Kansas City Decries MAGA Cuts To DEI Infrastructure Cash

Another constituency cut off from federal money . . . Here's the word and public radio following up on our write-up from the morning . . .

"The city’s Civil Rights and Equal Opportunity office sets goals for all projects above a certain dollar amount to involve minority- and women-owned businesses. The new Kansas City International Airport terminal, for example, exceeded its goals of about 35% minority- and women-owned business participation in its construction.

"President Donald Trump’s executive orders targeting affirmative action and diversity efforts put the city’s major infrastructure projects in jeopardy because they include diversity goals or directly help historically marginalized Black and brown communities."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Kansas City was promised federal money for infrastructure projects. Trump's orders put that at risk

Several city projects that received federal funding are in limbo after a slew of executive orders targeting clean energy and diversity efforts.