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Jackson County jail guards took bribes to smuggle contraband, feds allege

Guards accepted bribes in exchange for smuggling contraband cell phones in the Jackson County Detention Center, according to a federal indictment unsealed Monday in the wake of a early morning search at the jail on Monday, June 26, 2017.

Horsley at City Hall: KCI, Westport QuikTrip, police body cameras

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in an important Missouri religious freedom case, plus the Kansas City Council ponders KCI, police body cameras and Westport Quiktrip expansion. June 26, 2017.

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About 200 officials search the Jackson County jail Monday

Multiple law enforcement agencies today searched the Jackson County Detention Center in the early morning hours Monday. June 26, 2017

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Kansas Gov. Brownback signs $15.6 billion state budget

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback on Sunday signed a state budget for the next two years that will use a $1.2 billion income tax increase to fund government and schools, although he says it includes "excessive spending.".

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Missouri lawmaker’s on-camera chicken beheading spawns petitions for his ouster

Missouri Rep. Mike Moon slaughtered a chicken in a Facebook video in support of his anti-abortion bill, prompting petitions seeking his ouster.

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Trump travel ban can take effect in most cases, Supreme Court rules

The Supreme Court of the United States on Monday made their highly anticipated decision on whether to hear arguments on President Donald Trump’s travel ban.

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Trump eager for big meeting with Putin; some advisers wary

President Donald Trump is eager to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin with full diplomatic bells and whistles when the two are in Germany for a multinational summit next month.

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Trump accuses Clinton of colluding with Democrats to defeat ‘Crazy Bernie Sanders’

In the wake of a story about Russia’s meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, President Donald Trump took to Twitter Sunday morning to accuse someone else of collusion: his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton. Clinton, he charged, had colluded with the Democratic Party to defeat U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont in the Democratic primary race.

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Senate health-care bill has some GOP moderates worried about the poor

The vast changes that the health-care bill would make to Medicaid, the country’s broadest source of public health insurance, would represent the largest single step the government has ever taken toward conservatives’ long-held goal of reining in federal spending on health-care entitlement programs in favor of a free-market system.

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KC opposition rallies ahead of Senate vote on newly released health care bill

With the Senate readying for a vote on its health care bill this week, groups that oppose it, alongside Sen. Claire McCaskill, made final push against plan. June 24

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‘Original sins’: Early errors erode KCI project perception, progress as deadlines loom

The bumpy saga of Kansas City International Airport traces its roots back six years to a pair of themes: City leaders failed to gauge the affinity Kansas Citians have for the airport, and they never overcame the public’s misperception that taxpayer funds would be involved in funding a $1 billion single terminal.

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Brownback signs bill to delay amusement park rules adopted after Caleb Schwab’s death

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback signed legislation Friday, June 23, 2017, that will give amusement parks more time to comply with new industry regulations that were adopted following the death of a lawmaker’s son last year.

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What’s next for Democratic darling Jason Kander? Missouri politician courts national stage

Missouri Democrat Jason Kander spent last week knocking on voters' doors, shaking hands, giving speeches and snapping selfies with eager young campaign volunteers. He’s not running for office, though. Or is he?

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Wichita businessman Mark Hutton considering run for governor

If he runs, Hutton would join a growing field of GOP hopefuls in Kansas.

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Judge fines Kobach over document he took to Trump meeting

A federal magistrate has fined Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach $1,000 for misleading the court about the contents of materials he was photographed taking into a November meeting with then President-elect Donald Trump.

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University of Missouri rescinds Bill Cosby’s honorary degree

The University of Missouri System Board of Curators revoked the honorary degree of actor Bill Cosby on Friday, June 23, 2017, by a unanimous vote.

Health & Fitness

CDC: Mosquitoes that can carry Zika spread in Kansas; more Missouri data needed

Biological surveys have identified the mosquitoes that can carry the Zika virus in more Kansas counties, a study by Centers for Disease Control researchers said. June 23, 2017

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Senate health bill could leave millions uninsured, increase costs for sick, seniors

The Senate health care bill to replace the Affordable Care Act is likely to cause millions of Americans to lose their Medicaid and private insurance marketplace coverage. The bill, called the Better Care Reconciliation Act, or BCRA, also will make coverage more expensive for sicker, older and low-income individuals.

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Supreme Court takes on new clash of gay rights, religion

The Supreme Court is taking on a new clash between gay rights and religion in a case about a wedding cake for a same-sex couple.

Nation & World

Philando Castile family reaches $3M settlement in death

The family of Philando Castile has reached a $3 million settlement over his shooting death by a police officer during a traffic stop.

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McConnell reveals GOP health care bill, Schumer calls it 'a wolf in sheep's clothing'

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Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) released the Senate Republican health care bill details on Thursday. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) also spoke on the Senate floor stating the bill is not as great as it seems.

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