Kansas City Mayor Q & City Manager Seem Confident About Surviving MAGA Cuts

A great deal of KCMO funding for big projects comes from the feds.

In fact . . .

Federal bus money running out threatens upheaval for one of the Mayor's biggest pet projects. 

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Here's a quick look at local bluster and the nation looks elsewhere for cash . . . Check-it;

Kansas City is preparing its budget for the next fiscal year. And though the immediate threat of losing federal grants has been avoided, uncertainty about federal spending lingers.

But City Hall isn’t too nervous.

“The strength in current financial position places Kansas City in a position unlike many peer cities currently facing layoffs, hiring freezes, and reductions of services,” wrote Mayor Quinton Lucas and City Manager Brian Platt in this budget’s transmittal letter.

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Is Kansas City's budget safe from the White House's funding cuts?

Nonprofits and government agencies were scrambling last month when President Trump ordered a federal funding freeze. Now, Kansas City is trying to prepare its budget amid that uncertainty.