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The Kansas legislature has been debating a number of bills recently, including one that would bring tax cuts and another that would legalize medical marijuana.

Missouri lawmakers are blocking funds for voter-approved Medicaid, and the Kansas legislature is dealing with some contentious issues.

Missouri lawmakers are on spring break, but still have hot button issues to work through when they return.

The Missouri legislature has been busy as it reaches the halfway-point of the 2021 session and the peregrine falcon population in the Midwest is recovering thanks to conservation efforts.

Stimulus checks are the tip of the iceberg that is the $1.9 trillion dollar American Rescue Plan.

The massive American Rescue Plan signed by President Joe Biden on March 11 will provide aid to people, businesses and relief programs, and Lulu Garcia-Navarro shares stories about 'The Moment' when COVID-19 became a reality for millions of Americans nearly one year ago.

The Democratic Governor and conservative Republicans who control the Legislature don't agree on any of the key issues, and they're all rushing to do something while the possibility of a COVID-19 shutdown lingers.

The 1992 bestseller "America: What Went Wrong?" documented how tax policy hammers the middle class, how the rich grow more rich and the erosion of the health care and retirement systems. So how have things changed since?

The first Black district attorney in Kansas shares his thoughts on reforming policing and the justice system, and a Pulitzer Prize-winner updates his 1992 bestseller about the undermining of the American dream.

The vote came in a low-key election, overshadowed by concerns over the spread of the coronavirus and ongoing civil rights protests over the asphyxiation death of a black man in Minneapolis police custody.

The closure of small and rural hospitals will escalate as they confront COVID-19 and a provision in Trump’s tax act.

As Kansas City proposes to slash nearly $900,000 from the budget of the city’s tourism agency, it appears to be leaving at least that much on the table…