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Rural Kansas tries to entice businesses; Community rallies to stop fort's job cuts

Kristofor Husted — Wed, 01 May 2013 22:23:13 +0000

Missouri Senate has given first-round approval to a phased-in tax overhaul designed to help the Show-Me State compete with neighboring Kansas, which recently slashed its tax rates.

Mo. airports reopen with several cancellations

Kristofor Husted and Associated Press — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 15:15:48 +0000

Airports in Columbia, Kansas City and St. Louis reopened but passengers were told to expect several cancellations, particularly in the morning.

American Airlines flight 3215 from Columbia to Dallas was canceled this morning, but the remaining flights are scheduled to take off and arrive as planned.

Lambert International Airport in St. Louis and Kansas City International Airport both closed Thursday after a massive snowstorm hit Missouri.

KU license plate ban on the way to Nixon

Marshall Griffin — Thu, 17 May 2012 13:59:06 +0000

Language that would ban the creation of a Kansas Jayhawks specialty license plate in Missouri is on its way to Governor Jay Nixon.

Newscast for May 9, 2012

Zheng Hwuang Chia — Wed, 09 May 2012 23:01:36 +0000

Regional news coverage from the KBIA News room, including:

University of Missouri-Kansas City considers a name change
Dred Scott honored at Missouri Capitol ceremony
Mo. House backs pregnancy center advertising bill

Alert systems help avoid severe weather damage

Associated Press — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:46:55 +0000

Storms caused multiple outbreaks of severe weather most of Sunday from Kansas to Minnesota.

A potential border war between state legislatures

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:13:17 +0000

A House committee reviews a bill that gives Kansas an ultimatum.

HPM: Is the NBAF worth the risk?

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:56:47 +0000

Kansas political leaders and top officials at Kansas State University are united in support of a plan to bring the nation's premier agricultural disease laboratory to the K-State campus. But many people remain uneasy about bringing dangerous pathogens into the nation’s heartland -- pathogens that could devastate the livestock industry and possibly harm humans as well.