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The arrests of plant workers and others around southwest Kansas began Tuesday, causing alarm and confusion across the region, where immigrants make up a large portion of the agriculture workforce.
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On Nov. 3, voters in Kansas and Missouri will decide multiple consequential ballot issues and major federal and state races. Get KCUR's comprehensive guide.
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Missouri legislators passed a law in 2022 making it a crime for school employees to provide students with what was defined as explicit sexual material. Last year, a judge ruled the law unconstitutional. -
It's the second time in a week that Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway has announced an inquiry into an entity that has sparred with the University of Missouri System president. -
Stedman Graham, businessman, author and longtime partner of Oprah Winfrey, addressed young men at a mentorship event Tuesday. -
Most Midwestern states have little to no regulations of Flock Safety cameras or other automated license plate readers. As surveillance companies face bipartisan backlash, that is likely to change during the next legislative session. -
Democratic U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II, Republican state Sen. Rick Brattin and Libertarian Randall Langkraehr are up for Missouri’s 5th Congressional District seat, which represents most of the Kansas City area. -
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple, located in northwest Wichita, is the first built in the state. It will give the state’s more than 45,000 church members a closer place to perform sacred worship. -
A recent poll shows Democratic Senate candidate Adam Hamilton leading in his race, but the Democratic candidate for governor, Cindy Holscher, is behind. -
After federal immigration enforcement action in western Kansas, a meatpacking plant delayed some shifts Wednesday and a school district warned that students may have had family members detained. -
A Jackson County jury found Fredrick Scott guilty of first-degree murder in four of six killings, capping a case that spanned nearly a decade. He was acquitted on two other counts. Scott faces life in prison without the possibility of parole.
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