The U.S. Supreme Court denied an appeal Monday from parents who wanted the ability to raise property taxes above a state cap in their wealthy suburban Kansas City school district. The Shawnee Mission school district parents argued state school funding is ...
Read More »State lawmakers in 10 states push debt-free college options
Lawmakers in 10 states launched a legislative push Monday intended to make debt-free public college a priority of the 2016 election. In a teleconference, the group of Democrats announced plans to introduce resolutions in the early primary states of New ...
Read More »Regulators move to stop Staples’ deal with Office Depot
The Federal Trade Commission said Monday that it is seeking to block the proposed combination of Staples and Office Depot because the deal would reduce competition in the office supplies market. The companies said they plan to fight to preserve ...
Read More »Supreme Court seems to favor limits on tribal court lawsuits
The Supreme Court appears ready to impose limits on lawsuits in a Native American court against people who are not members of the Indian tribe. The justices heard arguments Monday in a closely watched appeal by Dollar General Corp. over a ...
Read More »Fight over net neutrality rules returns to appeals court
A key federal appeals court judge who thwarted the last push to make sure consumers get equal access to the Internet appeared open Friday to the government’s revised plan. Judge David Tatel was part of a three-judge panel hearing arguments in ...
Read More »Missouri Lt Gov Kinder says campaign money was misspent
The gubernatorial campaign for Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder said Friday that tens of thousands of dollars of campaign funds had been misspent by former aides and that the matter has been referred to the U.S. attorney’s office. Kinder’s campaign ...
Read More »Promises of a positive Missouri governor’s race questioned
Candidates for Missouri governor said the 2016 race would be amicable after a contender who had criticized political bullying shot and killed himself last year. But two Republican candidates created a dust-up last month with the public release of a ...
Read More »Court cases put political spotlight on Kansas judges
Two cases that will be heard in Kansas courts this week could put a political spotlight on the judges and justices hearing them, potentially threatening the careers of any who vote contrary to how activist groups think they should. All ...
Read More »Illinois medical pot users erroneously told to give up guns
Nearly two years after Illinois decided medical marijuana users shouldn’t be prohibited from owning guns, several patients received letters from state police telling them their firearms cards were being revoked. Although the agency insists the letters were sent to just ...
Read More »Vestige of St. Louis Disney park that never was up for sale
Imagine packing up the kids and heading for that dream vacation to a Disney theme park … in St. Louis. It almost happened a half-century ago when Disney drew up plans for an indoor theme park in downtown St. Louis ...
Read More »Koster, GOP Missouri gubernatorial hopefuls talk agriculture
Democratic Attorney General Chris Koster sought to distinguish himself from the four Republican candidates for Missouri governor during a Sunday question-and-answer session, but on some agriculture issues he shared similar views with the GOP hopefuls. The Missouri Farm Bureau gubernatorial ...
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