2+ day, 44+ min ago   (17+ words) (Video) Kansas City Star...

2+ day, 45+ min ago   (17+ words) (Video) Kansas City Star...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (498+ words) Danielle Allen once asked her night students at the University of Chicago had they ever read, really read the Declaration of Independence. Now a political philosopher at Harvard, she has written several books on democracy, and her book, “Our Declaration:…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (275+ words) The item most significant to Kansas City in the proposed military budget for 2027 is for operation of the Kansas City National Security Campus. It employees more than 7,000 people and produces 80% of the non-nuclear components of U.S. nuclear weapons. Its proposed 2027 budget…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago   (478+ words) The headline on an Aug. 29 story read, “Kansas City auto industry faces a new threat from Canada. Here’s what is at stake.” Let’s be clear. The threat is not from Canada. Donald Trump’s imposition of unjustifiable and cruel tariffs on…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago   (451+ words) My parents taught me to believe in the American dream: If you work hard and play by the rules, you can build a better life for yourself and your family. We weren’t rich, but my dad had a solid union…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (353+ words) Every time war erupts in the Middle East, Americans are reminded that energy security is national security. Kansas drivers are paying roughly 25 cents a gallon less for gasoline than the national average thanks to Midwestern refineries running at record levels…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (720+ words) Donald Trump’s name did not appear in a late Friday afternoon statement by the Missouri Cattlemen’s Association, but there wasn’t much mystery about whom the group was mad at. Earlier that day, Trump had announced a plan to temporarily allow…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (553+ words) He was everywhere, a drawing of a balding man with a long nose peeking over a wall. That bit of simple graffiti was scribbled just about anywhere U.S. soldiers went. The words “Kilroy was here” usually accompanied the drawing. You can…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (212+ words) Editor's Note: Below is a Q&A culled from a brief phone conversation with Interim Jackson County Executive Phil LeVota, who is under a cloud of federal bribery charges and a five-count indictment. Opinion columnist Toriano Porter spoke with LeVota…...