One Kansas bill earned bipartisan support for encouraging easier processes for building “middle housing." But another would ...

Music is a part of many peoples’ everyday lives but the benefits of listening aren’t just recreational. A professor at the ...

Kansas City previously honored farmworker advocate and union leader César Chávez with murals and a street in his name on the ...

Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly on Thursday signed a bipartisan law requiring students to store their phones in a secure, ...

The U.S. Department of Justice claimed in court it already has sensitive data on voters so it can check for people who should not be registered. However, the Kansas secretary of state said none of ...

Current law prohibits sexual relations between a student and a “teacher or other person of authority." But the law doesn't currently apply to school resource officers, nurses, bus drivers or other ...

Organizers are raising concerns that Missouri lawmakers' plan to eliminate the state's income tax will raise costs for ...

The November amendment would prohibit most abortions in the state, overturning a 2024 vote to protect abortion rights. But ...

The new 1,000-bed facility has bright spaces, outside courtyards, open-air gyms and two courtrooms. This will replace the current downtown county jail, which is vastly overcrowded and in disrepair.

Kansas City and other World Cup host cities must provide stadium infrastructure, transportation, security, even medical ...

Rep. Melanie Stinnett, a Springfield Republican, sponsored the bipartisan bill that could give voting rights back to more ...

The 1% earnings tax provides nearly half of Kansas City’s overall budget. Voters will decide April 7 whether to extend it for another five years. When Kansas City voters head to the polls next month, ...