Kansas City ignored its own study — until it got sued

Kansas City consultants warned the city that its practice of racial and sex-based preferences in contracting faced serious legal issues, but the Council initially chose not to end the program. After a lawsuit was filed by Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway on July 22, new ordinances were introduced “to begin the process of reimagining” these business enterprise programs. However, the article notes that multiple proposed ordinances appear to be overlapping and competing options.