Nick Haines, Dave Helling, Savannah Hawley-Bates, Brian Ellison and Eric Wesson discuss the KCMO city council's decision on the future of City Manager Brian Platt, looming cuts to KCATA bus service to correct a $30 million budget shortfall, the outlook for recently fired federal workers, Kansas lawmakers consider electing judges, Wyandotte County examines earnings tax and more.