Kansas City, Missouri, residents weigh in on proposed city budget
Public weighs in on proposed Kansas City, Missouri, budget
and last updated 2021-02-27 19:42:16-05
KANSAS CITY, Mo. â The pandemic took a toll on Kansas City s budget and on Saturday, the public had a chance to voice concerns on the proposed budget for the up coming fiscal year.
Several dozen people gave their opinions in attempts to sway city council members minds.
Currently the city is looking at filling about a $70,000,000 hole, mostly due to the pandemic. One of if not the most challenging budgets that weâve ever had to put together in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, KCMO City Manager, Brian Platt said.
Local COVID-19 testing sites
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Truman Medical Centers: Regular testing hours are weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon. Both Truman Medical Centers sites – the Lakewood Campus at 7900 Lee’s Summit Road and the Hospital Hill site at 2301 Holmes Road. TMC will provide testing, but only for persons who are experiencing at least one COVID-19 symptom. For any person’s first COVID-19 test, there will be no charge. Please call 816-404-CARE (2273) before arriving at the testing location.
Jackson County Health Department: Call 816-404-6416 if you have any questions about your visit or need to reschedule. There will be NO cost for this testing.
Polar Bears as Patients: Caring for Animals at Henry Vilas Zoo Posted on
Berit is relaxed and enjoys snacking on romaine lettuce. Bo is rambunctious and would rather eat lard.
The pair of polar bears, age 22 and 2, respectively, reside at Dane County’s Henry Vilas Zoo in the award-winning Arctic Passage exhibit. The two love snuggling and tally a combined weight of nearly 1,400 pounds. They’ve been together since January after Bo, short for Borealis, arrived from the Toledo Zoo.
Thurber
“I am so lucky to get to work with such wonderful polar bears,” says Mary Thurber DVM’14, the primary veterinarian at Henry Vilas Zoo. Thurber is a clinical instructor of zoological medicine at the UW School of Veterinary Medicine and a board-certified diplomate of the American College of Zoological Medicine.
Wildlife photographers and pet owners have captured animals at their grumpiest for this hilarious gallery.
From all over the world. these cats, hares, gorillas, hippos and birds were not ready for their close-ups.
One snap showed an angry, angry hippo walking in South Luangwa National Park in Zambia as a flock of oxpeckers firmly holding on to his back.
Meanwhile, a gorilla at Bristol Zoo brazenly gave a photographer the middle finger to show he was not in the mood for snaps.
Private pet owners also shared pictures of their pouting pets, including a miserable-looking moggy cat who ruined his owner s pregnancy agreement by being a real sour puss in the pictures.