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A white man who fatally stabbed a Black father of two outside a Kansas City, Missouri, gas station will be charged with federal hate crimes, […]

After a decade of conversation in the statehouse, an effort to establish a statewide PDMP made it across the legislative finish line Tuesday. 

Weaknesses in financial oversight repeatedly plague local governments, fostering the conditions for questionable expenses, improper payments and theft, an investigation by The Star has found.

Witnesses say a white man abused customers at a convenience store with a racial slur before fatally stabbing a Black man in a fight on July 4. The victim’s family asks why the accused killer faces only a misdemeanor charge.

Many say they plan to run for local or statewide office. They never do, but they keep spending.

Many say they plan to run for local or statewide office. They never do, but they keep spending.

New members added to a crucial committee at the last minute staved off an early death for part of Gov. Mike Parson’s special session agenda.

Passing a package of tax credits for rural economic projects should have been the easy part of Gov. Mike Parsons special session agenda.

New members added to a crucial committee at the last minute staved off an early death for part of Gov. Mike Parson’s special session agenda.

House, Senate approve economic incentives bills aimed at rural areas, Senate sends income tax cut to lower chamber