The Kansas Republican took heat during his last re-election for not owning a home in Kansas. On Thursday just his wife, who lives with him in Virginia, joined Roberts to man the empty Senate.
After getting the farm bill passed with historically large majorities, Pat Roberts is spending the holiday break weighing another run for Senate after nearly four decades in Congress. Is his bipartisan dealmaking an asset or a red flag with Republican voters?
Ending the Affordable Care Act is no longer politically popular among GOP leaders. That’s not stopping Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who is still dreaming up unusual approaches to gut or water down its provisions.
Two Kansas families with U.S. citizen children spend their first Christmas season without their dads, who were deported by ICE to Mexico. Still, the holiday season brings hope.
The Missouri Attorney General’s office on Friday released records that show staff used private emails and consulted with political operatives to set Josh Hawley’s agenda in the state’s top law enforcement position.
New York’s attorney general had sued seven years ago, saying Sprint failed to collect sales taxes on a flat-rate wireless calling plan it sold. Previously, the federal securities regulators had investigated but took no action.
A constitutional amendment passed by Missouri voters requires former legislators to wait two years, instead of six months, before they can lobby state government. Will the attempt to slow the revolving door work?
Neighbors of Johnson County’s new medical examiner facility site are outraged over the loss of an acre of trees for the construction project. The county says it is working on solutions.
The Kansas City Council will take up proposals in January to negotiate two downtown office projects — the Strata development at 13th and Main and another at 3rd and Grand.
More than 1,000 people had squeezed into that beautiful auditorium, my friend and I among them, before the choir began singing “Silent Night, Holy Night.”
Weatherization of older homes is part of a long-awaited package of proposals to increase affordable housing. The City Council will begin to take up the measures on Thursday, but debate will extend into the new year.
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has signed a bill making it a crime to cyberbully and has vetoed one that would have amended the law to let parents surrender a newborn inside a special "safety device.".
Alabama's attorney general said Thursday that his office is reviewing whether allegedly deceptive social media tactics used in last year's U.S. Senate race might have violated the law.
Gov.-elect Tony Evers says he plans to appoint current Assistant State Superintendent Carolyn Stanford Taylor to replace him at the state Department of Public Instruction.
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump took Christmas Eve calls from children anxious to find out where Santa is on his gift-giving journey. During one call, Trump asked a 7-year-old named Collman, "Are you still a believer in Santa?"
