Kansas

Many of Kansas City's best-regarded culinary luminaries are represented in the nominations, including The Town Company and Chewology. But the list also includes some restaurants off the beaten path.

Kansas started this year without a state grocery tax after gradually reducing it in recent years. In Missouri, the total sales tax on groceries can get as high as 8%, which disproportionately affects low-income families.

Bundle up and prepare: People living "basically anywhere from the Rockies eastward" will see extremely cold temperatures over the next several days, a meteorologist says. That includes Kansas City, which is set to host a Chiefs playoffs game this weekend.

Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s State of the State address focused on long-term strategies to improve Kansas, including securing water supplies and growing child care. She warned Republicans of some tax cuts and education policies that she would oppose

The start of the 2025 Kansas legislative session brings renewed efforts to restrict access to abortion in a state that voted overwhelmingly to protect abortion rights.

The debate in Abilene, Kansas, could be a precursor to other communities considering the move because members of the incoming Trump administration are advocating to get rid of fluoride in drinking water. Experts say dental health is at stake.

The Kansas-Missouri border splits Kansas City, and divides the metro region more evenly, and sometimes problematically, than any American metro region cut in two by a state line.

As sleet and snow began falling, volunteers at Project 1020, Johnson County’s only emergency cold-weather shelter, made sure unhoused residents weren’t caught in the life-threatening cold. Unlike other county organizations, the shelter operated around the clock for several days straight.

The historic Rosedale neighborhood, now part of Kansas City, Kansas, is not just home to the University of Kansas Medical Center. Check out our intro to Rosedale's parks, restaurants, culture, and history.

In an unusual court proceeding that began in October, the ACLU and other attorneys asserted that Kansas' death penalty law should be struck down because prospective jurors must be willing to impose capital punishment to serve — meaning that Black jurors get disproportionately excluded.

The "Second Look Act" in the 2024 Kansas legislative session would resentence eligible inmates after a certain amount of time in prison. It doesn’t guarantee their release, just another look at the length of their sentence.

Students across Kansas and Missouri have not been in school since Dec. 21, as road conditions and cold made it too risky to return to classrooms after winter break. They're pitching in to shovel, building snow forts and, in some cases, running out of indoor activities.