Last week, National Public Radio ran an excellent news story on the effect of suspending driver’s licenses on the poor. “How Driver’s License Suspensions Unfairly Target The Poor” discusses how driver’s often get their licenses suspended due to failure to pay a court cost or fine, or another relatively minor offense, which can result in the… Read more »
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What President Obama’s Expansion of DACA Means for You
President Obama proposed his plan for an executive action to bring millions of undocumented individuals out of the shadows. Here are a few of the changes we can look forward to: Temporary Work Visas for: Parents of U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident Children who -Have been in the United States for Five years… Read more »
We’ve moved!
We are happy to announce our move to Westport. Come see us at: 4051 Broadway, Suite 4, Kansas City, Missouri 64111.
Worker Misclassification-Know Your Status
I’ve heard it many times over the past few years–things such as “my employer couldn’t afford to pay me overtime,” or, “I didn’t have the option to be an employee.” Whether to classify an employee as an independent contractor or employee is not at the employer’s discretion. There are certain laws employers have to follow… Read more »
Love and taxes: same-sex couples, joint tax returns, and marriage
Last week, Missouri became the first state that does not recognize same-sex marriages to announce that it would accept joint tax filings from same-sex couples (in Missouri, couples actually file what are called “combined returns”). The announcement came in the form of an executive order issued by Governor Jay Nixon, declaring ordering the Department of… Read more »
Glossip v. Missouri Department of Transportation: Benefits for Same-Sex Couples
Last week, the Missouri Supreme Court decided the case of Glossip v. Missouri Department of Transportation and Highway Patrol Employees’ Retirement System. The case was brought by Kelly Glossip, the long-time partner of Corporal Dennis Engelhard, a Missouri Highway Patrolman killed in the line of duty on Christmas Day, 2009. Glossip applied for Corporal Engelhard’s… Read more »
Anti-Bullying Ordinance
The city of Kansas City, Missouri, looks poised to pass an anti-bullying ordinance. The law prohibits bullying or cyber-bullying of minors, and aims to protect young people off of school grounds, where a large amount of bullying, especially over the internet, takes place. The law would not impose any consequences on violators who are minors… Read more »
Mission: Impassable (without a traffic ticket)
According to an article in yesterday’s Kansas City Star, the small suburb of Mission, Kansas is the area’s leading leveler of fines and tickets for motorist misconduct. The story, “Data show Mission is the KC area’s traffic ticket capital,” explains that it is the only city in the metro to write more tickets per year than… Read more »
Hispanic and Women Farmers and Ranchers Claims Resolution Process
There have been allegations of discrimination against minorities by the the Department of Agriculture in regards to applications for farming loans. In response, the government set up the funds Claims Process to make available $1.33 billion or more to farmers who alleged discrimination by the U.S. Department of Agriculture based on the basis of being female,… Read more »
Tips on Obtaining a Visitor Visa to the United States (B-2)
I had an individual ask me today about obtaining a B-2 tourist visa for his sister to visit him in the United States. I have come up against these visas several times and they can be very tricky, so I thought a blog post about them might be helpful. Many of these points can also… Read more »