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Slumping numbers in a July survey suggest there will be slow to no economic growth over the next three to six months in nine Midwest and Plains states, according to a report issued Monday. The overall Mid-America Business Conditions Index ...

A billionaire Las Vegas casino owner has purchased The Woodlands racing complex in eastern Kansas, but with a number of unanswered legislative questions and an estimated $50 million in renovations needed, the facility’s future is far from certain. Competition from ...

A 40-year-old St. Louis woman isn’t dead, but she said she spent months trying to convince credit reporting agencies that she’s alive. Alexandria Goree is suing Experian, TransUnion and Equifax over the glitch, contending that it was difficult to get ...

Aiming to jolt the rest of the world to action, President Barack Obama moved ahead Sunday with even tougher greenhouse gas cuts on American power plants, setting up a certain confrontation in the courts with energy producers and Republican-led states. ...

Missouri Senate President Pro Tem Tom Dempsey said Friday that he is resigning from office to launch a new private-sector career and spend more time with his family. Dempsey told The Associated Press his resignation will take effect Aug. 7 ...

Former Cass County prosecutor Teresa Hensley says she’s seeking the Democratic nomination for Missouri attorney general, which had briefly become a one-candidate race when Scott Sifton dropped out to seek re-election to the state Senate. During the announcement Thursday, the ...

The Obama administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to reinstate securities fraud convictions against two hedge fund portfolio managers, saying a federal appeals court ruling in the financiers’ favor makes it harder to prosecute insider trading. The justices should ...

Kansas City is among several finalists for a competitive neighborhood transformation grant of up to $30 million. The Kansas City Star reports Kansas City hosted the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development team that will judge who wins the ...

Authorities have released the identity of a man fatally shot at an eastern Missouri beach. The Daily Journal newspaper in Park Hills, Missouri reports that the victim was 34-year-old Patrick Marchlewski of St. Louis County. He died Saturday night after ...

Three months after the ride-sharing service Uber was allowed to operate in Kansas City, it can now pick up passengers at Kansas City International Airport. City and Uber officials announced Wednesday that the service’s drivers are now able to park ...

Relatives of a suburban St. Louis man killed by a hit-and-run vehicle are angry after the driver received probation. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 55-year-old Yelena Pelts of Chesterfield was sentenced Wednesday for the February 2014 accident that killed ...