Eight of the 11 candidates for Kansas City mayor traveled to the Northland Regional Chamber of Commerce Tuesday. They talked KCI, neighborhoods and ballot initiatives on pre-K and incentives.
California is using President Donald Trump’s tweets against him in a lawsuit challenging his national emergency declaration. The state argues there is no crisis at the Mexico border.
The city of Raytown has been ordered to pay more than $40,000 after a judge ruled the city broke the Missouri Sunshine Law by denying requests for public records. Records were sought by the family of a woman killed in a wreck.
Barb and Marc McEver thought they were doing a good thing when they bought a building to shelter homeless adults in Johnson County. Olathe officials initially blessed it, but the rules changed, putting the plan at risk.
A plan to redevelop the aging Ranchmart North shopping center in Leawood could cost almost $47 million, with the center’s shoppers paying for a little more than a quarter of that.
Chris Sevier is a Tennessee lawyer who has spent years convincing lawmakers to introduce his legislation, which includes protections for straight marriage, mandatory porn filters and religious speech.
An employee at a Vans Off the Wall store at Oak Park Mall in Overland Park is out of a job after a woman complained that he cursed at her 14-year-old son because of his “Make America Great Again” hat. Part of the incident was caught on video.
Kansas State Rep. Greg Lewis announced his resignation Monday before the House of Representatives so that he can continue his fight against a cancerous brain tumor. His resignation is effective Friday.
Kansas City neighborhoods, weary of attention of KCI and splashy downtown projects, want to know what mayoral candidates will do about illegal dumping, crime and a shortage of affordable housing.
Relations between Jackson County legislators and Sheriff Darryl Forté have grown tense with Forté refusing to discuss with them his outlook on the future of the troubled jail that is now his responsibility.
Kansas City’s premier black political group, Freedom, Inc., has endorsed Councilman Quinton Lucas in the mayor’s race. Forward Kansas City, a Northland group, endorsed Steve Miller over Councilman Scott Wagner.
The Star moves to dismiss defamation lawsuit filed by Kansas State Sen. Jim Denning, who claims that former contributing columnist Steve Rose falsely attributed to him comments opposing expansion of Medicaid.
Lawyers for Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley have asked a Cole County judge to quash a subpoena that would require him to answer questions under oath about allegations he violated open records law as attorney general.
How much incentive money should Kansas City give developers? That’s a question Kansas City voters will get to answer this summer. An initiative petition capping tax abatements will be on the June ballot.
Sen. Josh Hawley was one of 16 senators Thursday to reject a bipartisan border security bill that’s intended to keep the federal government open through September after the longest shutdown in U.S. history.
Advocates for the LGBTQ community are frustrated that after two years of study, Olathe isn’t acting on a non-discrimination ordinance. Other cities like Prairie Village, Merriam and Mission have already done so.
Former U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom met this week with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and other Democratic senators as he contemplates a run for the seat that will be vacated by Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kansas, after the 2020 election.
Public safety spending still dominates City Hall’s budget, but Kansas City’s financial blueprint for next year adds new funding for neighborhoods, health and other city services.
The state of Kansas has terminated several controversial child welfare grants awarded last year and will rebid for the services to ensure transparency and fairness, Gov. Laura Kelly announced Thursday.
In declaring his signing of an executive order to declare a national emergency, President Trump said on Feb. 15, "it's been signed many times before...there's rarely been a problem."
