Six #Missouri hospitals are piloting a program to use technology and a closed-loop referral system to allow providers to ensure that patients get in touch with the social care they need, like home repairs or utility assistance.
Kansas and Missouri earned failing grades and ranked among the worst states in the country when it comes to protecting online sports gamblers, according to a new report.
In a typical month, about 10% to 11% of Evergy customers are behind on their payments, according to Jenn DeRose, a campaign strategist with the Sierra Club.
Kansas is considering a law that would require age verification before anyone downloads an app from an app store.
Kansas City’s 1% earnings tax is up for renewal on the April 7, 2026, ballot. A “yes” vote would keep the tax until 2031. A “no” vote would permanently eliminate it after a 10-year phase-out.
Kansas lawmakers have promised property tax relief for years. They are closer to more substantial reform this year.
Independence City Council is expected to vote March 2 on whether to grant a 90% tax abatement on Nebius “AI factory” worth up to $150.6 billion.
For decades, the influence of big money has been an unsolvable problem in politics.
Missourians have felt the consequences of those kinds of spending in elections statewide and at the local level.
Facing a similar labor shortage, Canada is recruiting health care workers from the United States. Could this pull workers from Kansas City?
BREAKING: Law enforcement is investigating after the North Kansas City School District discovered hundreds of thousands of dollars in payments for potentially fake consulting services.
The University of Missouri School of Medicine received a $4.6 million grant to give its first responders the training and resources to launch a mobile blood transfusion program in Columbia.
A 1,000-page document will be scrutinized by Kansas City council members as they evaluate a $2.5 billion budget to fund street resurfacing, police salaries, public transportation and debt payments.
Kansas foster care agencies, judges and law enforcement are trying to close this gap in state law that sends high needs youth with criminal behaviors to foster care agencies instead of proper treatment programs.
Schnelting, a St. Charles Republican, has spent the last year developing a proposal for a state investment fund, the “Show-Me Prosperity Fund,” that he hopes will eventually generate enough revenue to replace all state taxes.
Kansas City is grappling with an affordable housing shortage.
The Kansas City Council passed an ordinance Feb. 5, rolling back portions of its energy code to loosen insulation requirements, relax energy performance targets and remove certain testing mandates for new residential construction.
Olathe acknowledged that they had been negotiating with the Kansas City Chiefs for two years under a nondisclosure agreement.But somewhere along the way someone forgot to let Wyandotte County officials in on the plan.
Kansas City collects more than $100 million a year in taxes on online purchases. But unlike in-store sales taxes, none of that money goes to the special voter-approved funds for transit, parks, fire, public safety or infrastructure.
Kansans could soon donate to candidates in state or local races using cryptocurrency.
The Chiefs are building a 65,000-seat, $3 billion domed stadium that is expected to be ready for the 2031 season. The stadium and an adjacent $325 million entertainment district are expected to take up about 235 acres near the Kansas Speedway.
A warehouse in south Kansas City could be sold to the federal government to become an ICE detention center. That warehouse, owned by Platform Ventures, had received a $21 million tax incentive from the Port Authority of Kansas City.
According to the MIT living wage calculator, a single adult with no children needs to make $22.75 an hour working f/t to pay for typical expenses. A single parent with two children needs to earn $49.92 an hour. While the minimum wage rose this year in #Missouri to $15/hr, it’s only $7.25 in #Kansas.
“Your job isn’t keeping up with your housing, which is the biggest issue,” said Kansas City Houseless Prevention Coordinator Josh Henges. “We’ve seen over the last five years that wages are not even coming close to matching the cost of housing.”
In Kansas City, that math is stark. buff.ly/KlsZlRX
Jackson County Legislature Chair Manny Abarca IV introduced a proposal requiring law enforcement to keep their faces and badges visible and is backing an amendment narrowing the focus to federal agents conducting immigration enforcement within the county.
“But as a business owner, the risk is just too high that one big medical event would bankrupt everything we’ve worked for the last 20 years. Honestly, sometimes it feels like we’re being held hostage by the health care industry as a whole, and there doesn’t seem to be a way out”
The property tax that generates about $70 million annually is meant to benefit Kansas City’s poorest patients. It’s about to come under closer scrutiny.
Kansas Republicans want citizenship status listed on each driver’s license. Republicans argue it’ll make elections more secure, but Democrats worry it will expose immigrants to discrimination.
Some Missouri lawmakers want to expand eligibility for the MOScholars program, while others want to regulate it more.
Lawmakers are also divided on whether to expand charter schools to more areas of the state or make it harder for new ones to open.
Elementary and secondary education is among the most popular subjects of legislation filed in the Missouri legislature this year. The Missouri House lists more than 150 bills in that category in 2026, while the smaller Missouri Senate lists nearly 75. buff.ly/iGljM0Z
