Missouri welfare recipients would be barred from spending their cash benefits at casinos, liquor stores or strip clubs under legislation sent to Gov. Jay

Under mounting pressure, President Barack Obama released a trove of documents related to the Benghazi attack and forced out the top official at the IRS after

City commissioners in Lawrence voted Tuesday night to ask for a six-month exemption to the state's new concealed-carry gun law.

A small Maryland city just outside the Washington, D.C., city limits has voted to lower the voting age for city elections to 16.

The uncle of a Democratic Missouri lawmaker has pleaded guilty to voter fraud in an election that his nephew won by a single vote.

A Kansas school district is one step closer to dramatically changing sexual education standards -- including introducing contraception and STD prevention into

If an alternate funding source isn’t approved, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon could face a tough budget choice between seniors and kids.

President Barack Obama on Monday called reports that the Internal Revenue Service targeted conservative groups "outrageous" and said anyone responsible should

One of the people sculpting the nation's immigration landscape is a Kansas City, Kan., native.

Sen. Rand Paul says he's only "considering" running for president. But he's doing much more than mulling it over.

Hundreds of thousands of immigrants could get the right to vote in New York City elections under a proposal that would mark the biggest expansion yet of

Aiming to show he's still focused on creating jobs, President Barack Obama is beginning a series of quick trips around the country to resurrect ideas from his

Congressman and former Kansas City Mayor Emmanuel Cleaver weighed in on the contentious debate over extending the summer curfew on the Country Club Plaza,

The ongoing national debate over immigration reform made its presence felt Saturday night in Kansas City, with Democratic Congressman Emmanuel Cleaver II

President Barack Obama is nominating the mayor of Charlotte to head his Department of Transportation.