The fate of a partially enacted federal plan to forgive student loans and lower monthly payments is in the hands of a panel of three GOP-appointed judges on the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. Attorneys from the federal government and the Missouri Attorney General’s Office made their arguments Thursday afternoon before Judges Raymond Gruender, Ralph […]
With some GOP leaders in Missouri already plotting ways to overturn an abortion-rights amendment if it passes next month, the Republican set to take over as speaker of the state House says lawmakers should abide by the will of the voters. State Rep. Jon Patterson, a Lee’s Summit Republican expected to become House speaker when […]
DURHAM, N.C. — As a weekend morning in late September dips into the afternoon, Annar Parikh finally gets an eligible voter to answer the door. After Parikh gives a rundown of some of the local candidates in North Carolina’s election, she asks the woman if she plans to vote in the presidential election. “It’s personal,” […]
Of the many annoyances in life, a trip to the local motor vehicle office can rank near the top. In early November, the Missouri Department of Revenue will activate new equipment intended to reduce the aggravation, speed up lines and get all of its systems talking to one another. “With this roll out, there’s going […]
On Halloween night, when the two leading contenders for the U.S. Senate seat on this year’s Missouri ballot hold their second and final debate, moderators have an opportunity to conduct a radical thought experiment. The hosts of the Nexstar televised event could ask U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, the Republican incumbent, and his Democratic challenger, Lucas […]
Vice President Kamala Harris faced questions about whether sexism is a factor in the presidential race during a Tuesday interview on NBC News, and said she makes no assumptions about whether voters will make their choices based on race or gender. Polls depict Harris, the Democratic nominee, and former President Donald Trump, the Republican candidate, […]
On Nov. 5, Missourians have the opportunity to vote on whether to enshrine abortion in the state constitution. Currently, abortion is only allowed in Missouri if the pregnancy endangers the life of the mother. Activists on both sides agree on one thing: even if the measure passes, this issue is not going away. This is […]
A reporter for a Kansas City television station was struck by a bullet fragment Tuesday while covering a shooting range campaign event for Democrat Lucas Kunce. Kunce, a Marine veteran hoping to unseat U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, provided first aid to KSHB reporter Ryan Gamboa after a bullet fragment ricocheted off a target and struck […]
Public anxiety about crime is fueling interest in the campaign to succeed longtime Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker Republican Tracey Chappell and Democrat Melesa Johnson are on the Nov. 5 ballot. The candidates have attacked each other’s qualifications on social media and in person in the final stretch of the campaign. That political drama […]
WASHINGTON — With exactly two weeks until Election Day, millions of Americans have already cast their ballots via the mail or in person as Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump pursue voters through the battleground states. Early in-person absentee voting kicked off Tuesday in Wisconsin, adding to the list of swing states where voters […]
A massive backlog of payments to Missouri child care providers will continue beyond October despite a previous pledge that the state will be caught up by the end of this month. Pam Thomas, assistant commissioner for Missouri’s Office of Childhood, told the State Board of Education Tuesday that the department would not meet its October […]
The U.S. Department of Labor released a list of artificial intelligence best practices for developers and employers this week, aiming to help employers benefit from potential time and cost savings of AI, while protecting workers from discrimination and job displacement. The voluntary guidelines come about a year after President Joe Biden signed an executive order to assess […]
Missouri’s attorney general has renewed a push to restrict access to the abortion pill mifepristone, arguing in a lawsuit filed this month that its availability hurt the state by decreasing teenage pregnancy. The revised lawsuit was filed by Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, alongside GOP attorneys general in Kansas and Idaho. It asks a judge […]
Legislative momentum against PFAS has surged this year, as at least 11 states enacted laws to restrict the use of “forever chemicals” in everyday consumer products or professional firefighting foam. The legislation includes bans on PFAS in apparel, cleaning products, cookware, and cosmetic and menstrual products. Meanwhile, lawmakers in some states also passed measures that […]
Ranked-choice voting is on the rise in the U.S., with two U.S. states and 45 U.S. cities now using some version of it. This November, Missourians will have the opportunity to ban it. Advocates of ranked-choice voting argue that it solves the problems of other voting methods, while detractors counter that it makes elections unnecessarily complicated. Here […]
A federal judge on Monday dismissed defamation lawsuits against three Missouri state senators who made social media posts incorrectly identifying a Kansas man as an undocumented immigrant and the shooter at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory celebration. Denton Loudermill, the plaintiff in the case, had not shown that the Kansas federal court where […]
The largest electric utility in Kansas and western Missouri will add two natural gas plants by the end of 2030, the company announced Monday. Evergy, which serves 1.6 million customers in the two states, plans to build combined-cycle natural gas plants — each with a 705-megawatt capacity — in two Kansas counties in 2029 and […]
WASHINGTON — A new poll released Monday by a civic engagement group found that Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris continues to grow her support with Latinos in critical battleground states. In a tight presidential race, both campaigns have tried to court the Latino vote — one of the fastest-growing voting blocs. The poll for Voto […]
Registered nurses at two HCA-owned Kansas City hospitals get “substantial” pay raises under new three-year contracts ratified in October. National Nurses United, the union representing registered nurses at Research Medical Center in Kansas City and Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park, said in a press release that the pay bump will make it easier to […]
In a tight, historically expensive presidential election, both candidates are seeking the support of powerful business interests. That’s raising fears that newly robust antitrust enforcement under President Joe Biden will be short lived. A huge, bipartisan majority of Americans supports the enforcement of laws meant to curb anticompetitive abuses. But the candidates aren’t saying whether they’ll keep […]
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