The Secretary of State’s office has approved the first electronic voting system for use in Missouri. The AccuPoll machine features includes a touch screen, ADA accessibility, and most importantly a printed receipt so voters can verify that they ballot was successfully and accurately cast.
Southeast Missourian: State approves AccuPoll’s new voting machine.

One of the city’s best journalists is back on the scene and blogging. Dave Helling is the former political reporter and anchor at KCTV 5 whose journalistic reputation was starting to take a hit by that station’s slide into sleaze TV. After Joe Miller, Helling is only the second “mainstream” KC journalist to [...]

Missouri may be the first state to be proved to have executed an innocent man. CNN, The Star, and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch both report on the re-opening of the Larry Griffin case. The NAACP has issued a report arguing that Griffin was probably innocent, and the prosecutor has re-opened the case. [...]

Former KCK/Wyco Mayor and school teacher Carol Marinovich is going into the private sector. She has joined the KCMO office of the Fleishman-Hillard advertising agency. Looks like a smart move for Fleishman to hire the metro’s most popular politician after their local reputation was damaged in last year’s bitter arena fight.

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July 18, 2005 | 1 Comment

Daily KC is a new media and news blog… dailykc.com. Looks promising.

The Biz Journal and The Star report that the on again, off again demolition of the historic but vacant Empire Theater appears to be permanently off. AMC Theatres is joining with the Power & Light District to renovate the building into a six-screen movie theater featuring art flicks and independent films. Also included [...]

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