Jodi Fortino
KCUR News Intern-
Officials expect to see higher turnout in this primary than in previous years. -
Tenants worried about looming evictions amid a surge in coronavirus cases demonstrated in front of the Jackson County Courthouse.
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Incumbent Missouri Rep. Ingrid Burnett faces challengers Phyllis Hardwick and Wick Thomas in a district that encompasses most of Kansas City's historic Northeast neighborhood, as well as some of Sugar Creek and Independence.
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Family members of men killed by Kansas City police united today in a push for support and answers.
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Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas called the president's claims of rising crime being related to recent social justice protests as "not just (a) dog whistle, but frankly dog bark, about racial politics.”
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Republican Gov. Mike Parson wants to wait until the regular session next year to take up police reform.
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Following weeks of protests against racism in Kansas City, Missouri, the Jackson County legislature is leaving the future of two Andrew Jackson statues outside of the county courthouses to the voters.
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The Kansas City Health Department is offering free coronavirus testing for restaurant employees during a three-day testing event.
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has added Kansas to a travel advisory list of states. Many in the Kansas City area have already changed summer travel plans.
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The lawsuit comes after the city council approved an ordinance dismissing charges against non-violent demonstrators.
