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Under Kansas City's Tenants Bill of Rights, rental housing must have functional heating, sewage, hot water, plumbing and electrical fixtures, and any provided appliances must remain functional. The Healthy Homes program can compel a landlord to resolve any violations.

A Missouri lawmaker has already filed a bill to extend post-childbirth Medicaid coverage past its current two month cutoff. Other conservative-led states are considering similar legislation.

The Farm Bill, that sets important policy on everything from crop insurance to SNAP benefits, is up for renewal next year. But the results of the midterm elections may not shed much light on how that legislation will end up.

A few steps away from Martini Corner and historic Union Hill, the 816 Bicycle Collective is transforming the lives of some of the city's most vulnerable residents.

The Pottawatomie Wabaunsee Regional Library’s lease is under threat because the library refused to comply with a request from the St. Marys City Commission to remove all LGBTQ, sexual, racial or otherwise “socially divisive” content from its shelves.

There's nothing like lighting a fresh candle on a crisp day. Luckily, these Kansas City candlemakers have plenty of options to appeal to your senses.

The Keystone pipeline failed again last week, dumping 14,000 barrels — or 588,000 gallons — of oil in northern Kansas. In the decade since it began operations, the crude oil pipeline’s Canadian owner, TC Energy, has paid just over $300,000 fines for the damages it's caused.

More than 2,000 cattle carcasses were put in landfill piles or pits after dying in the southwest Kansas heat. But those are not prohibited or unexpected methods of livestock disposal.

The Black contralto put European art music and African-American spirituals in parity — and in her art, paved the way for generations of singers after her, both inside and outside classical music.

The Missouri General Assembly is already fielding legislation on college students and campus life.