Government & Politics

KCI selection committee meets to continue comparing project proposals

A selection committee that is reviewing the Kansas City International Airport project proposals met Friday, and the evaluation work continues next week.

At Topeka town hall, Moran talks Trump after tumultuous week for the White House

U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran of Kansas said during a town hall Friday in Topeka that there needs to be more certainty in the wake of another week of turmoil in the Trump White House.

Government & Politics

Unions turn in 310,000 signatures to repeal Missouri right-to-work law

Labor unions on Friday turned in more than 310,000 signatures to repeal Missouri’s right-to-work law. A yearlong battle is about to commence.

Government & Politics

‘I am not resigning,’ lawmaker says, defying calls after Trump assassination post

Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal was adamant Friday that she isn’t resigning over a Facebook post calling for President Donald Trump’s assassination.

Government & Politics

Sens. McCaskill, Roberts review terror threats to nation’s food supply at KC forum

U.S. Sens. Claire McCaskill and Pat Roberts were joined by federal agency officials, the heads of the Missouri and Kansas National guards and agricultural experts for a conference on agricultural terrorism in Kansas City Friday.

Trump administration removes Bannon from White House, Breitbart confirms his return

Steve Bannon has been removed from his role at the White House, where he was a chief strategist who helped cement the populist, nationalistic rhetoric of President Donald Trump’s agenda.

Government & Politics

Republicans cheer Bannon exit but warn Trump still needs to change

Operatives inside Washington and out said they saw Bannon's exit as a sign that chief of staff John Kelly might be successful in bringing some order to what has been a chaotic White House prone to self-inflicted distractions that throw the entire Republican Congress off of its agenda.

Local

Ferrelview, Mo., struggles with plans to let go of police services and chief

Ferrelview, Mo., in the Kansas City Northland, held another contentious meeting Thursday night as the financially strapped town wrestles over plans to dismiss its police chief and local police services.

Local

Cass County mayor says liberals form ‘the true hate groups,’ defends Confederate symbols

Harrisonville Mayor Brian Hasek wrote that liberals are “the true hate groups” on Facebook. He called for preserving Confederate monuments for the sake of history.

Government & Politics

Burns & McDonnell releases its response to selection committee questions on KCI

Burns & McDonnell said it could build a new $1.117 billion Kansas City International Airport with $65.2 million in average annual financing payments. It’s the latest in a competition to win the contract.

Government & Politics

KC Council urges higher local minimum wage

The Kansas City Council approved a resolution Aug. 17, 2017 calling on city government and local businesses to voluntarily implement a higher wage than the state-set minimum.

Government & Politics

McCaskill at town hall: ‘My job isn’t to fight the president’

U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill voiced her opposition to “Medicare for all” and a reluctance to back a censure of President Donald Trump at a town hall.

Government & Politics

Sharply divided KC Council postpones decision on KCI ballot language

The Kansas City Council couldn’t agree Aug. 17, 2017, on a ballot measure for a November vote on Kansas City International Airport. The ballot deadline looms Aug. 24.

Government & Politics

Amid summer of trouble, Brownback gives pay raises to workers at state prisons

Gov. Sam Brownback made an announcement Thursday, August 17, 2017, at the El Dorado Correctional Facility in an effort to increase pay for corrections workers in the state’s prison system.

Government & Politics

‘I hope Trump is assassinated,’ Missouri lawmaker writes — and quickly regrets

A Democratic state senator from University City posted, and then quickly deleted, a comment on Facebook saying she hoped President Donald Trump would be assassinated.

Government & Politics

McCaskill says likely challenger Josh Hawley voted illegally or violated residency rule

U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill accused Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley of violating a state law that requires him to reside in Jefferson City.

Government & Politics

KC Mayor Sly James says it’s high time for vote on airport

Kansas City Mayor Sly James told a town hall meeting Aug. 16, 2017, that it’s time for a decision once and for all on the future of Kansas City International Airport.

Local

Mother of man charged with rape, police chief at odds in small Missouri town

Statutory rape charges weigh against a man whose mother, as head of the Ferrelview, Mo., board of trustees, is leading an effort to oust the police chief who investigated the crime. But the town’s problems reach in many directions.

Government & Politics

In Overland Park visit, Yoder decries Trump response to Virginia violence

Rep. Kevin Yoder on Wednesday criticized President Donald Trump for not further denouncing the actions of hate groups that triggered violence in Virginia.

Government & Politics

Campaign for KCI contract hinges on conflicting cost estimates

The Kansas City International Airport procurement process is starting to look an awful lot like a political campaign, one that may be aimed mainly at decision-makers.

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Sen. Jerry Moran reacts to Steve Bannon leaving Trump White House job

Aug 18, 2017

U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, a Kansas Republican, was informed during a town hall Friday that another change had been made in the Trump White House: Chief strategist Steve Bannon was leaving.

Hunter Woodall The Kansas City Star