1+ hour, 11+ min ago  (435+ words) Licensed professionals will once again be allowed to perform so-called conversion therapy on minors, after the Kansas City council repealed a previous ban on Thursday. The 7-5 decision, which came late Thursday evening, wasn't made happily, and several council members voted…...

3+ hour, 10+ min ago  (993+ words) Gov. Mike Kehoe will ask Missouri voters in August to decide whether lawmakers should have new power to expand sales taxes to replace the income tax and whether citizen-led constitutional amendments should face a higher bar for passage. In a…...

14+ hour, 6+ min ago  (170+ words) The city paid a private contractor to surveil Dorch as part of an investigation into whether she broke the city's requirement that all its employees reside primarily in Kansas City, Missouri. She sued the city and Platt in March 2024. The…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (494+ words) A Kansas judge blocked the state from enforcing portions of a ban on gender-affirming care for minors, allowing transgender kids in Kansas to undergo hormone therapy and use puberty blockers. In a 117-page Friday ruling, Douglas County District Court Judge…...

2+ day, 48+ min ago  (199+ words) It will be more than a year before Kansas Citians will find out who will replace Quinton Lucas as the next mayor of the city. But candidates are already lining up to seize that opportunity. Mayor Pro Tem Ryana Parks-Shaw,…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago  (198+ words) Missouri's redrawn congressional map seems likely to be the one voters will see during the 2026 elections, after it was upheld in the Missouri Supreme Court. Secretary of State Denny Hoskins is under pressure from local groups to put a referendum…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago  (568+ words) Vice President JD Vance ticked through a list of political topics " from Missouri's redistricting efforts to the importance of bringing manufacturing back to the United States " at a campaign-style rally Monday afternoon. Vance spoke to a small, loud and enthusiastic…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago  (1383+ words) Some Kansans are spooked by data centers as the likelihood of the state hosting more big tech facilities is rising. One positive to all the hullabaloo? Heightened civic engagement early in local proceedings....

5+ day, 13+ hour ago  (387+ words) TOPEKA " Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Eric Rosen says internal budget reallocation allows for a 1% salary increase among nonjudicial employees to match raises granted by the Legislature for state employees in the executive branch. The Legislature adjourned the 2026 session without…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago  (715+ words) A Cole County judge is being asked to block the measure from the ballot or rewrite its summary for voters....