Kansas City sports teams have had great success in Mayor Sly James’ time in office. But he said Boston’s mayor won’t make a bet with him on Sunday’s AFC Championship Game between the Chiefs and Patriots.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has plans to meet with Sen. Pat Roberts in the near future amid a heavy recruitment effort by Washington Republicans for Pompeo to run for Roberts’ Kansas seat.
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly wants millions in new spending to hire scores of child welfare workers and improve services to keep children out of foster care.
The Kansas City Council voted Thursday to back a proposed renovation of a business incubator on the city’s east side. It’s the first project to get funds from a new Central City Economic Development Sales Tax.
KCI Partnership, a consortium of companies led by AECOM that was not selected to build a new terminal at Kansas City International Airport, said in a letter Thursday that they can beat the current price for the project by more than $1 billion.
Great Plains SPCA says running Jackson County’s animal shelter is putting the hurt on its finances and wants out of its five-year contract. Might a funding increase change that course?
The KCI single terminal project was already stalled because the airlines have yet to reach an agreement on how to pay for it. But the government shutdown could delay a necessary federal approval process.
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt has rarely sought the spotlight, but as he’s weighing a Senate run the Kansas Republican traveled to Washington to testify before the U.S. Senate for the first time.
Air traffic control union members are passing out leaflets at Kansas City International Airport protesting the partial federal government shutdown, saying it’s affecting safety of aircraft and procedures.
Two Missouri legislators from Kansas City introduced bills to give minority- and women-owned businesses an edge when applying for licenses to sell medical marijuana. The bills are legal and political long shots.
Key Democrats are exploring whether to put an end to members of the House of Representatives living in their offices part-time or make the lawmakers pay up for lodging in prime government real estate.
Sens. Jerry Moran and Josh Hawley were among a small group of Republicans to break from their party and support an unsuccessful effort to stop President Donald Trump’s administration from relaxing sanctions on three Russian companies.
Twelve candidates are vying to become Kansas City’s next mayor, and with three months until the April primary, eight of them are competing for campaign funds. See who has the most money in KC’s mayor race.
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly promised to increase school funding, improve foster care and send lawmakers a Medicaid expansion proposal during her first State of the State address.
Former Kansas Republican Rep. Kevin Yoder is joining a D.C. lobbying firm co-founded by former Vice President Dan Quayle’s son. Among its clients is T-Mobile, which is based in his district and is pursuing a merger with Sprint.
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson wants lawmakers to approve $351 million to help mend the state’s ailing bridges and infrastructure as part of his proposed Missouri budget for fiscal year 2020.
The field of candidates for Kansas City’s mayoral and City Council primaries are a mix of newcomers and old hands who will have to chart a new direction with the end of the Sly James era.
Nine executives from T-Mobile stayed at the president’s hotel in the nation’s capital and are on its “VIP” list, the Washington Post reported, as they seek federal approval of the deal to buy Sprint.
Missouri voters overwhelmingly approved the Clean Missouri initiative in November 2018. The measure creates new rules for lawmakers in Jefferson City, including limits on contributions from lobbyists.
