The Supreme Court Sides With NCAA Athletes In A Narrow Ruling
The court ruled that NCAA rules are not reasonably necessary to distinguish between college and professional sports. Still, the ruling could be potentially transformative.
View ArticleParson Calls Special Session On Medicaid Tax, With Plan To Ban Some Birth...
Failure to pass the Federal Reimbursement Allowance could result in big Missouri budget cuts.
View ArticleThe Pandemic Left Kids In Kansas Needing Summer School More Than Ever, Yet...
Learning loss followed the shift to remote and hybrid schooling. While kids need to catch up, large numbers of families and children are passing on summers schools because they say they need a break...
View ArticleSt. Louis Sues Missouri Over New Law Nullifying Federal Gun Restrictions
St. Louis and St. Louis County jointly filed suit Monday asking a judge to find a new law that seeks to ban federal gun laws in Missouri unconstitutional.
View ArticleOverland Park Approves Adding Toll Lanes To U.S. Highway 69. What Happens Next?
The Overland Park City Council voted 10-2 on Monday to approve a joint proposal with the Kansas Department of Transportation to build express toll lanes going both directions on a busy stretch of U.S....
View ArticleKansas City Wants Police Board’s Lawsuit Dropped, Denies It Seeks To Control...
The war of words around Mayor Quinton Lucas’s plan to reallocate a portion of the police budget is now in the courts, with the city responding to the Board of Police Commissioners lawsuit. Both sides...
View ArticleMissouri Motorcyclists See 40% Spike In Deaths After 2020 Helmet Law Repeal
Year-to-date, fatalities have increased by 40% in 2021, according to the Missouri Department of Transportation.
View ArticleTelevangelist Jim Bakker Agrees To Refund Missouri Consumers Who Bought Fake...
Bakker offered "Silver Solution" to viewers in return for “donations” of $80 or $125.
View ArticleVictim Advocacy Group Calls On The Kansas City Diocese To List All Priests...
The Catholic Diocese of Kansas City - St. Joseph said that it does not duplicate publicly listed names of “credibly accused” priests, but victim advocates say that’s not enough.
View ArticleDevelopers Want Tax Breaks For Kansas City's Katz Drug Store, But Some Worry...
The Kansas City Council plans to decide whether to give tax breaks to a project turning Katz Drug Store into an amenities space for an upscale apartment complex Thursday.
View ArticleKansas Judge Grants Partial Victory To EpiPen Marketer In Suit Over Massive...
The case concerns whether Mylan sought to monopolize the EpiPen market after it dramatically hiked the price of the lifesaving device.
View ArticleKatz Drug Store Apartment Project Sinks After Kansas City Council Votes Down...
The project died after the developer told a council member that a scaled-back incentive package wouldn't suffice.
View ArticleAdvocates See CDC Eviction Moratorium As A 'Band-Aid' To Kansas City’s...
KC Tenants and other advocates for low-income renters said a federal extension of the eviction moratorium Thursday provides some relief, but ultimately doesn’t help those financially hurt by the...
View ArticleStudent Says Guadalupe Centers Soccer Coach Firing 'Devastated' The Team
The board of the school heard opposition Thursday to the firing of coach Ricky Oliveras earlier this month.
View ArticleA Lee's Summit Teacher Uttered The N-Word. Now The School Board Will Decide...
Joe Oswald’s attorney, Michael McDorman, told the board that Oswald didn’t willfully use the N-word in an insulting way. Rather, he said, Oswald was simply reading aloud what the student had said.
View ArticleDerek Chauvin Is Sentenced To 22 1/2 Years For George Floyd's Murder
Prosecutors were asking for the former police officer to be sentenced to a 30-year prison term. The defense attorney called for probation and time already served.
View ArticleSupreme Court Ruling Gives Refineries Leeway In A Decision That Could Hurt...
Boosters of ethanol and other renewable fuels are holding out hope that the Biden administration will be friendlier to the industry than the Trump administration.
View ArticleStates Ending Their Pandemic Emergency Declarations Surrender Extra Food...
Federal COVID-19 relief boosted SNAP payments. But some states have ended their disaster declarations to speed up the economic recovery even as advocates warn that some people will go hungry.
View ArticleNew Missouri Task Force Aims To Help Women Rejoin Workforce Post-Pandemic
The nonprofit United Women's Empowerment is leading the initiative, which will result in a series of policy recommendations for lawmakers.
View ArticleFound In Missouri's Wetlands, These Bacteria Could Help Scientists Combat...
Found in wetlands from Missouri to Massachusetts, photoferrotrophs could be absorbing carbon dioxide on a large scale, underscoring the importance of conserving these threatened habitats, Washington...
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