The Kansas City Star daily briefing — Tuesday, August 31, 2021

The top headlines from The Kansas City Star on Tuesday, August 31st, 2021 including Jackson County legislators voted to extend the county’s mask order until Oct. 7, several influential restaurant owners say they’ve been left in the dark as the city contemplates various bids for a massive KCI contract in private, Jeff Colyer dropped out of the Kansas governor’s race following a prostate cancer diagnosis and prosecutors used a new state law to file a motion asking a Jackson County judge to exonerate Kevin Strickland.