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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In the Nov. 3 election, Missouri voters can weigh in on Amendments 3, 6, 7 and 8, and Proposition A. The measures include an abortion ban, a referendum on a redrawn congressional map and protections to voter-proposed ballot measures.
@kcur893 Some of the MOST important names on your ballot this year are probably ones you’ve never heard of. That’s because they’re judges. Across Missouri and Kansas, voters are being asked whether these state Supreme Court justices and lower court judges should retain their jobs or not. But information about who they are, and how they do their job, is often hard to find. KCUR’s Savannah Hawley-Bates and Grace Hill put together guides to the judge elections in Missouri and Kansas — and explain why some Republican lawmakers want to change how judges get selected in the first place. 🎙️Hosted by Savannah Hawley-Bates & Grace Hills 📹Filmed and produced by Zach Perez 🖥️Edited by Gabe Rosenberg #kansas #missouri #election ♬ original sound - KCUR - Kansas City
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Pushback from the state and the county dropping its lawsuit signal that community safeguards in the stadium deal could change.
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If passed, the amendment would require a minimum 80% vote in both the Missouri House and Senate to modify a citizen-backed law or amendment. The amendment also prohibits the legislature from passing any bill “weakening citizens’ initiative or referendum powers.”
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A corn infection that farmers dread is also a culinary delicacy in Mexico. Now, farmers, chefs and a secretive vegetable broker are bringing it to one Midwest city.
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The national organization DJs at the Polls is coming to Kansas for the first time, inspired by the competitive U.S. Senate race. They've hired local DJs to spin tunes outside more than a dozen polling stations Tuesday.
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Food and farm programs historically persist through the farm bill. Packaging multiple cross-party issues into one bill ensures rural and urban legislators come together to pass it. But that coalition has been fracturing over past farm bill cycles, creating uncertainty on the farm and in grocery stores.
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Election Day is Tuesday. Voters in Kansas and Missouri will weigh in on important ballot issues such as abortion and redistricting, and decide competitive races for U.S. Senate, governor and more.
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The World Cup gave Kansas City a deadline to make changes, an opportunity to experiment and a reason to invest. Now the city has to show which of those efforts will benefit residents beyond the tournament.
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Polls show Sen. Roger Marshall in a close race with Democratic pastor Adam Hamilton. This is Trump’s second visit hoping to boost Marshall’s chances.
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Kansas state Sen. Cindy Holscher, the Democratic Party’s nominee for governor, said Republican Senate President Ty Masterson failed to leverage a Republican majority to tackle property tax reform.
The Glore Psychiatric Museum in St. Joseph, Missouri, attracts lovers of the macabre, odd and supernatural for its eerie exhibits. But why was it created?
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