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By Yael T. Abouhalkah, The Kansas City Star

Pity the poor Funkhouser haters.

It seems Mayor Mark Funkhouser is leading a City Hall that continues to win with the public at the polls.

By Juanell Garrett, Midwest Voices Panelist 2008

I have a new favorite uncle. It's Uncle Jay of unclejayexplains.com. Here's how he describes his mission: "Uncle Jay thinks it’s really, really important for today’s news to be understood by today’s innocent, ignorant and immature minds. Also children."

By Steve Winn, Kansas City Star Editorial Board

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson’s plan to loosen financial regulation seems destined for a quiet death, but the administration does get special points for hubris on this one.

By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Board

The Gallup folks have the latest answer on whether the Jeremiah Wright controversy cost Barack Obama support from white Democratic voters in his race against Hillary Clinton. It's a big, fat NO.

By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Board

There he was Monday night: Ex-KU coach Roy Williams, proudly sporting a Jayhawk sticker on his sweater during the title game with Memphis on national TV.

By Barb Shelly, Kansas City Star Editorial Board

Emily Bazelon of Slate has an outstanding summary of the efforts by anti-abortion groups to get their hands on the medical records of patients who have had abortions at George Tiller's clinic in Wichita.

By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Board

People with positive goals and forward-looking attitudes help create a more vibrant metropolitan area.

Let’s see who’s in that category now — as well as who will have the chance to exhibit that leadership in coming weeks.

The “silent” money poured into a last-minute attempt to defeat the sales tax renewal for Kansas City’s bus system turned out to be wasted money.

Voters on Tuesday renewed the 3/8-cent tax despite a barrage of TV ads and automated phone calls opposing the measure.

The Missouri and Kansas legislatures continue to struggle with immigration issues, debating a mixture of sound and draconian measures.

Efforts to ensure that state subsidies and contracts do not benefit employers hiring illegal labor make sense.