulled off an upset win in the Women's World Cup & there's so much to come leading up to USA's match Friday night. #FIFAWWC #KCBABY #SportingKC
https://t.co/GAw7604U3I

[Celisa Calacal @celisa_mia]

Mayor Quinton Lucas and his office are seeking to revoke the business licenses and shut down the business of an illegal after-hours club, where a shooting took the lives of three people last month.

https://t.co/N5XvblsAYZ

[Steve Inskeep @NPRinskeep]

“I am not a pro-lifer. I am an abolitionist.”

— Activist Kevan Myers to @rosebconlon, who reports on a faction of the anti-abortion movement that favors “charging women who have abortions with murder,” and in some cases giving “the death penalty.”

[Lisa Rodriguez @larodrig]

@GabrielJR @celisa_mia @jspencebaker agree but also how many is enough

[Lisa Rodriguez @larodrig]

@h_rris it's rude, I think. like, oh okay, I have to work hard to feel good?

[sam zeff @samzeff]

NEW: @JacksonCountyMO legislators today passed a resolution saying they want to have another vote next November to tear down Andrew Jackson statues at the downtown and Independence courthouses. They'll have to approve an ordinance to actually do that. #kcmo

[sam zeff @samzeff]

BREAKING: @JacksonCountyMO Board of Equalization votes unanimously to extend property tax appeals to July 31. The deadline was Monday.

[sam zeff @samzeff]

NEW: @JacksonCountyMO Board of Equalization will meet in a special session today to consider extending the deadline for people to file reassessment appeals. The BOE has extended the deadline in the past.

[Lisa Rodriguez @larodrig]

@priskaneely @PMJATweets @SteveBisaha Hi @SteveBisaha! Congrats!

[JUVENILE @juviethegreat]

My Tiny Desk : https://t.co/mzyEjUmuLX

[Lisa Rodriguez @larodrig]

@KCURMichael holy shit

[Lisa Rodriguez @larodrig]

@h_rris me tooo

[Gabe Rosenberg @GabrielJR]

Kansas will revert the gender on drivers' licenses and birth certificates for transgender residents who legally had them changed. https://t.co/qiLsRsxR9V

[Brian Ellison @Ptsbrian]

Here are my unofficial totals of the unofficial results from all three voting jurisdictions (Platte, Clay and KC Election Board [Jackson]): Quinton Lucas is reelected mayor, 80% to 20% over Clay Chastain (who lives in Virginia). 1/x

[Celisa Calacal @celisa_mia]

It’s Election Day in Kansas City and the polls are now CLOSED. I’ll be monitoring election results all night. Hopefully in a few hours we’ll be able to say who will make up our 12-member city council for the next four years.

Follow this thread for updates 🧵

[Lisa Rodriguez @larodrig]

@GabrielJR This does suck