You live in a two-screen world. Consider this as one feed for Debate Night. We put together a Twitter gang of Republicans and Democrats, Missourians and Kansans, to follow while watching Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton debate.
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 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.
Kansas City is trying to move forward with development of the former Citadel Plaza site, where a previous development plan fell apart as the result of a financial and environmental debacle.
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.
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to build support for the citywide bond package could be a new animal shelter at Swope Park to replace a horribly outdated facility.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.
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump tangled Monday night over trade, taxes and how to bring good-paying jobs back to the United States as they opened their first face-to-face presidential debate.
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.
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.
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
