3+ hour, 13+ min ago   (479+ words) Given today’s affordability challenges, it is understandable that homeowners are looking for ways to reduce their property tax burden. But lower property taxes do not come without trade-offs. When property taxes are reduced, so is funding for the local services…...

3+ hour, 19+ min ago   (502+ words) Twenty-five years after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the list of ways in which the U.S. mishandled its response is long and growing. Indeed, our government also got much wrong well before that iniquitous day on which people who imagined that God…...

15+ hour, 17+ min ago   (695+ words) But none of the aforementioned departments utilizes a real-time database like the one recently unveiled in Overland Park, and that needs to change. For the sake of transparency, law and order and public safety, any police department in our region…...

18+ hour, 6+ min ago   (578+ words) The first report from the research team hired by the Mayor’s Commission on Reparations in Kansas City is out, and some may be surprised by what isn’t included because, after a year of work, it’s not done yet. I’m OK…...

22+ hour, 40+ min ago   (151+ words) Signs are pointing to rookie Kahlil Benson starting at left tackle in place of the injured Josh Simmons in the Chiefs season opener against the Broncos at Arrowhead Stadium. If that is the case and Benson plays Monday night, his…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (361+ words) That conversation may seem far removed from KC boardrooms and businesses. But it directly affects the decisions business owners across our region make every day, from financing equipment purchases and facility expansions to managing payroll growth and evaluating long-term investments....

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (376+ words) Congratulations, Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins and Attorney General Catherine Hanaway. You both got what you wanted: a full-blown constitutional crisis of your own making. Unless the courts intervene immediately, you will have successfully disenfranchised hundreds of thousands of…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (709+ words) Missouri students are back in class, but for a growing number of them, school does not look the same as it did a decade ago. Some attend school four days a week instead of five. Some do not go to…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (665+ words) Kansas City Star Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. With our nation facing increasing partisan gridlock and division, it’s time Kansas does something different. For the last six years, Sen. Roger Marshall…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (13+ words) (Video) Kansas City Star...