Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach was scheduled to appear in federal court Friday morning to answer an allegation that he’s failed to add thousands of motor voters who didn’t prove they were citizens to the state’s voter roll. Attorneys came to an agreement Thursday that led to the hearing being canceled.
The Obama administration failed to follow the president's health care law in a $5 billion dispute over compensating insurers for high costs from seriously ill patients, Congress' investigative arm said Thursday.
Just as Chicago, New Orleans and other cities have major arts festivals that draw thousands, so Kansas City Mayor Sly James would like to see the city host a festival next September to showcase and promote local talent in all sorts of artistic mediums.
CNN said Thursday that its analyst Corey Lewandowski, the former Donald Trump campaign manager, has cut all financial ties to the campaign and is no longer receiving monthly severance payments.
The Senate voted Wednesday 97-1 and the House 348-77 to override President Barack Obama’s veto of legislation that would allow the families of 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia for its alleged role in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. But that is only the beginning of what will be an exceedingly complicated legal strategy to prove that the Arab country, from which 15 of the 19 9/11 hijackers came, bears responsibility for what took place.
Averting an election-year crisis, Congress late Wednesday sent President Barack Obama a bill to keep the government operating through Dec. 9 and provide $1.1 billion in long-delayed funding to battle the Zika virus.
Donald Trump lashed out wildly on Tuesday in the aftermath of the first presidential candidate debate with Hillary Clinton, scolding the moderator, criticizing a beauty pageant winner for her physique and raising the prospect of an all-out attack on Bill Clinton’s marital infidelities in the final stretch of the campaign.
Never before has a presidential candidate had such a complex web of businesses. By law, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump doesn’t have to release his tax returns, but the absence of even a summary is leading to widespread speculation. A report from a New Jersey casino commission said that in 1978 and 1979 Trump reported negative income and paid no federal taxes, even as he publicly boasted of being a multimillionaire. Here are answers to questions on the topic.
One of County Executive Frank White’s top assistants has been working behind the scenes to rewrite the county’s pension plan to benefit a single county legislator.
A Cole County judge postponed until February the trial of Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon, who is accused of age and gender discrimination. By then, Nixon will have left office. Meanwhile, two other lawsuits have come to light that make similar allegations of discrimination against Nixon’s administration.
The Kansas City downtown Marriott and Muehlebach hotel complex wants to use a Community Improvement District sales tax to help finance a proposed $32.8 million renovation. The hotel also proposes that the city would pay for half of the work.
In a new ruling, a Shawnee County judge ordered that 17,500 voters should have their full ballots counted until he makes a final ruling. That means they’ll likely be able to cast a full ballot on Nov. 8.
The Kansas City park board on Tuesday approved a resolution to locate a new animal shelter on about seven acres within Swope Park, at Gregory Boulevard and Elmwood Avenue.
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has decided against proposing across-the-board cuts in state spending next year after his budget director asked agencies to propose 5 percent reductions and found some of the recommendations "harmful" to services.
Kansas City, Kan., hires its first chief knowledge officer to convert technology into better governing for the Unified Government. Now he has the power to do something about cumbersome obstacles that government sometimes throws in front of people.
A year after Russia waded into the war in Syria, aiming to flex its national security muscles and prop up beleaguered Syrian president Bashar Assad, Moscow appears no closer to one of its military goals, getting the U.S. to cooperate in the skies or on the ground in the civil war, and prospects for a diplomatic resolution seem dim.
Without mentioning any names, Michelle Obama rallied Clinton supporters in Philadelphia, Pa., to elect an "adult" to the White House. Meanwhile, in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Donald Trump compared the Clinton team to the mob.
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Kansas City mayor lays out vision for signature KC arts festival
