A Wichita State University mathematician says she’s not optimistic that she’ll win her lawsuit seeking ballot information so she can perform an audit of the 2014 election. Beth Clarkson is suing Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach and Sedgwick County ...
Read More »Birthright citizenship debate a distraction, GOP rivals say
The debate over a controversial proposal to end the automatic granting of citizenship to children of people in the U.S. illegally is a distraction from what the nation really needs to do to stem the tide of illegal immigration, several ...
Read More »Obama sheds summer curse, just in time for daunting fall
President Barack Obama may have finally shed his summer curse — just in time for a daunting fall. Unlike past summers, this year’s has been among the most productive stretches of Obama’s presidency. Late June victories in the Supreme Court ...
Read More »Survey: Most economists say Fed will raise rates in 2015
The vast majority of business economists expect the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates before the end of the year, according to a survey released Monday. Minutes from the Fed’s meeting in late July showed that officials could raise rates ...
Read More »Trial underway for man accused of killing 3 at Jewish sites
A trial is underway for a Missouri white supremacist accused of killing three people last year at two Jewish sites in suburban Kansas City. Frazier Glenn Miller Jr. could face the death penalty if convicted in the April 2014 killings. ...
Read More »EPA knew of ‘blowout’ risk for tainted water at gold mine
U.S. officials knew of the potential for a catastrophic “blowout” of poisonous wastewater from an inactive gold mine, yet appeared to have only a cursory plan to deal with such an event when a government cleanup team triggered a 3-million-gallon ...
Read More »Dilapidated, toxic carburetor plant coming down in St. Louis
Demolition at the dilapidated and toxic Carter Carburetor plant in north St. Louis is finally beginning, under the watchful eye of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Contractors were starting the process Monday of taking down the massive brick plant that ...
Read More »Tardy tax filers risk loss of health care subsidies
Sign-up season for President Barack Obama’s health care law doesn’t start for another couple of months, but the next few days are crucial for hundreds of thousands of customers who risk losing financial aid when they renew coverage for 2016. ...
Read More »Missouri unemployment benefits bill looks set for override
Missouri’s Republican-led Senate appears to have enough support to override Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon’s veto of a bill that would enact one of the nation’s strictest limits for unemployment benefits. Although the legality of the veto override remains in doubt, ...
Read More »Kansas City minimum wage petition approved for ballot
The Kansas City Council has agreed to put a citizen group’s minimum wage petition on the November ballot. The petition seeks a local minimum wage increase to $15 per hour by 2020. The council had to authorize the ballot question ...
Read More »Agency won’t open probe into Toyota unintended acceleration
U.S. safety regulators have rejected an electrical engineer’s request to investigate low-speed unintended acceleration in Toyota and Lexus cars. The petition was the latest in a string of claims that Toyota vehicles can accelerate on their own dating to 2009. ...
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