For years, president of the Hickman Mills C-1 School District Daron McGee dreamed of bringing a Boys & Girls Club to the Hickman Mills neighborhood to give kids in the
Missouri State Legislature
Missouri Rep. Barbara Washington filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy protection Thursday, citing $358,000 in debts, including more than $68,000 in delinquent federal income taxes and nearly $209,000 in student loans.
Washington, a Democrat, currently represents House District 23, which includes parts of Jackson County to the east and southeast of downtown Kansas City.
She’s set to become a state senator in January after winning the November race to fill the Senate District 9 seat vacated by Kiki Curls.
Washington told KCUR she took a pay cut to serve in the state’s part-time legislature and that her law practice has gone down “quite a bit” in the last few years.