Melissa Kozakiewicz, ex-aide to Kansas City manager, is fired amid the fallout from a whistleblower lawsuit costing the city $1.4 million.

More than 10 weeks after he was fired, Melissa Kozakiewicz has been forced out of the assistant city manager position that paid her $190,000 a year. The circumstances of her termination were not ...

In Kansas City, Kozakiewicz was who Platt often turned to for promoting his key initiatives and honing the city’s messaging. Among her passions was expanding the city’s composting program.