The City Council and museum officials must address key concerns before an 8-cent property tax increase for the museums is placed on the August ballot.
It is another violent spring. Being prepared for the worst is the best that anyone can do. That includes having adequate storm warning devices, including personal weather radios and reliable community warning systems.
Soldiers and Marines who put themselves in harm’s way shouldn’t be penalized solely because they had to endure post-traumatic stress.
Because Missouri lawmakers, in approving a new state budget, refused to look at new revenue sources to improve funding for education and other important programs, their efforts fell short in most areas this year.
Kansas City’s ban on smoking in all bars and restaurants — which starts early next month — not only will protect the health of workers and customers in those establishments. It should lead to less teen smoking.
Today we catch up with five students who earlier this year shared their aspirations and challenges. Students need rigorous curricula to prepare them for college work. And they need help with the bewildering processes of college selection, application and financing.
In Niger the chance of survival for children and their mothers is often bleak. One child in four never sees a fifth birthday.
Lebanon has long struggled to recover from its disastrous civil war. Now there are signs that the country may be heading for a repeat, one that would erase all of the gains of the past two decades and once again make “Beirut” a global synonym for violent chaos.
International aid has begun arriving in Myanmar, but the country’s military junta has inexcusably stalled the entry of aid workers and needed supplies. The United Nations and neighboring countries should press hard for greater access and faster visa processing.
Let’s look at what Kansas lawmakers stuffed into their legislative stocking before wrapping up the 2008 session this week. Caution: It’s not a pretty picture.
Flash it bright enough and they will come? Kansas City will find out as the 18th and Vine jazz district receives a little bling, courtesy of the city’s Capital Improvements Management Office.
The Kansas Legislature bills itself as a fiscally responsible body, but you wouldn’t know it from the way lawmakers have handled this year’s so-called wrap-up session.
A citizen task force has spent months studying how to pay for fixing Kansas City’s outdated sewer system. While no easy answer exists, the strongest arguments favor users financing most of the upgrades.
Requirements that records be retained are essential to the public’s right to know. Allegations that Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt or an aide ordered copies of government e-mails destroyed deserve careful attention by the court.
It’s time for to move forward on what has always been the more practical approach to light rail: a Kansas City-only starter line.
Eight Belles’ collapse at the Kentucky Derby could put horse racing itself under the microscope. An independent, thorough investigation with public results is the best prescription for the future.
Suspending the federal gasoline tax, as John McCain and Hillary Clinton have proposed, is a bad idea. It would slash funding for road repairs, which should be largely financed by those who use the roads.
As it works to pass a $50 billion aid package, the U.S. Congress needs to address the cultural tragedy that accompanies the spread of AIDS among married women in Africa.
Greensburg, Kan., richly deserves the celebration that it’s throwing for itself this weekend. And it deserves continued help from government and private benefactors. In turning disaster into opportunity, the town has revealed its strength.
It’s incomprehensible that Missouri lawmakers have sent to Gov. Matt Blunt a bill that protects unscrupulous “chop shops” and puts unsuspecting purchasers at risk.
Kansas City area residents irritated by their morning commutes shouldn’t complain too hard to friends around the country, especially in places like Chicago, Miami or San Francisco.
Supporters of cleaner skies across Kansas have achieved a significant victory by turning back the unwarranted expansion of a coal-fired power plant.
The Bush White House has a hard time owning up to mistakes. So it isn’t surprising that the administration says the infamous “Mission Accomplished” banner was problematic not because of its hubris, but because it lacked details.
Kansas City’s new fiscal year started Thursday. But it’s not too early to see whether city officials are carrying through with promises made to taxpayers in late March. So far, so good.
New reports this week underscore the critical need to rein in health-care costs. They are damaging the economy, squeezing American families and worsening the federal government’s fiscal problems.
A proposal to permit wider use of festival liquor licenses in Kansas City deserves the support of Missouri legislators. The plan is a reasonable way to bring a little more vitality to the city.
The U.S. Supreme Court has given states permission to ward off potential instances of voter fraud by imposing burdens on elderly and disadvantaged people.
A big dose of positive thoughts to the teachers, students, board members and administrators of the Kansas City School District this week as they begin an important review process.
Elected officials must do a better job of funding and overseeing the Kansas Board of Healing Arts. The public expects a strong watchdog for the medical profession, and so do ethical members of that profession.
