Government & Politics

White House scrambles to contain fallout after reports about Kushner and Russia

President Donald Trump returned home Saturday, May 27, 2017, to confront a growing political and legal threat, as his top aides tried to contain the fallout from reports that his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is a focus of investigations into possible collusion between Russia and the president’s campaign and transition teams.

Kansas City’s minor home repair program again taking applications

Kansas City municipal government is accepting applications from city residents for its 2017 minor home repair program. Funding assists needy residents with vital home renovations. Saturday, May 27, 2017.

Technology

Digital Life: Tech in a nanny state or Ayn Rand wonderland

Digital technology poses vexing new questions about business regulation.

Government & Politics

Burns & McDonnell’s silent partner in the KCI deal keeps a low profile

Almost everyone knows about Burns & McDonnell, the company at the center of a Kansas City International Airport proposal. Much less is known its partner, Americo Life, in charge of finding money for the deal.

Government & Politics

How much will it cost to fix dangerous, filthy Jackson County jail? $300M might do it

Reports of brutality, filth and incompetence have sparked investigations and controversy at the Jackson County jail. The questions now, how to fix it, and how much will it cost?

Government & Politics

Mayor James still studying AECOM offer to bid on KCI terminal plan

Kansas City Mayor Sly James is not ready yet to comment a day after Los Angeles-based AECOM asked to challenge Burns & McDonnell’s bid for exclusive rights to design and build a new KCI terminal.

Development

KC convention hotel backers aim for fast-track approval to avoid public vote

Proponents of a convention hotel believe a proposed Kansas City ordinance will provide an accelerated path to begin development. Meanwhile, a citizens group continues its drive to force a public vote.

Government & Politics

Missouri pay-to-play allegations heat up over new links between lawmaker, megadonor

Critics have questioned Missouri Senate President Ron Richard’s role in legislation that would benefit a company owned by Republican megadonor David Humphreys. Friday, May 26, 2017

Government & Politics

Health care issues take center stage in early ads for McCaskill race

U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill isn’t up for re-election until next year, but the airwaves in Missouri are already peppered with ads for and against her — and many of them are centered on health care.

Health Care

With Blue KC out of Obamacare, attention turns to Medica and Cigna

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City is leaving the Affordable Care Act, commonly called Obamacare, in 2018. All eyes now turn to Medica and Cigna. May 26.

Nation & World

New political bromance alert: Canada’s Trudeau and France’s Macron together at G7

A lot of important talk is happening at the G7 today in Sicily. But can you hear the giggles over the new political bromance between Canada’s Justin Trudeau and France’s Emmanuel Macron?

Government & Politics

A family’s coat of arms has now become Donald Trump’s — everywhere but Britain

The British are known to take matters of heraldry seriously, and Trump’s American coat of arms belongs to another family.It was granted by British authorities in 1939 to Joseph Edward Davies, the third husband of Marjorie Merriweather Post, the socialite who built the Mar-a-Lago resort that is now Trump’s cherished getaway.

National Politics

State agencies urge caution on swollen rivers on holiday

State officials are urging caution when Oklahomans visit waterways in eastern Oklahoma during the Memorial Day holiday.

Entertainment

Paris mayor pans black feminist event over white exclusion

The mayor of Paris has strongly criticized and is threatening to cancel an upcoming festival for black feminists where four-fifths of the event space will be open exclusively to black women.

National & International

EU expands sanctions against Congo to 16 people

The European Union has extended sanctions over the deteriorating situation in Congo and imposed travel bans and asset freezes on nine more senior security officials.

National & International

Recent editorials published in Nebraska newspapers

Recent editorials published in Nebraska newspapers.

National & International

Stop! But I won't shoot; SC limits cops firing into cars

South Carolina's law enforcement chief was so alarmed by officers shooting into moving cars that he revamped training at the police academy.

National & International

Egypt announces $2.49 billion package to cope with inflation

Egypt announces $2.49 billion package of income tax discounts, bonuses for state employees, increased pension payments and cash subsidies to help Egyptians cope with soaring inflation.

Nation & World

The Latest: Putin to meet press in vast Versailles hall

Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in France for talks with newly-elected French President Emmanuel Macron. Macron greeted Putin with a firm handshake on a red carpet leading into the Versailles palace before both men walked inside.

Nation & World

Iraq paramilitaries reach Iraq's border with Syria

Iraq's mostly Iran-backed Shiite paramilitary forces reached the border with Syria Monday after security villages and supply lines west of Mosul.

Videos

Historic images of life inside the old jail in the Jackson County Courthouse

May 26, 2017

The jail that occupies the top floors of the Jackson County Courthouse in Kansas City has not been used for nearly 40 years, but images from the archives of The Kansas City Star show how the facility got a reputation as a place where no one wanted to be.

Chris Ochsner The Kansas City Star