WASHINGTON Total U.S. debt has topped $40 trillion for the first time, the Treasury Department said on Wednesday, drawing fresh warnings that a fiscal crisis is brewing as ballooning costs for social safetynet programs and interest payments...
A Missouri judge on Wednesday upheld Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins’ decision to block a campaign seeking to strike down the state’s gerrymandered congressional map. Cole County Circuit Court Judge Daniel Green, in a 37-page...
Students at Fairmount Elementary School in Independence are preparing to spend the school year in a temporary space while the school undergoes heavy construction. Classes and daily operations at the historic elementary school will be...
Kansas City’s proposed public investment in a new baseball stadium near downtown would come with the Royals committing financial support to city programs and community groups. The proposed community impact partnership agreement...