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Fighting fires has evolved, but federal safety regulations haven’t changed for nearly half a century. Now the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed new safety standards. It's great news for career and paid firefighters, but volunteer departments say the new rules could bog them down with expensive and irrelevant regulations.

Under Missouri's new rules that require plain packaging for marijuana products, items must be individually approved by the state. Licensees were up against a Sept. 1 deadline, and not all got the green light, meaning some manufacturers are sitting on products they can't sell.

Last year, 2,176 catalytic converters were stolen in Kansas City. By the end of November this year, that number was only 570. Why the sudden drop?

To date, the Canna Convict Project has already secured the release of 8 Missouri citizens from prison.

Overdraft fees typically make up a small fraction of most banks’ profits. One researcher believes he has uncovered a business model where banks take advantage of little regulation on overdraft fees by using them as a primary source of revenue.

One controversy involving the Kansas City Police Department has to do with oversight from the Office of Community Complaints. Critics say the office rarely rules against law enforcement, and are raising questions about how effective and fair it is.

WICHITA, Kansas — About 150,000 people in Kansas get their drinking water from private wells. How clean, and safe, is that water? Short answer: It...

Segment 1: Application numbers for growing medical marijuana in Missouri are below expectationsWith only a few days left to submit the required paperwork,…

Wind farms have been sprouting across Kansas horizons for nearly 20 years, planting ever-more-giant turbines capable of transforming breezes into clean...

Westar Energy and Great Plains Energy, the parent company of Kansas City Power & Light Co., won approval from state regulators Thursday to merge as...

Segment 1: Some CBD advocates claim medicinal benefits, but research is still nominal. The market for CBD is growing, and a large number of shops have…

Schlitterbahn, the amusement park under indictment over the 2016 death of a lawmaker’s son on its signature waterslide, now finds itself subject to a full…