Gov. Mike Kehoe has been pushing to phase-out the state's income tax, and now voters will get to decide in Tuesday's election. But Amendment 5 leaves many unknowns: How will the legislature will ...

Two legislators and two staff members spent a week in Hawaii attending a conference aimed at county governments in western states. They also took a side trip to Pearl Harbor.

Missouri's State Board of Education includes an advisory position for “an active classroom teacher," but it's remained unfilled since 2018. Gov. Mike Kehoe selected Park Hill High School math teacher ...

"I think our policing depends on us, and we have accountability. If mistakes are made, then they're dealt with," said ...

Emergency management officials estimate the floods caused more than $26.5 million in damage across nine southeast Missouri ...

Officials presented a plan for an east-west streetcar route that runs between Kansas City's historic jazz district and Main ...

Graves has served the department for more than 29 years, and is the first woman named permanent police chief of the KCPD. Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves is retiring from the department after ...

A University of Kansas Medical Center doctor said interest in GLP-1 medication, like Ozempic, has grown since Medicare expanded covered treatments. As of July 1, the Medicare GLP-1 Bridge program will ...

At least 460 people in Kansas have become ill this summer due to an outbreak of the cyclospora parasite. Nicole Belote of ...

Independence police officer Jordan White was placed on leave for post-traumatic stress disorder after fatally shooting a 34-year-old mother and her 12-week-old baby. He alleges he was discriminated ...

A community engagement meeting Monday descended into shouting as the Kansas City Royals seek city approval on their rezoning ...

In many Midwestern cities, even those without camping bans, officials are more aggressive with removing encampments from ...