Federal law requires states to attain error rates below 6% or face paying a percentage of the state’s SNAP benefits. Kansas still has an error rate of 7.8%, down significantly since 2023.

Just like all previous summers since the pandemic began, COVID-19 cases are ticking up again, even while other health threats make more headlines.

This month, Moberly Area Community College's new pilot training begins at the Columbia Regional Airport. Leaders hope it will fill a pilot shortage as the aviation industry grows in mid-Missouri.

Kansas City's World Cup co-hosting duties didn’t just impact the state on an economic level — local and professional soccer clubs across the state felt the energy from the global tournament, too.

From Café Cà Phê’, the city's first dedicated Vietnamese coffee shop, to the many restaurants slinging traditional phin drip, the beloved beverage can be found all around the Kansas City metro.

Kansas City, Missouri, continues to sit at No. 11 in the latest ranking of best startup cities in the Midwest, a place it's held since 2022. Columbia, Missouri, jumped five spots to No. 17. Wichita, Springfield, Manhattan and Topeka all landed in the top 50.

Around 100 people opposed to the proposed data center filled the Leavenworth County planning meeting room, pushing for more scrutiny on regulations. A countywide moratorium on data center development expired this week.

On Monday, Aug. 10, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that aims to cut the number of routine immunizations for American children. Only states can require vaccinations for children to enter school or day care. But many health experts pushed back, saying the order would not make children's lives safer and further erodes vaccine trust for parents.

Planned Parenthood clinics in Kansas City, Columbia and St. Louis restarted procedural abortions in 2025. All four clinics, along with the Planned Parenthood in Gladstone, also offer medication abortion.