Government & Politics

Federal judge hands Kobach, Trump win with ruling on voter info request

A federal judge rejected the call from the Electronic Privacy Information Center for a temporary restraining order on Kobach’s request for voter data from all 50 states.

Nation & World

Burr-Hamilton? Angry lawmaker singles out 'female senators'

A Republican congressman says it's "absolutely repugnant" that the GOP-led Senate has failed to vote to dismantle Barack Obama's health care law and he is singling out "some female senators from the Northeast.".

African American activists to Democrats: Consider a black candidate on 2020 ticket

African American activists at the NAACP’s annual convention are telling Democrats that if the party wants to win back the White House, it would help to have a black person on the ticket.

The Buzz

Capitol Hill Buzz: Past budget office heads seek respect

An occasional look at what Capitol Hill is talking about.

Health Care

Former Tiller colleague again mulling legal options in medical license fight

The Kansas Board of Healing Arts has revoked Ann Neuhaus’s medical license a third time, after she twice successfully challenged revocation orders in court.

Technology

No Russia collusion, Trump son-in-law Kushner tells Congress

Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner is denying that President Donald Trump's campaign colluded with Russia.

Donald Trump, Paul Ryan, Mitch McConnell

Trump says upcoming health vote is GOP's chance to keep vow

Ahead of a vote in Senate, a peeved President Donald Trump is browbeating Republican opponents of his party's reeling health care bill.

Government & Politics

Lawyer with links to Bernie Sanders runs for Congress in Kansas

Brent Welder, a Bonner Springs labor lawyer who worked on U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign, has launched a campaign for Congress in the Kansas City suburbs.

The Buzz

Missouri state rep eyes run against McCaskill after encouragement from Wagner

Missouri state Rep. Marsha Haefner says she is weighing a run for U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill’s seat after being encouraged by U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner.

Kansas

Discipline of El Dorado inmates surged as prison grew amid short staff

Disciplinary reports against inmates at El Dorado Correctional Facility rose as the prison’s population grew this spring.

Government & Politics

Prairie Village council may see ‘raise’ from symbolic $1 a year

Mayor Laura Wassmer and other council members last year raised the possibility of paying themselves a stipend, saying their official duties had begun to exceed the work of mere volunteers.

‘I did not collude with Russia’ Kushner insists in statement for Senate panel

Kushner denies colluding with Russia, and talks about transition to government in detailed statement prepared for Senate panel.

Government & Politics

Grant calls for affordable Northland housing, but neighbors object

A $30 million federal grant calls for Kansas City to provide some affordable housing in the Northland, but residents of neighborhoods near the proposed site vehemently object.

Government & Politics

Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts pushing to move GOP health plan forward

Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts is working with fellow Republicans on their legislation to overhaul health care and arguing that a debate should occur quickly.

Government & Politics

Behind ‘repeal and replace’ debate, a question: Is health care a fundamental right?

Many think the faceoff in Washington over efforts to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act is rooted in a philosophic divide over whether the public has a duty to help everyone stay well.

Business

Burns & McDonnell irks KCI competitors with exclusive contractor deals

Burns & McDonnell confirms that it has signed minority- and women-owned business contractors to exclusivity contracts on the Kansas City International Airport project.

Government & Politics

Frank White considered removal of Jackson County sheriff in jail dispute

Jackson County Executive Frank White’s chief of staff asked the county prosecutor to consider removing Sheriff Mike Sharp from office after Sharp told his deputies to limit how often they respond to alleged assault cases within the county jail.

Government & Politics

Fate of new abortion limits unclear as Missouri senators return to Capitol

It’s been six weeks since Gov. Eric Greitens called state lawmakers back into session to enact new regulations on abortion. The Missouri Senate will return to the Capitol on Monday to debate a wide-ranging bill.

Government & Politics

Union says some Kansas prison workers forced to work 16-hour shifts

A union says some Kansas prison workers are being forced to work 16-hour shifts in violation of an agreement that no employees work more than 12 hours in a 24-hour period.

Nation & World

The Latest: Trucks seen heading to Jerusalem holy site

Associated Press footage shows heavy machinery and workers heading to the entrance to a major Jerusalem holy site as a compromise to defuse the crisis over security measures there appears to be forming.

Videos

Is health care a fundamental right?

Jul 21, 2017

Gary Sallee, 65, a resident of Oak Grove, has a good quality of life, dabbles in wood burning artwork and finds contentment as a gardener. An automobile accident 30 years ago left Sallee a quadriplegic. Now, Sallee argues that taxpayers are better off helping to provide him in-home care — a publicly funded service at risk of deep cutbacks in Missouri — instead of paying much more for Sallee to live 24/7 in a nursing home.

Tammy Ljungblad and Rick Montgomery The Kansas City Star