Five Kansas City Council members visited Friday with top Southwest Airlines executives in Dallas about the airline’s preference for a new terminal at Kansas City International Airport. Some council members are still not convinced.
The daughter of a man who died in custody at the Jackson County Detention Center alleges in a lawsuit that her father’s death was due to jail guards’ use of excessive force. Holly Miller alleges that her father, John Fletcher Miller III, suffered a heart attack and died on Sept. 1, 2014, when two corrections officers attempted to put him in a restraint chair.
Holding signs that read “No hate in my state” and “Wipe out trans phobia,” about 30 students from Johnson County demonstrated outside the Capitol Friday against a transgender restroom bill. “We’re here because we’re not going to tolerate discrimination against transgender people,” said Misha Marin, an Olathe North sophomore.
Analysts saw a growing animosity, and decibels, in the most recent debate between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton. The two met in Brooklyn for their ninth debate, and the last before Tuesday’s high-stakes New York primary.
Defending a Texas state law banning the sale of sex toys, Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz argued in a 2007 court brief that individuals have no legal right to use them, even in the privacy of their own bedrooms.
A Kansas Supreme Court justice’s fundraising arm is pursuing donations by arguing an “unprecedented politicized effort” is underway to deny justices retention over school finance rulings.
Voter registration and the election process still vary greatly from state to state. That confuses voters, especially in a major election year like this one, but it doesn’t look to end anytime soon.
A winner of “The Apprentice” and five other former contestants on Donald Trump’s reality show are speaking out against the Republican front-runner’s presidential campaign.
Missouri passed legislation two years ago to curtail the area’s economic border war — the poaching of businesses across the state line. On Thursday, Gov. Sam Brownback said Kansas would do its part by halting some of his state’s business tax incentives. To take effect, Brownback’s move would require further action by the Missouri General Assembly.
Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders engage in another combative debate, with the two candidates growing increasingly personal in their attacks as the Democratic race for president drags on well into the spring.
Defending a Texas state law banning the sale of sex toys, Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz argued in a 2007 court brief that individuals have no legal right to use them, even in the privacy of their own bedrooms.
Google wants to deploy a network of antennas — tied to its fiber-optic Internet network — in certain pockets of Kansas City to test emerging wireless broadband technology. It’s uncertain whether it will work or how and when it might be of use to consumers.
Donald Trump's campaign manager won't be prosecuted for battery after briefly grabbing a female reporter's arm at a campaign event, but prosecutors said Thursday the situation might have been avoided with two simple words: I'm sorry.
Deepening their increasingly bitter feud, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders aggressively challenged each other's judgment to be president in Thursday night's Democratic debate, sparring over Wall Street banks, how high to raise the minimum wage and gun control.
The ACLU has filed a lawsuit on behalf of several plaintiffs claiming the Kansas requirement that motor-voter registrants prove their citizenship violates federal law. Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach argued in court Thursday that the requirement is a “policy choice” permitted by federal statute.
The group will be led by Mayor Pro Tem Scott Wagner and will include a broad cross section of water users and constituents. The first meeting is Tuesday from 4 to 6 p.m. at the KC Water Auditorium, 4800 E. 63rd St.
Bernie Sanders released his full 2014 federal tax return Friday, revealing that he mostly lives off a six-figure government salary and donated about 4 percent of his family's income to charitable causes.
Democratic Attorney General Chris Koster's most recent fundraising has exceeded the combined total of all his Republican opponents in the race for Missouri governor, reports filed Friday with the Missouri Ethics Commission show.
Caleb Bishop and Alaura Custard, students at Olathe North, talk about legislation proposed by Kansas lawmakers recently that introduced a measure to require transgender students at public schools and universities to use restrooms that match their gender at birth. Student LGBT advocates in the state are crying foul.
Rich SuggThe Kansas City Star
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Transgender restroom bill in Kansas alarms LGBT student advocates
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Kansas, ACLU argue in court over citizenship requirement to register some voters
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Fort Riley drawdown taxes the community
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