Documents released by the Kansas Board of Regents show the University of Kansas could be forced to cut more than $12 million per the Brownback administration’s request for state agencies and universities to look at a possible budget cuts for the next two fiscal years. KU Medical Center would need to cut around $10.4 million.
The SolSmart program, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, recognized Kansas City as one of 14 cities nationally making it faster, easier and cheaper to use solar energy. Other Missouri cities honored were Gladstone and Columbia.
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid is mad that Roy Blunt isn’t returning his phone calls. In a brief but vicious letter to the Republican senator from Missouri, Reid lectures Blunt on what it means “to be a gentleman” and says he should be embarrassed not to call another senator back.
The first debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton may be among the most-watched programs in history. Here’s a guide on what to expect — and what both candidates will try to accomplish.
A bill introduced by three Democratic senators on Monday would expand protections for employees who raise health and safety concerns at America’s nuclear weapons facilities. A recent audit found the Department of Energy had repeatedly failed to protect whistleblowers from retaliation and intimidation by its contractors. Since the agency “won’t make the changes necessary to increase accountability and protect folks who raise concerns — we’re going to have to legislate those changes ourselves,” said Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri, one of the bill’s sponsors.
Any talk at City Hall of airport improvements or streetcar expansion is on the back burner as the Kansas City Council revs up plans for a big infrastructure election next April. The signature project to build support for the citywide bond package could be a new animal shelter at Swope Park to replace a horribly outdated facility.
Gov. Sam Brownback's economic advisory council has discontinued a quarterly report that had been developed to ensure a timely analysis of the administration's economic policies.
Missouri’s November ballot will be crowded with issues for voters to decide, ranging from a photo ID requirement to vote to an increase in the state’s tobacco tax.
The American Civil Liberties Union is asking a judge to enforce her earlier order requiring Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach to put on voter rolls people who registered at motor vehicle offices without providing citizenship documents.
State agencies' annual budget recommendations to the Kansas governor are merely "draft" documents and not subject to the state's open record laws, Gov. Sam Brownback's administration insisted Friday.
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton face off Monday night in New York. A strong debate doesn’t usually win the presidency, but a bad one can help lose it.
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are meeting separately with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday in sessions that could set the tone for relations between the allied countries during the next presidential administration.
The decision was the latest play in a bizarre bit of gamesmanship between the Clinton and Trump campaigns over the debate. Clinton’s camp confirmed this week that they would invite billionaire mogul Mark Cuban, a Trump antagonist, to the debate.
The country's first African American chief executive delivered a speech to a crowd of more than 7,000 official guests - and thousands more gathered on the National Mall - for the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Two of the country's poorest cities are talking about a merger they say could help both. But Cleveland could need a sizeable boost in taxpayer dollars to absorb East Cleveland, a place so impoverished that some residents fill their own potholes.
Missouri candidates in search of campaign vehicles often turn to donors who are wiling to give them a car. Others drop thousands from their campaign war chests on cars.
Kansas City has installed its first bicycle signal downtown at Main Street and Petticoat Lane. The light gives cyclists a 25-second head start on other traffic.
Sen. Richard Burr, who wants to repeal Obamacare, says insurers are proposing 19 percent to 25 percent rate hikes for North Carolinian participants in 2017, and contends the president’s signature health program “is imploding.”
An estimated 100 million people are expected to watch Monday’s presidential debate – levels usually reached only by Super Bowls – and as many as one-fourth could decide their votes based on what they see.
Star reporters Dave Helling, at right, and Scott Canon chatted live on Facebook about the first presidential debate between Democratic hopeful Hillary Clinton and Republican hopeful Donald Trump. Here are the highlights.
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Dave Helling, Scott Canon discuss the implications of the first presidential debate
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Deep Background: Dissecting the Clinton, Trump campaigns ahead of first debate
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Clay Chastain outlines reasons for light rail
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Donald Trump draws the ire of Nancy Kassebaum at the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics
