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Missouri lawmakers are debating whether to ban a common second-trimester abortion method. A House committee heard testimony Tuesday on a bill that would prohibit doctors from using forceps or similar instruments on a live fetus to remove it from the ...

A plan to renovate the Kansas City International Airport, rather than demolish and replace it, is unrealistic and more expensive than originally suggested, a consultant for airlines that use the airport said. Lou Salomon, chief operating officer of AvAirPros, told ...

The product liability case of an Oklahoma woman against two pelvic mesh manufacturers is now in the hands of a Jackson County jury. Attorneys for each side made their case during closing arguments Monday in the packed Division 15 courtroom. ...

The Obama administration is offering states and local school districts a lesson plan of sorts to cut the amount of time that students spend on those fill-in-the-bubble and other standardized tests. The Education Department released guidance Tuesday to states and ...

A Missouri lawmaker is touting a bill he said will protect the state’s student journalists from censorship, written in part as a response to a recent confrontation between a University of Missouri assistant professor and a student videographer during protests ...

Top Republicans in the Kansas House plan this week to test the support for changing how state Supreme Court justices are selected to potentially give the governor and legislators more influence. “We’ll see where people are,” House Speaker Ray Merrick, a ...

An AP News Analysis The March judicial elections featuring two contested Supreme Court races won’t just be a referendum on the direction voters want for a court that’s been in the middle of an unusually public dispute. It could also offer ...

As the University of Missouri’s Columbia campus tries to rebound from racial unrest, the system’s governing board is without minority representation after two black members resigned last week — leaving one-third of the nine seats vacant. All three departures happened ...

A Missouri high school’s protest over a transgender teen’s locker room use has prompted state legislators to file several bills that would make schools enforce gender-specific bathrooms and locker rooms. The Kansas City Star reports that more than 100 Hillsboro ...

After 15 years of near austerity, U.S. airlines are restoring some small perks for passengers crammed into coach. Don’t expect ample legroom or free checked bags. But fliers will find improved snacks, a larger selection of free movies and — ...

Like a trusty pickup truck, Gillette has bounced through tough times before and pulled through, thanks to coal. Lately the bumps for an industry that’s brought wealth and jobs to this town are getting bigger — bankruptcies of major producers, ...