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Missouri AG Challenges KC Diversity Programs | Boise News
Missouri’s Attorney General launches a bold lawsuit against Kansas City, claiming its race- and gender-based contracting programs violate the Constitution by unfairly disadvantaging white men. The suit challenges decades-old diversity initiatives, including a 2016 system targeting 14.7% for minority-owned and 14.4% for women-owned businesses — both must be locally based. Hanaway argues the city lacks sufficient proof to justify these measures and insists on a merit-based system. Mayor Quinton Lucas calls the move a political distraction, urging focus on urgent issues like trafficking and…
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