The University of Missouri–Kansas City is a public research university in Kansas City,Missouri. UMKC is part of the University of Missouri System and has a medical school. For the 2023-2024 academic year,the university's enrollment was over 15,300 students. It is the largest university and third largest college in the Kansas City metropolitan area. It offers more than 125 degree programs over 11 academic units. It is classified among "R2:Doctoral Universities –High research activity".
Charles Bertan Wheeler Jr. was an American physician and politician who served as a Missouri state senator and as mayor of Kansas City,Missouri from 1971 to 1979,in addition to having held other elected offices.
Yvonne Delores Starks Wilson was a Democratic politician from Missouri. She was born in Kansas City,Missouri.
James Matthes Talent is an American politician who was a U.S. Senator from Missouri from 2002 to 2007. He is a Republican and resided in the St. Louis area while serving in elected office.
Janice Lenore Meyers was an American Republican party politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Kansas.
Jeannette Howard Foster was an American librarian,professor,poet,and researcher in the field of lesbian literature. She pioneered the study of popular fiction and ephemera in order to excavate both overt and covert lesbian themes. Her years of pioneering data collection culminated in her 1957 study Sex Variant Women in Literature,which has become a seminal resource in LGBT studies. Initially self-published by Foster via Vantage Press,it was photoduplicated and reissued in 1975 by Diana Press and reissued in 1985 by Naiad Press with updating additions and commentary by Barbara Grier.
The University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Law is the law school of the University of Missouri–Kansas City. It is located on the university's main campus in Kansas City,Missouri,near the Country Club Plaza.
Tim Van Zandt is a nurse,former accountant and former politician from the U.S. state of Missouri. A Democrat,he served eight years in the Missouri House of Representatives representing Kansas City and became the first openly gay member ever elected to the Missouri General Assembly.
Katheryn Shields is a Kansas City,Missouri Democratic Party politician who has served as the Kansas City councilwoman for the 4th district at-large since 2015. She previously served as Jackson County,Missouri County Executive from 1995 to 2006.
Jason David Kander is an American attorney,author,veteran,and politician. A Democrat,he served as the 39th secretary of state of Missouri,from 2013 to 2017. He had previously served as a member of the Missouri House of Representatives from 2009 to 2013. Before entering politics,he was an intelligence officer in the Army Reserve. He served in Afghanistan and achieved the rank of captain.
Jason O. Klumb was the Regional Administrator of The Heartland Region of the U.S. General Services Administration. Klumb was appointed to the lead GSA's Heartland Region by President Barack Obama in February 2010. He is currently an attorney/advisor in private practice,a PhD graduate,and a Colonel in the Missouri National Guard.
Lucile Harris Bluford was a famous journalist and opponent of segregation in America's education system,and after whom the Lucile H. Bluford Branch of the Kansas City Public Library is named.
The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Kansas were held on November 6,2018,to elect the four U.S. representatives from the state of Kansas,one from each of the state's four congressional districts.
The 2019 Kansas City mayoral election took place on June 18,2019,to elect the next mayor of Kansas City,Missouri. The election was held concurrently with various other local elections,and was officially nonpartisan.
Sharice Lynnette Davids is an American politician,attorney,and former mixed martial artist serving as the U.S. representative from Kansas's 3rd congressional district since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party,she represents a district that includes most of the Kansas side of the Kansas City metropolitan area,including Kansas City,Overland Park,Prairie Village,Leawood,Lenexa,and Olathe.
Quinton Donald Lucas is an American politician serving as the 55th mayor of Kansas City,Missouri. He was elected in 2019. A member of the Democratic Party,he is the city's third African-American mayor. Before his election,Lucas was a private practice lawyer,community leader,city council member,and a lecturer on law at Washington University. He was also a volunteer instructor at prisons in New York and Kansas,where he taught courses on constitutional law.
Mary Groves Bland was an American politician and advocate for mental health and health services who served in the Missouri House of Representatives from 1981 to 1998 and in the Missouri Senate from the 9th district from 1998 to 2005.
Mary Elizabeth Coleman is an American politician,attorney,and anti-abortion activist from Arnold,Missouri. She has served in the Missouri Senate since 2023,representing the 22nd district. Coleman was previously a state representative from 2019 to 2023 and a Arnold city councilwoman from 2013 to 2015.
Anthony J. “Tony”Luppino is an American attorney,legal scholar,and author. A law professor at the University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law since 1991,he is the Rubey M. Hulen Professor of Law and Urban Affairs,Director of Entrepreneurship Programs,and Senior Fellow with the UMKC Regnier Institute for Entrepreneurship &Innovation. He is particularly active in the areas of entrepreneurship and business law,and cross-disciplinary studies and programs connecting them.
