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                  Labor Day rally against redistricting draws crowd days before special sessionA crowd of over 1,000 city workers, unions and local allies swelled Mill Creek Park on the County Club Plaza to protest Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe’s redistricting efforts in a Labor Day rally Monday.  Kansas City-area Catholic churches, parishioners, discuss more security, prayerTwo children were killed and 17 others were injured in a mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis on Wednesday.  Law enforcement community honors slain KCKPD Officer Hunter SimoncicKansas City, Kansas, mourns Hunter Simoncic, another fallen officer in the span of a month. It's been 30 days since Wyandotte County Sheriff Deputy Elijah Ming was killed in the line of duty.  Teachers Like Me continues to grow, bringing more diversity into classroomsTeachers Like Me, a Kansas City program working to address teacher diversity in the metro, has grown since it started in 2019.  Diapers, period products will soon be exempt from sales tax in MissouriThe National Diaper Bank Network said infants need up to 12 diapers per day, at $80 to $100 or more per month. Alliance for Period Products said two in five people struggle to purchase products.  Dozens of young women visit Kansas City for baseball, softball development campThis summer has been huge for women's baseball and softball as the spotlight on both continues to grow.
 
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