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Kansas' candidates for a U.S. Senate seat squared off, a film festival that normally happens in March ends up outdoors in October, and a Kansas City theatre brings Halloween to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.

State Sen. Barbara Bollier would be the first Democrat to represent Kansas in the U.S. Senate since 1939, and the Ethics Professors consider a political candidate's obligation to debate their opponent.

In October 2000, a plane carrying Missouri Gov. Mel Carnahan, his son Randy and aide Chris Sifford crashed in eastern Missouri, killing all three.

We remember the life of former Missouri Gov. Mel Carnahan 20 years after his death in plane crash, and the Smart Money Experts discuss what a contested election could mean for the financial world.

Despite a distinct fundraising disadvantage and a lack of statewide name recognition, the former Kansas City Council member has been active on the campaign trail, participating in hundreds of virtual events to level the playing field.

"Over the years, you've seen the Republican party evaporate into nothingness. It's not for anything. It's against things that it shouldn't be against," says former Republican Steve Schmidt.

Jay Ashcroft is overseeing elections and running for reelection, a new app aims to help students stay on-task and a KU researcher says traumatic interactions with police make you less likely to vote.

A former Kansas City councilwoman is running to unseat Missouri's Republican second-in-command, an unexpected death on the Supreme Court raises questions about politics and the judiciary, and something else about the pandemic: More Americans than ever are leaving urban areas.

Yinka Faleti says he knows "what it will take to lift up the entire state, not just the special interest, not just the powerful and rich."

Meet the Democrat running for Missouri secretary of state, learn what video games mean to players stuck at home, and one Kansas City theater kicks off the Halloween season in a socially distanced way.

With Election Day eight weeks away attention to political campaigns from Washington to Kansas and Missouri is dialing up.

With Election Day eight weeks away attention to political campaigns from Washington to Kansas and Missouri is dialing up, and hospitals' top doctors warn that Kansas City is verging on uncontrolled coronavirus spread.