Thoughts on Mayor James and the expansion of the streetcar

Tony's Kansas City is frustrated that Mayor Sly James is talking about expanding the downtown streetcar.

Poll: Public supports universal background checks on guns

The Wichita Eagle Blog writes that a poll from CBS News/New York Times shows broad support for President Barack Obama's push for universal background checks on gun sales.

How tax exemptions might favor a given business

Show-Me Daily considers a bill in the Missouri House which would exempt personal training and yoga from a state entertainment tax.

Kansas school spending task force releases report on funding, teacher contracts

20 Pounds of Headlines notes that a new report from a task force formed by Gov. Sam Brownback looks at sending funding directly to schools and revising the contract negotiation process with teachers' unions.

KC should take a cue from Detroit on light rail

MO Rage believes that Kansas City can learn from Detroit's example on light rail. \

McCaskill celebrates four years on Twitter with Scalia hat joke

PoliticMo writes that U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill poked fun at Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's hat to mark her four-year anniversary on Twitter.

President Obama addresses climate change during inauguration

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch Political Fix writes that President Obama's comments on climate change during his inauguration speech were a surprise.