Protests and possibly volatile crowds are sure to form outside the national political conventions in Philadelphia and Cleveland, where Donald Trump will be the focus of attention. Technology and tactics have evolved in recent years, altering the dynamics between police and demonstrators.
Two groups of California voters - women and Latinos - have powered the Democratic party's ascent here and delivered a near death-knell to the state's Republican party. A USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll released last week showed that the prominence of those groups also explains why the two hottest candidates this year aren't running away with the state.
City officials are negotiating with two experienced development groups to transform the prominent corner of 27th and Troost in Kansas City. It’s picking up the pieces after plans for a major grocery store there were abandoned.
Mormon leaders called on members to practice tolerance despite political differences, providing the faith's U.S. members guidance at a church conference Saturday amid a presidential campaign marked by harsh rhetoric and bickering.
Fox News Channel’s Megyn Kelly is taking notes on who she feels could’ve been more supportive when she was attacked by Donald Trump. Fox’s Bill O'Reilly and CNN are both on her list.
Kansas tax collections came in just $1.7 million shy of projections in March, the Revenue Department reported. Sales tax and corporate income tax receipts beat estimates, according to the report, but individual income tax receipts fell short of projections by $14.4 million.
Republicans are pushing for new inspection requirements on clinics offering abortions and tougher restrictions on doctors who perform abortions. The Missouri Senate is considering holding an official in contempt. And the Missouri House approved a budget that would block Planned Parenthood and any other clinic that counsels women to have abortions from receiving any money through Medicaid.
Citizens for Responsible Government has filed a lawsuit saying the Kansas City Regional Transit Alliance improperly refused to release documents on streetcar expansion planning. The alliance responded that it is not subject to the Missouri Sunshine Law.
Opponents rallied at Missouri’s Capitol on Thursday against a measure to grant protections to some business that cite religious objections when denying goods or services for same-sex weddings.
A Kansas county elections official used close ties to one of the nation's leading advocates of voting restrictions to help secure the top job at a government agency entrusted with making voting more accessible, and then used the federal position to implement an obstacle to voter registration in three states.
With drug overdoses at a record high, President Barack Obama on Tuesday intensified the battle against what many experts now say is an epidemic in the United States. More than 47,000 Americans died from overdoses of heroin and prescription painkillers in 2014, a 7 percent increase in just one year.
A frustrated Donald Trump on Sunday called for John Kasich to drop out of the Republican presidential race, arguing that the Ohio governor who's only won his home state so far shouldn't be allowed to continue accumulating delegates if he has no chance of being the nominee.
Premier League clubs Arsenal, Chelsea and Leicester emphatically dismissed any links to doping on Sunday after being embroiled in an investigation into a doctor alleged to have prescribed performance-enhancing substances.
Indiana high school soccer coach Cruz Gallegos knew something was wrong when one of his players seemed to fade in and out of consciousness on the bench. The junior had been pulled from the field after getting slammed into midair during a match against a hometown rival.
Associate professor Stephanie Kelton worked for Sen. Bernie Sanders on the Senate budget committee and is now an economic adviser for his campaign. She gives an insider's viewpoint on the man running for president.
Keith Myerskmyers@kcstar.com
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Working for Bernie Sanders: a UMKC professor's perspective
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Mayor Sly James' 2016 State of the City address
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Mayor Sly James surprises the crowd by singing at the end of his speech
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Video shows Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski grabbing reporter's arm
