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Chris Lester/The Beacon / MO Tax Relief NowAmendment 5 has garnered attention and advertising dollars aimed at swaying undecided Missouri voters. KC Media Collective partner The Beacon analyzed ads about the proposal to examine the claims and iron out what the constitutional amendment would actually do. -
Cassandra Isobelle Flores/KCURDays before the primary election, at least 10 completed, mail-in ballots were sent back to Wyandotte County residents because they were printed with a wrong return address. Erik Murray, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate from Kansas, held a July 31 emergency press conference to address the mistake.
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While Missouri 1st Congressional District incumbent Wesley Bell has raised more money, Cori Bush's willingness to depart from Democratic leaders, particularly on support for Israel, is appealing to some voters. -
Gov. Mike Kehoe has been pushing to phase-out the state's income tax, and now voters will get to decide in Tuesday's election. But Amendment 5 leaves many unknowns: How will the legislature will expand sales and use taxes? Will the change actually spur more business? -
Graves has served the department for more than 29 years, and is the first woman named permanent police chief of the KCPD. -
Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins says he intends to block state and federal funds from reaching Daniel Boone Regional Library after its Columbia branch read LGBTQ+ picture books aloud. One state lawmaker said the event was wholesome and called the threats "government censorship." -
When Kansas City voters cast their ballots in the Aug. 4 election, Question 1 will ask whether the city can issue $100 million in bonds to fund affordable housing projects. Find out about what the Housing Trust Fund has accomplished in the past and what this bond would do. -
Amendment 5’s sponsor says it won’t affect schools in the short term and could help in the long term. But critics say it leaves too many unanswered questions. -
Elizabeth Oyer said on social media that Missouri Republican Sens. Eric Schmitt and Josh Hawley inspired hate messages and death threats from other people after she testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee against Todd Blanche, the president's nominee for attorney general. -
If voters approve the constitutional amendment, Kansas will move to a system of electing justices. If not, the state will continue with its current, merit-based appointment system. Critics say the amendment is an attempted power grab by Republican lawmakers. -
Question 3 on the Aug. 4 election asks Kansas City voters to extend the 1/8-cent Central City Economic Development tax that helps fund projects in the urban core. -
The Edgerton City Council unanimously overrode the planning commission's denial of a $860 million data center project. Some Edgerton residents say the decision made them lose trust in their elected officials. -
The settlement would include more than 200,000 people who paid property taxes in 2023 and 2024, and would return all the money Jackson County charged in assessments that was over the state-mandated 15% cap. -
A statement signed by four Missouri diocese leaders doesn't specifically tell voters to reject the August ballot issue, which would allow expanded sales taxes and end the state income tax. But the bishops say it will disproportionately harm people with lower incomes.
