3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1513+ words) The Kansas City Council is taking a big swing with this August’s ballot. Voters will be presented with five ballot questions, including four bond measures totaling $1.7 billion and a sales tax renewal that would fund economic development. Those five questions…...

5+ mon, 4+ day ago   (641+ words) Kansas City voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved renewing the city’s 1% earnings tax. The tax is Kansas City’s single largest revenue source: It brings in about $373 million annually, which makes up about 45% of the city’s general fund. A failed vote would…...

5+ mon, 2+ day ago   (682+ words) Republican legislators overrode Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto to create a 25-foot buffer around law enforcement and emergency personnel, a move the Senate leader said ensures Kansas won’t become like Minnesota. Senate President Ty Masterson said in a news release that…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (949+ words) The U.S. Department of Justice contends Kansas has given the federal government Social Security numbers and Department of Motor Vehicles registration information on registered voters. The DOJ sought the information as part of a sweeping push by the Trump administration to…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1563+ words) The Kansas City Council approved an official list of 52 priorities for 2026, which the city’s lobbyists will push for in the Missouri General Assembly and state agencies. But members of Kansas City’s statehouse delegation are not very hopeful about this year’s…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1085+ words) TOPEKA — Kansas’ failed proof of citizenship law could serve as a cautionary tale for Congress and other states just beginning to craft similar voting restrictions, a report found. Federal legislation reintroduced earlier this year would require voters to provide documented…...

9+ mon, 3+ week ago   (477+ words) The Republican secretaries of state for Kansas and Missouri signed a memorandum of understanding to exchange voter registration information in a bid to identify people who failed to cancel registrations after moving from one state to the other. Kansas Secretary…...

10+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1283+ words) Kansas City has been in the news a lot lately. The Chiefs' repeated trips to the Super Bowl and the constant updates on pop star Taylor Swift and tight end Travis Kelce’s relationship keep the growing city in the national…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago   (247+ words) Both Missouri and Kansas voted overwhelmingly for President Donald Trump in the 2024 election. So how do voters in our region feel about his performance in office so far? For an upcoming episode, KCUR’s Up To Date wants to hear from…...

10+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1277+ words) Pressure over the push to do a sooner-than-usual redrawing of Kansas Congressional districts increased this week, as statehouse Republicans met for a White House conference in Washington, D.C., and local Democrats rallied against a plan that may split Johnson County among…...