Kansas Gov-elect Laura Kelly would ‘welcome’ a bill to restore protections eliminated by lawmakers in 2014. She also wants to strengthen the state’s civil service system.
Airlines are negotiating their way toward an agreement to fund a new single terminal at Kansas City International Airport, but they don’t agree on how to share the costs and didn’t appear at the City Council.
Despite public support from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, lawmakers are still stuck over how to deal with sexual harassment in the House and Senate.
Missouri Auditor Nicole Galloway announced Thursday that she has begun a long-awaited review of Jackson County government operations by first focusing on the COMBAT anti-drug and anti-violent crime program.
Leavenworth County Commissioner Louis Klemp referred this week to the ‘master race’ as he addressed a black city planner who was explaining a land use analysis to county officials at a board meeting.
Voters’ anger with President Trump helped Sharice Davids beat Republican Kevin Yoder in Kansas’ 3rd District, but Davids isn’t in a rush to join her fellow Democrats in pursuing investigations into the president.
The Metcalf Crossing development will get rid of two crime-ridden motels on Shawnee Mission Parkway. But the mixed-use project will no longer include a quality hotel.
Gov. Mike Parson on Tuesday appointed Eric Schmitt to replace Josh Hawley as Missouri’s next attorney general. Hawley was elected to the U.S. Senate a week ago when he defeated Democratic U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill.
The KC Star has made two changes: Development and technology reporter Allison Kite has been named City Hall reporter. Veteran journalist Bill Turque has been promoted to the Star’s Politics Editor.
Free Hot Soup KC volunteers returned to several Kansas City area parks Sunday afternoon, serving meals to homeless people one week after KC health department officials trashed and bleached meals.
Johnson County cities are appealing for state funding help for key roadway projects, including widening U.S. 69 Highway south of Interstate 435, which is the most congested four-lane highway in Kansas.
The passage of the farm bill offers a test of Sen. Pat Roberts’ clout before the Kansas Republican makes his final decision on another run in a state where agriculture is one of the main industries.
Claire McCaskill’s defeat Tuesday marked the loss of more than just a race for Missouri Democrats. They hold just one statewide office, and Republicans dominate the state’s politics. As the party rebuilds, who make up the next generation?
Republican strategists and officials say Kris Kobach refused to listen to advice, was unwilling to put energy into fundraising and failed to set up a basic “get out the vote” operation. Some are happy to see him lose.
Kansas City Mayor Sly James has nominated nine new candidates for the board of the financially troubled American Jazz Museum in the 18th and Vine district.
A federal grand jury has charged Capt. Kenneth Scott McKee with misconduct, negligence and inattention to duty in the sinking of a duck boat that killed 17 people on Table Rock Lake, near Branson, Missouri, in July.
After 36 years in office — as a legislator, county prosecutor, state auditor and two-term U.S. senator — Claire McCaskill may have stepped off the electoral stage for the final time after losing her re-election bid.
President Donald Trump endorsed nearly 100 candidates across the country for the 2018 midterm elections. But did they win or lose? We look at whether the Trump bump helped or hurt in these races.
Leavenworth Co. Commissioner Louis Klemp comments on Robert E. Lee, slavery, Martin Luther King Jr., George Washington and Abraham Lincoln during an eight minute response while the commission was discussing holidays during a Nov. 30, 2017 meeting.
