Congress

U.S. Rep. Cori Bush has introduced a bill that would give federal health officials the authority to implement federal eviction bans during a public health crisis.

The Springfield Republican is trying to parlay his longtime support of former President Donald Trump into a bid for the U.S. Senate.

Exclusion of affordable housing from President Biden's plan has the Missouri congressman unable to commit his support, one Kansas City nonprofit is improving health outcomes for Black LGBTQ residents, and a festival featuring only female directors calls North Kansas City home.

June 19 is a commemoration of the end of chattel slavery in the United States, marking the day enslaved people in Texas were finally freed — more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.

Republican budget hawks put an end to the earmarks in Congress a decade ago. Now earmarks are back, and Kansas Republicans in Congress are in a bind: do they take a pass on earmarks and let their districts miss out on money?

Bush's testimony was part of a push to pass a package of legislation dubbed the Black Maternal Health “Momnibus” Act.

Local Democratic leaders took pride in President Biden's proposals, but Republican lawmakers expressed concerns about a new $1.8 trillion plan.

Senator Blunt's political career began in 1973 as county clerk in Greene County, Missouri, and will finish when his current term as senator ends in 2023.

Missouri's senior senator on the work ahead in his final months in Congress and two memorials to Levi Harrington who was killed by a Kansas City mob in 1882.

The American Jobs Plan would be historic should it pass through Congress.

An examination of the $2 trillion infrastructure plan reveals it's goes beyond the traditional, and how the source of local news for many is struggling to find ways to stay afloat.

Unlike the last time local governments got federal relief funding, cities and towns will receive direct aid from the federal government. The new approach could ease political tensions and budgetary woes.