KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A recent federal court ruling is bringing up redistricting conversations around the country. On Tuesday, federal judges blocked Texas from using its newly redrawn ...

Marvel Park in town offers well-maintained green spaces where families gather for picnics, children explore playgrounds, and community events bring residents together throughout the year. The park’s ...

Kansas and Missouri have agreed to share voter registration data to identify people registered in both states. The partnership aims to improve the accuracy of voter rolls by removing duplicate ...

WASHINGTON – By allowing Texas Republicans to redraw the state’s congressional map, the Supreme Court has kickstarted a ...

The Supreme Court is allowing the challenged Texas congressional redistricting plan to be used in next year’s election, ...

When people outside metropolitan areas get sick, they still need doctors. And it’s a statewide crisis. Getty Images/iStockphoto Rural hospital closures are accelerating across the United States, and ...

A three-judge federal panel struck down Texas' new congressional map on racial gerrymandering grounds. Challenges to Missouri's map don't involve the same type of claim. A three-judge federal panel ...

The political action committee behind the effort, People Not Politicians, called the campaign an “unprecedented show of ...

Opponents of Missouri's gerrymandered congressional map just submitted more than 305,000 signatures to force a vote on the plan. Secretary of State Denny Hoskins still has the chance to reject a ...

A mother plays with her son at Joplin’s Cunningham Park in this file photo. Keith Myers [email protected] Moving is expensive, housing is expensive, rent is expensive, everything is expensive. But ...

Texas on Friday filed an emergency petition with the U.S. Supreme Court after a ruling by a panel of federal judges blocked the state from using its redrawn congressional map, calling it "racially ...

For most of its history, the Railroad Commission of Texas has famously been a misnomer. Created in 1891, it was the state’s first regulatory body, overseeing the sprawling railroads, terminals, and ...