Election 2024

Voting guide photo illustration.

FAQ: How to Vote in Kansas

It’s a big election year. Here’s a guide for Kansas residents to getting registered to vote, finding what’s on the ballot, locating a polling place, and more.

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FAQ: How to Vote in Missouri

It’s a big election year. Here’s a guide for Missouri residents to getting registered to vote, finding what’s on the ballot, locating a polling place, and more.

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Petitioners with Missourians for Healthy Families and Fair Wages unload dozens of boxes of signatures to deliver to the Secretary of State.

Boone County Becomes Focus of Missouri Initiative Petition Campaigns Following Redistricting

The 2022 Missouri congressional map split Boone County in half. Will it make a difference in the effort to get abortion on the ballot in November?

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President Joe Biden, left, speaks about an executive order in the East Room at the White House.

Border Issue Looms Over Cambio Center Conference in KC

The Cambio de Colores Conference convenes in Kansas City this week in the wake of President Joe Biden’s new executive order capping asylum seekers.

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The Missouri House of Representatives commemorates the end of the 2024 legislative session by tossing hard copies of bills into the air upon adjournment.

Winners and Losers of Missouri’s 2024 Legislative Session

Dysfunction defined the Missouri legislative session, which ended last week after passing the fewest bills in history. Here are the winners and losers.

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Senate Minority Leader John Rizzo, D-Independence, speaks Thursday at a weekly leadership news conference with (from left) Sens. Doug Beck, D-Affton, Steve Roberts, D-St. Louis, and Brian Williams, D-University City.

Democrats Filibuster Bill Making it Harder to Amend Missouri Constitution

Democrats are fighting legislative efforts to make it harder to amend the Missouri Constitution. An initiative seeks to get abortion access on the fall ballot.

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Supporters sign an initiative petition in support of a ballot measure that would legalize abortion up to the point of fetal viability in Missouri. during an event on Feb. 6, 2024, in Kansas City hosted by Missourians for Constitutional Freedom.

More than 380,000 Sign Petition to Put Abortion Rights on Missouri Ballot

An effort to enshrine abortion rights in the Missouri Constitution has collected more than 380,000 signatures. The issue will likely be on the November ballot. 

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An aerial view of Truman Sports Complex.

After Blowout Loss, How Can Stadium Issue Be Revisited?

Despite a blowout loss at the polls, political veterans say the Royals and Chiefs can come back with detailed, transparent stadium plans.

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Jeff Evans, Alisha Trujillo, Tyler Gloe, and Meg Evans of Mean Mule Distilling Co. in the Crossroads.

Crossroads Small Biz Owners to Royals: Come Back With a Better Plan (And Put it in Writing)

Crossroads small business owners ponder the impact of the Kansas City Royals’ failed attempt to pass a sales tax to help build a downtown ballpark.

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Kansas City Municipal Stadium

Kansas City Royals and Chiefs Flirt With ‘Options’

It’s not hard to find examples of big-time professional sports franchises leaving Kansas City for greener pastures. Could the Royals and Chiefs be next?

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