Jodi Fortino

Missouri Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick said he issued the condition after Attorney General Eric Schmitt directed health authorities and school districts to stop their COVID mitigation efforts.

Low-income homeowners are often the target for city code violations. Nonprofits in Kansas City are asking to move away from a punitive code system and toward a restorative one driven by the community.

Some Missouri lawmakers are "appalled" after an exhibit documenting the history of the LGBTQ rights movement in Kansas City was removed just days after it was installed in the state capitol.

Local hospitals are turning away transfer patients as they face a dwindling number of beds and staffing shortages.

The Kansas City health department says it now faces "lots of extra steps" when it comes to issuing pandemic-related orders under a new Missouri law.

A Kansas City area school district, named after a Native American tribe itself, is retiring some Native American mascots, deeming them derogatory or offensive.

Independence Mayor Eileen Weir said the flag is a "powerful symbol" when it comes to making LGBTQ people feel safe in the city.

The cuts are a part of the university’s UMKC Forward plan that includes investing up to $60 million over the next five years in enrollment-boosting initiatives.

The Kansas City Police officer seen pepper spraying a teenager in a viral Twitter video at last summer's Black Lives Matter Protests has been charged with misdemeanor assault.

University of Kansas officials are worried about how students will be spending the holidays at home after COVID-19 cases rose by nearly 5% after Halloween.