Kansas Sen. Steve Fitzgerald’s retirement announcement was spoiled by a former Republican rival announcing the departure Monday. Fitzgerald once compared Planned Parenthood to the Nazi concentration camp Dachau.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office warned in April that ICE has consistently underestimated the cost of running its detention program. Two months later, the Trump administration asked Rep. Kevin Yoder to sign off on another $200 million for the agency.
Kansas GOP gubernatorial candidate Kris Kobach and former rival Gov. Jeff Colyer will join together for a $15,000-a-person pheasant hunt next month to raise money for the Kansas Republican Party.
After the recent assault of a foster youth inside a child welfare office, the leader of DCF said she and her staff are working to implement new programs and improve the troubled Kansas system.
President Donald Trump rallied his supporters in Springfield Friday night for Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley, hoping to bolster his chances of unseating Democratic U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill.
Kansas Democrat Sharice Davids raised nearly $700,000 from small-dollar donors in August alone in her effort to unseat Republican Rep. Kevin Yoder, R-Kansas.
Clean Missouri should stay on the November ballot, an appellate court ruled Friday. The sweeping ethics reform and redistricting initiative had been tossed by a lower court.
In 1992, Missouri voters overwhelmingly approved term limits for state legislators. Now, leaders say term limits have been detrimental for various reasons, including giving lobbyists and consultants more sway.
Prosecutors are asking a judge to sentence Bill Cosby to five to 10 years in prison for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman, while his lawyer says the 81-year-old comedian is too old and frail to serve time behind bars.
U.S. solicitor general Noel Francisco would be next in line to lead the investigation if deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein leaves his post or is fired. Francisco once worked for President George W. Bush’s team during the 2000 Florida recount.
Republicans — long accustomed to the support of national security-focused voters — are struggling to respond to the unusually large number of military veterans running as Democrats in the 2018 midterms.
White House aides grumble that U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, a rising star in the Republican Party who might run for president, has sometimes taken the spotlight away from President Donald Trump
A survey of 51 Missouri influencers show a range of reviews for term limits on legislators. Some like the infusion of new voices; many are worried about the influence of lobbyists.
Global stock markets slip after the US and China officially put new tariffs on each other's goods and China reportedly rebuffed a plan for talks with the U.S. Industrial and basic materials companies fall.
Federal prosecutors say a Canadian man has been sentenced for being part of a marijuana-smuggling ring that brought thousands of pounds of pot in to the United States through northern New York.
Kansas' troubled child welfare system was beginning to make progress after months of issues when rape allegations were made public last week involving a teen in the state's custody.
A survey of 51 Missouri influencers show a range of reviews for term limits on legislators. Some like the infusion of new voices; many are worried about the influence of lobbyists.
