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• The Star’s editorial | Finally, real mortgage relief for homeowners

  Feb 9, 6:40 PM
  

  Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan says Thursday’s big mortgage settlement with several banks “doesn’t solve everything.”

• The Star’s editorial | Shutting libraries will hurt Johnson County

  Feb 8, 6:30 PM
  

  Given the significance of great parks and libraries in Johnson County, both the parks and library boards should be exploring the option of asking the County Commission to increase their annual funding for years to come. That’s going to require putting together detailed plans on how those new revenues would build better parks and libraries.

• The Star’s editorial | Get Kansas City streetcar costs right

  Feb 8, 6:30 PM

  Kansas City officials want U.S. taxpayers to kick in $25 million to help build a proposed $100 million downtown streetcar line. It’s a reasonable request — as long as the city responsibly makes its case for federal help.

• The Star’s editorial | Birth control rule goes too far

  Feb 7, 7:28 PM
  

  Safe and necessary health insurance practices may sometimes conflict with religious beliefs, but health care and health insurance are galaxies of nuances. The Obama administration’s goal of making affordable, comprehensive care available to all Americans is exactly correct. Its task now is to find a better way to handle the distinctions.

• The Star’s editorial | Judge right to order study of coal-fired power plant

  Feb 7, 7:22 PM

  U.S. District Judge Emmett Sullivan’s good decision should help protect generations of Kansans who could be exposed to harmful emissions from a planned coal-fired power plant in western Kansas, which is backed by the Sunflower Electric Power Corp.

• The Star’s editorial | Get your money’s worth: Vote in Missouri’s presidential primary

  Feb 6, 6:12 PM
  

  Missouri voters, be sure to get to the polls today. You’re paying for this primary, after all. Might as well get an “I Voted” sticker out of it.

• The Star’s editorial | With friends like Egypt …

  Feb 6, 6:12 PM

  President Barack Obama’s administration must react quickly and forcefully to the latest outrage from Cairo: the announcement that 19 American pro-democracy workers — part of a group of 43 in all — would be ordered to stand trial.

• The Star’s editorial | State must stop gutting Missouri’s universities

  Feb 5, 6:00 PM
  

  It is past time for Missouri to stop gutting its colleges and universities. Republican and Democratic legislators have expressed concern about Gov. Jay Nixon’s proposed cuts to higher education. They should find a way to moderate them.

• The Star’s editorial | Johnson County’s lackluster parks expansion

  Feb 5, 11:27 AM
  

  Johnson County residents deserve better parks. To make that happen, residents may need to turn up the volume on their expectations. The status quo — marked by rather timid leadership from the Board of Park and Recreation Commissioners, the County Commission and the civic community — sure isn’t working.

• The Star’s editorial | Shhh! Governor and lobbyists hard at work

  Feb 3, 7:57 PM

  When is a clearly legislative meeting not a legislative meeting? According to Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, when food is served.

• The Star’s editorial | Encouraging start for ‘Big 5’

  Feb 2, 5:35 PM
  

  Lots of small things have to happen for the “Big 5” to succeed in improving this region.

• The Star’s editorial | A $1.2 billion mystery

  Feb 2, 5:36 PM

  With the investigation into the collapse of MF Global still dragging on, thousands of farmers and ranchers around the Midwest are wondering whether they will ever recover their lost money.

• The Star’s recommendations | Romney, Obama are best choices in Missouri primaries

  Feb 1, 7:33 PM
  

  In Tuesday’s Missouri presidential primaries, the GOP vote amounts to little more than a very expensive beauty contest. Even so, we would urge Republicans to back frontrunner Mitt Romney. With a sitting and an essentially unchallenged president, the Democratic primary holds very little drama. Still, Democrats should turn out to support President Barack Obama.

• The Star’s editorial | Komen’s cutting Planned Parenthood funds was a mistake

  Feb 1, 7:32 PM
  

  In the end, it’s Susan G. Komen for the Cure that will end up poorer for its decision to defund Planned Parenthood. It is likely to see a dip in contributions and it most certainly has forfeited a measure of respect.

• The Star’s editorial | Police, City Hall work together for taxpayers

  Jan 31, 5:41 PM
  

  Under former Chief Jim Corwin, Kansas City’s Police Department fought hard against consolidating services with City Hall even though it would save taxpayer funds. Under new chief Darryl Forté, however, the department has a much more welcome attitude about this crucial task: Let’s get it done.

• The Star’s editorial | Dismantle this plan on KC schools

  Jan 31, 5:41 PM

  Something surely needs to be done about the Kansas City Public Schools. But the latest idea to come out of Jefferson City — dismantling the district and piecing it out to neighboring districts that may not even want to participate — is a formula for interminable resentment and blame.

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• The Star’s editorial | A sensible road map to a more agile defense

  Jan 30, 6:51 PM
  

  The Obama administration’s 2013 defense budget outline is an attempt to accept current fiscal realities while avoiding the age-old mistake of planning to fight the last war.

• The Star’s editorial | Working to reduce recidivism

  Jan 30, 6:51 PM

  More than 3,000 offenders leave state and federal prisons and return to the Kansas City area each year. More than half will find their way back behind bars. Of those considered high risk, the chances of returning to prison are 84 percent.

• The Star’s editorial | No debating it: KC schools need help

  Jan 29, 6:46 PM
  

  The governance of the unaccredited Kansas City school district is in flux, but for the immediate future the district and its 17,000 students need a high-quality school board to work with the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to determine a path forward.

• The Star’s editorial | A food stamp fiasco

  Jan 29, 6:47 PM
  

  Kansas officials, including Gov. Sam Brownback’s office, are scrambling to defend their hardhearted decision to deny food stamps for needy children who are U.S. citizens living with illegal immigrants. But the agency’s defense is misleading and shamefully lacking in compassion.

• The Star’s editorial | Smoke, but no fire, in audit of Kansas Bioscience Authority

  Jan 28, 5:33 PM

  The Kansas Bioscience Authority’s board and staff would show good faith by trimming salaries, perks and administrative expenses. Kansas legislators, however, should not join Gov. Sam Brownback in what appears to be a power play against an entity that has mostly served the state very well.

• The Star’s editorial | Get realistic plans to upgrade Grand Boulevard

  Jan 28, 5:30 PM

  Sprucing up the swath of Grand Boulevard from Crown Center to the River Market could encourage construction of more residential units and commercial buildings, boosting downtown’s fortunes. That will require a realistic, sensibly financed plan.

• The Star’s editorial | Marching backward on schools, guns, gays

  Jan 27, 6:08 PM

  Another week, another grenade lobbed out of Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback’s administration.

• The Star’s editorial | Looking for a healthy plan

  Jan 26, 6:19 PM

  After six years of feuding, the Police Department and City Hall are closer than ever to endorsing a unified health insurance plan that could save money for Kansas City taxpayers. This is an encouraging development.

• The Star’s editorial | Focus on reducing black homicides

  Jan 26, 6:21 PM

  It is not news in Kansas City that the murder rate is scandalously high and most of the victims are black.

• The Star’s editorial | Red faces over KC police red-light camera report

  Jan 25, 10:46 PM

  It is encouraging to know that, based on tickets issued, Kansas City knows red-light running has gone down at intersections with cameras in the last two years. Still, Kansas Citians need to know a lot more details about how red-light cameras are affecting traffic safety.

• The Star’s editorial | KCI finally promotes user-friendly cellphone lot

  Jan 25, 10:44 PM
  

  Officials at Kansas City International Airport properly have dropped their resistance to the idea. They’ve designated Economy Lot A as a place to park while awaiting passengers. That should put an end to the local ritual of endlessly circling the three terminal drives, wasting fuel.

• The Star’s editorial | Obama makes effective case for his record

  Jan 25, 6:37 PM
  

  Americans on Tuesday night saw an upbeat and energetic president who left no doubt he was prepared to defend his record and fight for his re-election.

• The Star’s editorial | Brownback’s shameful food stamp policy hurts kids

  Jan 24, 2:39 AM
  

  This is a defining moment for Gov. Sam Brownback and the state of Kansas. Are downsizing government and impressing the right-wing base important enough to deny food aid to children? We sincerely hope not. But Brownback needs to let people know. Illegal immigrants do their best to stay invisible, but the governor’s office is no place to hide.

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