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President Obama and Senate Republicans have different views when it comes to what counts as "recess." A federal appeals court is now weighing the question in a case challenging three of Obama's appointments.

If you need help in ultramodern Berlin, the low-tech tradition of posting a note on a lamppost may yield the best results. Just ask Maira Becke, who has turned to the city's many avid lamppost readers for help recovering a beloved stiletto shoe.

The city is the first in the nation to require a sodium warning on menu items containing 2,300 milligrams of sodium or more. The rule applies to chain restaurants with 15 or more locations.

Just days into the new semester, local school districts are experiencing hundreds of staff absences as COVID-19 surges.

The Unified Government of Kansas City, Kansas and Wyandotte County will pay more than $813,000 to Doug Bach, the retiring county administrator who left the county three weeks after the new mayor was sworn in.

In 2021, more than 2,600 people died of a reported drug overdose in Kansas and Missouri. A Kansas City peer support group is bringing together friends and families who have lost loved ones to substance abuse and addiction.

The Kansas City Council approved three tax questions for the April ballot on Thursday. Officials estimate that the new taxes would generate millions in revenue for the city.

The state of Missouri will allow cities to tack on an additional sales tax to recreational weed. Many local governments appear ready to put the question to voters, and enjoy a new source of revenue.

In a major policy shift, the Boy Scouts of America announced in 2017 that it would allow girls to join the 110-year-old organization as Cub Scouts and earn the rank of Eagle Scout.

Federal money kept 1.5 million people on the payroll in Kansas and Missouri, but the types of businesses that received the loans varied widely.