Kansas House and Senate negotiators resumed budget talks Thursday, reaching agreement on numerous issues that included authorizing the state to issue $202 million in bonding to construct a new federal research lab in Manhattan.
Missouri welfare recipients could not spend their cash benefits at casinos, liquor stores or adult-entertainment establishments under legislation sent to Gov. Jay Nixon on Thursday.
The Missouri House has made a final offer to senators on a plan authorizing new business incentives and trimming some existing tax credits.
The accident involved a tractor trailor truck.
Kansas House and Senate budget negotiators have agreed to authorize issuing $202 million in bonds to build a federal biodefense research lab in Manhattan.
Missouri lawmakers want county sheriffs rather than the state Revenue Department to print concealed weapons permits. The Senate passed legislation 24-5 on Thursday handing the task to sheriffs. The measure now heads to Gov. Jay Nixon.
The investment will expand the size of the plant at 1700 Kansas Ave. Design and engineering work has already started, with construction to be completed by the end of 2014. The expansion will add 40 to 50 jobs.
The news, shared with staff and volunteers Thursday, stunned the charter school’s community, which has spent 13 years trying to serve children from the highest levels of poverty.
The Internal Revenue Service's improper use of tougher scrutiny of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status seems part of a broader pattern of intimidation and cover-ups by the Obama administration, a top House Republican said Friday.
Tristan R. Williams, 30, had pleaded guilty in March to second-degree murder in the death of Kylie D. Williams. He had told authorities the death occurred when cats in his apartment accidentally overturned the child’s bouncing chair.
The bill is one Senate roll call away from the November 2014 ballot. But with only two days left before the end of the legislative session, a filibuster has put its chances in doubt. If supporters of the bill — primarily construction companies and organized labor — truly want to raise the sales tax, Republican Sen. John Lamping said, they can put the question on the ballot themselves.
Opponents of a new terminal at KCI Airport are launching an initiative petition drive to press their cause. They hope to place a measure on a city ballot saying that the city can’t build a new airport terminal without a public vote.
The computers were taken from the office of St. Ann Parish at 10113 E. Lexington Ave. on March 26 after detectives alerted parish officials that they had detected two downloads of child pornography from peer-to-peer websites by an Internet address associated with the parish office, said Jack Smith, a diocesan spokesman.
Fred Logan will be chairman and Kenny Wilk will be vice chairman.
Sporting Kansas City traded left wing Bobby Convey to Toronto FC on Thursday in exchange for a third-round pick in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft.
U.S. District Judge John W. Lungstrum rejected Dow Chemical’s request to overturn the $400 million February jury verdict. Lungstrum tripled the damages under U.S. antitrust law, making the award the biggest U.S. verdict this year. Dow said it would appeal.
Missouri lawmakers gave final approval Thursday to a measure that would double the fees charged to businesses in order to replenish an insolvent fund for disabled workers who suffer serious job-related injuries or illnesses.
A suicide car bombing tore through a U.S. convoy in Kabul on Thursday, killing at least 15 people including six Americans in a blast so powerful it rattled the other side of the Afghan capital. U.S. soldiers rushed to help, some wearing only T-shirts or shorts under their body armor.
It's only about 200 miles along curvy highways and country roads from Lebanon, Mo., to Ottawa, Kan., where in a few hours, visitation services would begin for Shawn Patrick Bailey's 18-month-old daughter and estranged wife, victims of a quadruple homicide discovered last week in Ottawa.
Food held at improper temperatures. Restaurant must pass a re-inspection before it is allowed to reopen.
Tornado sirens have sounded in downtown Wichita.
The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch until 10 p.m. Sunday for most of the Kansas City region. Rain and thunderstorms, some possibly severe, are in the evening forecast.
The Kansas Board of Regents will soon have new leaders. The Regents elected Fred Logan of Leawood as chairman beginning in July. The vice chairman will be former state Rep. Kenny Wilk of Basehor.
The child was found wandering the streets on Kansas City’s East Side.
The Chiefs are working to develop one or more receivers capable of helping Dwayne Bowe (center) boost their passing game. Jon Baldwin is the other starter with Bowe and leads the list of candidates, but hasn’t yet emerged as the dominant offseason player he was last season before faltering when the games started. Other candidates are Terrance Copper (left) and Dexter McCluster (right).
