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Jacob Turk’s uphill battle against Emanuel Cleaver gathers steam

For too many years Missouri’s 5th Congressional District seat has been a foregone Democrat conclusion. A long succession of liberal Democrats have ruled the roost in Jackson County, but Jacob Turk is once again making big waves...

Blunt/Carnahan race has implications for Jackson County and Missouri

Democrat Robin Carnahan is often portrayed as the tassel haired down-to-earth farmer’s daughter type who just happens to be in politics. But her carefully groomed image belies a left-leaning Obama-loving heir to what was...

Sherrod façade hides good, bad and ugly in America

For a president who wanted to unite us all, it seems that he is either a bumbling figurehead or sinisterly brilliant. Case in point, the rapid-fire dumping of Shirley Sherrod for apparent racist remarks before all the facts were...

Obama comes to Missouri for two fundraisers

In his first stop in Kansas City since taking the presidency, President Obama will first talk about jobs and green energy at Smith Electric Vehicles near KCI airport. His motorcade then heads downtown for the Folly Theater and the nearby...

Fat Nazis say Missouri and Kansas are packing it on

A national report on obesity cites nearly every state in America for getting fatter. However, the mighty Mo and Oz appear to be getting heavier than most states. Both states moved up in the annual tubby rankings. Missouri went from...

Special Jefferson City session to save Claycomo Ford Plant tax incentives

Nixon’s the one (governor Jay Nixon) along with other legislators who hope the Automotive Manufacturing Jobs Act, worth some $15 million a year in tax incentives, will convince Ford to keep jobs in Missouri. “Right now it...

Plans take shape as KC School District goes to war with past problems

Although it is really only the school superintendent’s conference room, John Covington’s staff has dubbed it the “war room.” It’s where plans for the coming critical school year will be formalized and...

KC Mayor Funkhouser's town hall meeting reveals the Funk in a funk

While the size of the seemingly sparse crowd at the Kansas City Sprint Center is still disputed, one thing became clear: the mayor faces an uphill battle for his Schools First campaign and his coming re-election. The incumbent KC...

New standards-based education plan brings hope to KC schools

John Covington, superintendent of the Kansas City School District, is bringing a bold initiative to transform troubled Missouri metro schools. What some say is a risky plan, could either make or break the latest superintendent. He will either be hailed...

Sarah Palin wows Independence "Winning Back America" rally

At a conservative conference and rally in Independence, Missouri, May 1st, Sarah Palin told followers to not get discouraged, but to win back our government “one American dream at a time.” Palin was the keynote speaker at the...

Jacob Turk’s uphill battle against Emanuel Cleaver gathers steam

Blunt/Carnahan race has implications for Jackson County and Missouri

Sherrod façade hides good, bad and ugly in America

Obama comes to Missouri for two fundraisers

Fat Nazis say Missouri and Kansas are packing it on

Special Jefferson City session to save Claycomo Ford Plant tax incentives

Plans take shape as KC School District goes to war with past problems

KC Mayor Funkhouser's town hall meeting reveals the Funk in a funk

New standards-based education plan brings hope to KC schools

Sarah Palin wows Independence "Winning Back America" rally

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