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Kansas City to cover rent and moving cost for displaced North Lawn tenants. Will they get to return?

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By Celisa Calacal Verified
| KCUR-FM (Kansas City, MO) Verified
Cricket Wheeler remembered receiving the sudden news; one Friday morning, a Kansas City Police officer knocked on the front door of his apartment and said he had to leave immediately. “We couldn't stay,” Wheeler said. Wheeler was one of 24 people who were relocated from two North Lawn apartment buildings without warning on Aug. 21, after a Kansas City task force determined the buildings were unsafe to live in.
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Kansas City shifts North Lawn repair plan to new landlord. Tenants worry about a temporary move

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By Celisa Calacal Verified
| KCUR-FM (Kansas City, MO) Verified
Three weeks after the Kansas City Council passed an emergency ordinance to fund and execute immediate repairs at the troubled North Lawn apartments, lawmakers on Thursday repealed and replaced it with a new order that could force residents to relocate so the complex’s new owner can complete long-awaited repairs.
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Trump's pick in new 5th District wins Missouri Republican primary to challenge Emanuel Cleaver II

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By Celisa Calacal Verified
| KCUR-FM (Kansas City, MO) Verified
Kansas City’s longtime Democratic U.S. representative, who is fighting to hold onto his seat in a newly redrawn district, now knows who he will face in November’s general election. Incumbent Rep. Emanual Cleaver II was the only Democrat running in the primary. On Tuesday, Republican voters selected Missouri State Sen. Rick Brattin as their candidate to unseat him. Brattin ran in a crowded Republican primary, beating Taylor Burks, Brad Patty, Brett Hueffmeier and Micah Beebe.
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