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Negotiations on the Kansas budget for the next two fiscal years have come to an abrupt halt after senators demanded a final o...
Missouri lawmakers have given final approval to a bill clarifying the way a vacancy is filled in the office of lieutenant gov...
The US House yesterday voted to repeal President Obama's Affordable Health Care Act. Missouri Congressman Billy Long was ...
Missouri's 2013 legislative session has come to an end.The House and Senate each wrapped up their work Friday shortly aft...
Missouri lawmakers want county sheriffs rather than the state Revenue Department to print concealed weapons permits.The Senat...
Two Missouri state senators are going to get a surprise today. Joplin City Councilman and Mayor Pro Tem Bill Scearcetells New...
Republicans in the Kansas House have drafted a new plan for cutting income taxes in hopes of breaking stalemate on tax issues...
Missouri Senator Ron Richard appeared on the KZRG Morning News Watch this morning. KZRG has been following the investigation ...
The Kansas Legislature's top Republican leaders are acknowledging that their private negotiations on tax issues have hit ...
The Missouri House has approved legislation barring the state Revenue Department from scanning the personal documents of driv...
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon has vetoed legislation that would have repealed a tax break for low-income seniors and disabled r...
Americans for Prosperity- Missouri, a group that supports limited government, less taxes and fiscal restraint for the governm...
A $7.1 billion general appropriations bill to fund state government for the upcoming fiscal year has cleared its first hu...
Kansas Senate President Susan Wagle says her chamber and the House are narrowing their differences over canceling a scheduled...
Governor Jay Nixon has indicated he's likely to veto legislation that would cut Missouri income taxes for businesses and ...
The big buzz in Washington this week was the hearings on last September's attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya. ...
The Oklahoma House has approved a $7.1 billion bill to fund state government for the upcoming fiscal year, despite object...
Missouri lawmakers have sent Governor Jay Nixon a spending plan that includes money for the state mental hospital, the Capito...
Missouri lawmakers have given final approval to an income tax cut for businesses and individuals that could reduce state reve...
Governor Jay Nixon is warning of layoffs if legislators pass a budget that reduces money for Missouri's motor vehicle div...
The Missouri House is not planning to give Gov. Jay Nixon's administration data related to an attempted access of the lis...
Governor Sam Brownback and the Kansas Legislature's top GOP leaders are negotiating over additional cuts in income taxes ...
A $7.1 billion general appropriations bill to fund state government for the upcoming fiscal year has cleared its first hu...
Did Governor Jay Nixon comply with the Real ID Act, even though it's against Missouri state law?"No, because we didn...
There won't be an election this August in Joplin to decide on whether to have curbside recycling. That election will now ...
Missouri lawmakers have until Friday to finalize the state's roughly $25 billion operating budget. The House and Sena...
The Missouri House has passed a plan to increase funding for the state mental hospital, the Capitol and the park system.Democ...
The head of the Kansas Rifle Association says gun rights supporters in Kansas are ``all in'' for a new state law that...
MissouriRepublican lawmakers are raising new questions about whether Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon's administration has tried...
Governor Sam Brownback says he's asked the Kansas higher education system to take on additional work, and it deserves to ...
A Missouri senator says a subpoena has been issued to a federal investigator who sought a list of Missouri concealed gun perm...
A judge has expunged the arrest record of a former executive director of the Missouri Democratic Party.An order Friday by St....
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt's office is warning legislators that some laws they passed this year could lead to ...
A bill passed by the Missouri Senate to grant $15-million to Joplin for road and curb repair after the May 2011 tornado i...
The Missouri House has passed legislation that would trim the state's income tax and raise the sales tax as part of an ec...
A gun bill has passed the Missouri House. House Bill 170 says any new Federal law that bans or restricts ownership of semi-au...
Gov. Mary Fallin and Republican legislative leaders have announced a plan to cut Oklahoma's top personal income tax rate ...
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback will visit Pittsburg State University Wednesday afternoon. PSU Director of Government and Commu...
An effort by Missouri Southern State University's president to remove mention of its international mission from state law...
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback has signed a bill into law to block tax breaks for abortion providers and ban abortions perform...
The Missouri Senate has given final approval to a bill that would give Joplin $15 million to rebuild curbs and gutters th...
The Missouri Senate has approved legislation barring the state Revenue Department from scanning personal documents shown by p...
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon continues to campaign for expanding Medicaid coverage. At a rally at the State Capitol Tuesday, N...
Governor Nixon's decision to stop scanning and storing of documents related to concealed carry permits was good news to S...
The controversy over the release of Missouri concealed weapon permit holders' data to a federal government office continu...
The Missouri House speaker says lawmakers will take action if Governor Nixon fails to order the release of records in recent ...
Attorney General Chris Koster says he won't appeal a federal court ruling striking down a Missouri law that exempted mora...
A group of abortion rights activists delivered about 1,600 signed petitions to Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback's office urging ...
Newly released documents show Missouri has taken steps to build a database of driver's license information that would mee...
The Kansas Senate has approved a sweeping anti-abortion bill that blocks tax breaks for providers and outlaws abortions solel...
The Kansas Senate has approved legislation that would let people carry concealed weapons into more public buildings and allow...
Not very many people in Jasper County turned out to vote on Tuesday. County Clerk Bonnie Earl tells News Talk KZRG 8.34% of t...
Legislation authorizing $1.5 billion in bonds to bolster the Kansas pension system for teachers and government workers ha...
A Republican-led House committee has approved legislation that would expand Missouri's Medicaid program but not as greatl...
On Tuesday the Missouri Department of Revenue delivered thousands of documents to the State Senate regarding new driver's...
Kansas Senators have sent a bill to Governor Sam Brownback that would require residents who receive welfare and unemployment ...
Polls are open until 7 tonight across the Four States on this Election Day. Duquesne and Baxter Springs are among the cities ...
A State Senator from Joplin says the Missouri Senate will hold up a budget for the state Revenue Department until it gets ans...
The Missouri Senate gave first round approval Tuesday to a constitutional amendment bolstering certain gun rights. This after...
Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill will be voting next month on gun control legislation that doesn't have an assault weapo...
For the first time in over four years, both the US House and Senate have each presented a federal budget. Missouri Congressma...
The Kansas Senate has given final approval to a $14 billion budget for the next fiscal year that starts July 1.Thursday&#...
A three million dollar federal grant for rebuilding Franklin Technology Center will be a big help for rebuilding Joplin. So s...
The Kansas House has given first-round approval to bill cutting sales and income taxes after rejecting a diversion of highway...
Missouri's unemployment rate inched up slightly in February although the state also posted gains in the number of jobs.Fi...
The Kansas House has given first-round approval to a proposed $14 billion state budget for the fiscal year that starts Ju...
Kansas House members are preparing to debate a proposed $14 billion state budget for the fiscal year that starts July 1. ...
Missouri House Speaker Tim Jones was in Joplin this morning meeting with business leaders. One big topic was a bill passed in...
Republican Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri is threatening to block President Barack Obama's choice for Environmental Protectio...
A senior at Joplin's McAuley Catholic High School will attend college at West Point. Mitch Wear was appointed to the Mili...
Legislation giving the Kansas governor and lawmakers more power in appointing Court of Appeals judges is on its way to Govern...
Republican Governor Sam Brownback's plan to cancel a scheduled decline in the state sales tax has survived a vote in the ...
Missouri's Republican-led Legislature has repeatedly defeated a plan to expand Medicaid under President Barack Obama'...
Missouri senators have passed legislation that would cut income taxes for residents and businesses but raise the state sales ...
A southeast Missouri man's lawsuit claims the Department of Revenue is keeping track of the personal information of conce...
Missouri's top government leaders aren't on speaking terms. Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder tells News Talk KZRG Gov...
A Kansas House committee has approved a sweeping anti-abortion bill that prevents groups providing abortion services from bei...
Oklahoma House Democrats and some school superintendents are renewing their opposition to plans by Republican leaders to slas...
The Missouri House has endorsed the creation of several new tax breaks intended to lure high-tech businesses and foreign trad...
Missouri Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder is up in arms about the Department of Revenue saving the personal information of an...
The Missouri Senate's Majority Floor Leader is not happy with the revelation that the state Department of Revenue wants t...
Missouri House Republicans have given a resounding `no' to Democratic plans to expand Medicaid.Two separate House committ...
Missouri lawmakers still got some work done, despite having a shortened work week due to a winter storm that hit the area on ...
An Oklahoma Senate committee has approved a bill calling for an investigation into the state's care of people who are eli...
The Kansas Senate has approved a proposed amendment to the state constitution to prevent the courts from deciding disputes ov...
A Missouri House Democrat's plan would send colleagues to prison for proposing legislation limiting collective bargaining...
The Jasper County Commission is thinking about remodeling a building it owns on the Carthage square and having the Sheriff...
It isn't very often you'll find Republicans in favor of a tax, but that's what's happening in the Missouri Le...
President Obama's suggestion to raise the minimum wage to $9 an hour isn't supported by Missouri Senator Roy Blun...
Baxter Springs residents are working to bring more attention to a Civil War battle that's missing from most history books...
Republican leaders in the Kansas House say there's very little support in their chamber for Governor Sam Brownback's ...
Proposed anti-gun legislation in the Missouri House doesn't look like it will be getting much support. State Representati...
Senate Republicans have blocked Chuck Hagel's nomination as Defense Secretary. While Hagel's nomination could be take...
The Missouri House has advanced a new effort to require voters to show photo identification at polling places. On Thursday, t...
A Neosho elementary school is one of eleven in Missouri to receive an Exemplary School award from the state Department of Ele...
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon was in Joplin this afternoon to push his plan to expand Medicaid by making another 300,000 Missou...
A Christian group that ministers to Kansas lawmakers is seeking prayers for what it calls dark spiritual sections of the stat...
Missouri Congressman Billy Long said there was some good in President Obama's State of the Union speech. The good was tha...
Governor Sam Brownback is meeting resistance to his tax plan because it promises to reduce individual income taxes in the fut...
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon has reversed an $8.5 million cut to public colleges and universities because of improving sta...
Governor Nixon's State of the State speech has State Representative Charlie Davis of Webb City scratching his head. Davis...
Governor Mary Fallin says she has no plans to revisit her decision to reject an expansion of Medicaid in Oklahoma, saying ins...
Missouri US Senator Roy Blunt is one of those questioning Chuck Hagel, President Obama's nominee for Defense Secretary. N...
The annual Newton and Jasper Counties Lincoln Day Dinner will be held Saturday, February 23rd in Joplin. Nick Myers, the Newt...
Kansas Revenue Secretary Nick Jordan is telling legislators that Kansas must further reduce individual income tax rates to re...
Missouri first-graders would have to take a gun safety course under a bill being considered by a state Senate committee.Sen. ...
House Speaker Tim Jones gave the Republican response to Missouri Governor Nixon's State of the State speech Monday night....
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon is vowing to back a ballot initiative to restore limits on campaign contribution if lawmakers refuse ...
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon is calling on lawmakers to expand Medicaid coverage for low-income adults and authorize hundreds ...
Kansas legislators plan to take an unusually long spring break before returning to wrap up business this year.House Speaker R...
A bill about to be voted on in the Missouri House would give school districts the ability to opt out of having to pay the pre...
Former Oklahoma first lady Ann Bartlett, who was married to former Republican Gov. Dewey F. Bartlett Sr., has died. She was 9...
The United Way of Southwest Missouri and Southeast Kansas has wrapped up its 2012 campaign. Director of Community Impact Kate...
The Missouri House this week passed a bill to change the way vacancies in statewide offices are filled. The bill would preven...
The Kansas Attorney General's office has been inundated with applications for concealed carry licenses in the first three...
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback is proposing to eliminate an income tax deduction for the property taxes paid by home owners.Le...
Governor Sam Brownback has urged abortion opponents outside the Kansas Statehouse to ``keep marching'' and ``keep mov...
A controversial bill to arrest people trying to enforce President Obama's new gun laws is a topic of debate in the Missou...
A Missouri House bill aims to restrict the use of cash welfare benefits at casinos and liquor stores. The bill's sponsor,...
A Kansas Senate leader is preparing legislation to require drug testing for people who receive cash assistance from the state...
Lawrence County Sheriff Brad DeLay has sent a letter to President Obama about gun rights. DeLay says the letter was originall...
Two Missouri Republican lawmakers aren't pleased with President Obama's gun control proposals. Senator Roy Blunt issu...
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback is calling for a fresh round of aggressive cuts in state income taxes and changes in the state ...
Jay Nixon began his second term as Missouri Governor Monday by taking the oath of office in Jefferson City. The Democrat says...
The 2013 session of the Kansas Legislature began today with a protest. About 100 people protested outside theStatehouseagains...
Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts says he won't support President Barack Obama's nomination of former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel...
Minimum wage earners in Missouri got a raise Tuesday. The state's minimum wage increased by ten cents to $7.35 an hou...
It appears Missouri Congressman Billy Long's prediction on the fiscal cliff came true:"Nothing gets done here until ...
Dwindling hopes of avoiding the fiscal cliff now rest on an 11th-hour scramble involving a meeting at the White House today. ...
An economic consulting firm predicts Kansas would lose about 40,000 jobs next year if no deal is struck on the so-called fisc...
The new Speaker of the Missouri House was in Joplin today. Tim Jones is in the middle of a four day, 20 city tour of the stat...
Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill spent more than $19 million on her re-election campaign but hasn't finished paying all...
The Kansas Senate's new leaders are receptive to redrawing the state's political boundaries again next year, even tho...
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon spent $15.5 million on his re-election campaign and still has hundreds of thousands of dollar...
Missouri House Republicans plan to sponsor campaign finance legislation designed to make it easier to track political spendin...
Governor Jay Nixon says expanding Medicaid eligibility in Missouri is both ``the smart thing'' and ``the right thing ...
A documentary produced in Newton County has won an award. Steve Roark, President of the Newton County Tourism Council, tells ...
Lawmakers go back to work in Washington this week, with just days to figure out what to do about the soon-to-expire Bush Tax ...
MISSOURI:Governor Jay NixonP.O. Box 720Jefferson City, MO 65102Phone: (573) 751-3222WebsiteSenator Roy Blunt260 RUSSELL SENAT...
2012 will go down as an odd year in the history of Baxter Springs. Mayor Jenifer Bingham resigned Tuesday, saying she didn...
A highly touted plan by Ameren Missouri and Westinghouse to design and build a series of next-generation nuclear reactors at ...
The scandal involving ex-CIA Director David Petraeus has everyone talking, including Missouri US Congressman Billy Long. He t...
Missouri Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill says there’s no way around it...some of us are going to have to pay more t...
The Veterans Memorial at Missouri Southern State University was re-dedicated today. A new plaque honoring military servie mem...
Joplin State Senator Ron Richard was named Senate Majority Leader last week... and although he doesn't officially take th...
The 2012 election is now history. Some may have been disappointed or even dismayed by the results. William Delehanty, assista...
The 2012 election is now history. Some may have been disappointed or even dismayed by the results. William Delehanty, assista...
Office / Candidate NamePartyVotes% of VotesPresident, Vice President(25 of 25 Precincts Reported)Barack Obama, Joe BidenDemoc...
Sheriff's ElectionsSE Kansas ElectionsBaxter Springs Council RecallKS Local RacesOK Voting SummaryMO Tobacco Tax Proposit...
Lynn Jenkins will still represent Southeast Kansas in the US House. The Republican was re-elected in House District 2, defeat...
Northeast Oklahoma's new Congressman is a Republican. Markwayne Mullin defeated Democrat Rob Wallace in Tuesday's ele...
Should Missouri raise taxes on tobacco and cigarettes by $0.73 per pack? That's one of the big questions on the ballo...
It's Election Day, with federal, state, and local offices all up for grabs. Newton County Clerk Kay Baum says you should ...
People are lining up across the Four States to vote today. Larry Addington of Joplin tells News Talk KZRG for him, this elect...
"If Governor Romney wins on Tuesday, I think there'll be the beginning of a pretty good line at the lumberyard by Fr...
Missouri Senator Roy Blunt, Congressman Billy Long and Secretary of State candidate Shane Schoeller came to Joplin and Neosho...
US Senator Claire McCaskill brought her re-election campaign to Joplin Thursday afternoon. She tells News Talk KZRG the choic...
Missouri's Attorney General made a campaign stop in Joplin today. Chris Koster told a crowd this morning what sets him ap...
Senator Claire McCaskill's 84-year-old mother has been hospitalized in St. Louis, forcing McCaskill's re-election cam...
Missouri Congressman Todd Akin has raised about $1.6 million for his Senate bid in the months after party officials sough...
The drama in Noel continues. The town's Marshall and another deputy have resigned, just a few days after Mayor James Carr...
Former Arkansas First Lady Janet Huckabee was in Joplin Tuesday night campaigning for US Senate candidate Todd Akin. Followin...
Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin his getting some help from a large Arkansas family that has its own TV reality show.Akin&...
Republican challenger Dave Spence has filed a defamation lawsuit against Democratic Governor Jay Nixon over a campaign ad.The...
One of the biggest talking points from last night's Vice Presidential debate was Vice President Joe Biden's behavior-...
A Northeast Oklahoma congressional candidate will give Saturday's Weekly Republican Radio Address. House Speaker John Boe...
The strange situation surrounding the mayor of Noel continues. Noel Aldermen were forced to hold their regular City Council m...
Businesses affiliated with the husband of Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill received almost $40 million of federal subsidies...
The state Board of Education is delaying the release of a new system that grades Oklahoma's schools.Officials had planned...
Everyone's got an opinion on who won Wednesday night's Presidential Debate. News Talk KZRG asked Missouri Southern As...
Economic researchers at Wichita State University are forecasting about two percent employment growth in Kansas next year.The ...
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach says 18-year-old voters who attend public high schools can show their school identifica...
A collection of rare historical pieces from the Civil War will be on display in Joplin. An exhibit focusing on Missouri's...
Democratic leaders are questioning Governor Sam Brownback's decision to appoint a task force to find efficiencies in Kans...
Republican challenger Todd Akin is going on the offensive against Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill by claiming her husband'...
Attorney General Candidate Ed Martin's in Southwest Missouri today. Martin tells News Talk KZRG he'll be keeping up t...
Republican Senate candidate Todd Akin says that Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill wasn't very ``ladylike'' in thei...
Newt Gingrich says Todd Akin is needed in the US Senate. The former speaker of the House appeared at a campaign stop for Akin...
Gov. Sam Brownback is helping raise money for 14 Republican candidates for the Kansas Senate by playing host for a large fund...
Missouri's two US Senate candidates squared off in a debate today in Columbia. Republican Todd Akin says he stands for fr...
Neither of Missouri's governor candidates support an effort to raise cigarette taxes and use that increase for education ...
Kansas Labor Secretary Karin Brownlee says she has been removed from her job by Governor Sam Brownback.Brownlee spoke to The ...
Experts say Oklahoma is leading the nation in prescription drug abuse and that the problem will continue to get worse unless ...
Former presidential candidate and House Speaker Newt Gingrich is coming to Missouri to raise money for Todd Akin's U.S. S...
Missouri lawmakers have overridden Governor Jay Nixon's veto of a bill expanding religious exceptions for insurance cover...
There's always some good that can come out of something bad. Keith Stammer, Joplin's Emergency Management Director, t...
Todd Akin's candidacy for US Senate may not be in as much trouble as it seemed a few weeks ago. Akin's comment about ...
Todd Akin's candidacy for US Senate may not be in as much trouble as it seemed a few weeks ago. Akin's comment about ...
Missouri's Republican nominee for governor wants a moratorium on "unnecessary travel" by state employees - star...
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon began the general election campaign with a cash advantage over his Republican challenger. But busines...
Missouri's Republican nominee for governor wants a moratorium on "unnecessary travel" by state employees - star...
The political action committee of the Missouri Farm Bureau has decided to reconsider its endorsement of Republican Congressma...
Missouri Congressman Billy Long has been in Tampa the past few days for the Republican National Convention. He tells News Tal...
Missouri Congressman Billy Long has been in Tampa the past few days for the Republican National Convention. He tells News Tal...
A Cole County judge has revised the wording that Missouri voters will see in November on a health care ballot measure. Judge ...
A Cole County judge has revised the wording that Missouri voters will see in November on a health care ballot measure. Judge ...
A Cole County judge has revised the wording that Missouri voters will see in November on a health care ballot measure. Judge ...
The Mayor of Sheldon was arrested Friday. Vernon County Sheriff Ron Peckman tells News Talk KZRG what Robert Sewell is accuse...
The Mayor of Sheldon was arrested Friday. Vernon County Sheriff Ron Peckman tells News Talk KZRG what Robert Sewell is accuse...
The Republican National Convention will have a distinct Oklahoma flavor, with both Gov. Mary Fallin and Oklahoma City Mayor M...
The Republican National Convention will have a distinct Oklahoma flavor, with both Gov. Mary Fallin and Oklahoma City Mayor M...
Missouri Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Dave Spence says Missouri's job climate isn't doing so well. That's n...
Missouri Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Dave Spence says Missouri's job climate isn't doing so well. That's n...
"We're going to be here through the November election and we're going to be here to win."Missouri Congressm...
Early voting begins Friday for voters casting ballots in Oklahoma's primary runoff election.The top race is in the 2nd Co...
U.S. Capitol Police are investigating a reported threat against Rep. Todd Akin, the Missouri congressman who has been critici...
U.S. Capitol Police are investigating a reported threat against Rep. Todd Akin, the Missouri congressman who has been critici...
He's not going anywhere. Missouri Congressman Todd Akin appeared on the Sean Hannity Show yesterday afternoon on News Tal...
Missouri Congressman Todd Akin's getting some unexpected support... from his opponent this November, Senator Claire McCas...
The leader of the Republican Party wants MissouriSenate Candidate Todd Akinto resign from the campaign. National chairman Rei...
The leader of the Republican Party wants MissouriSenate Candidate Todd Akinto resign from the campaign. National chairman Rei...
Missouri Republican senate candidate Todd Akin says he’s staying in the race. Calls for his ouster have come from Repub...
Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill is touring the state's farms. She tells News Talk KZRG agriculture is a big part of Mis...
Missouri House Speaker Steven Tilley is resigning several months before the end of his term. Tilley, a Republican from Perryv...
While he faced some opposition in August Congressman Billy Long cleared the Republican Primary hurdle with relative ease, gra...
Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill is stressing her support for federal legislation funding crop insurance programs while her ...
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon and his November opponent, Dave Spence, are both touting their commitment to stand up to the Obam...
Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill is stressing her support for federal legislation funding crop insurance programs while her ...
While he faced some opposition in August Congressman Billy Long cleared the Republican Primary hurdle with relative ease, gra...
Jasper County Sheriff Archie Dunn isn't saying anything about his defeat in Tuesday's Republican primary. Randee Kais...
Jasper County Sheriff Archie Dunn isn't saying anything about his defeat in Tuesday's Republican primary. Randee Kais...
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach says turnout in the state's primary elections exceeded his expectations, with nearl...
Fewer than one-fourth of Missouri's registered voters cast ballots in this year's primary elections.The secretary of ...
Fewer than one-fourth of Missouri's registered voters cast ballots in this year's primary elections.The secretary of ...
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach says turnout in the state's primary elections exceeded his expectations, with nearl...
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon knows who he'll be facing in November. Businessman Dave Spence won the Republican primary Tue...
Missouri Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder will face former State Auditor Susan Montee in the November election.Kinder faced a...
Final numbers from Newton County.Sheriff: Incumbnet Ken Copeland 5499 (61%), Mike Langland 3481 (39%).County Commissioner 1: ...
Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin has been selected as a headline speaker at the Republican National Convention in Florida later ...
Missouri election officials expect one in four registered voters to cast ballots in Tuesday's primary elections. The vote...
Missouri election officials expect one in four registered voters to cast ballots in Tuesday's primary elections. The vote...
Three Republican candidates for Missouri state office were in Joplin Thursday, trying to get more votes in next Tuesday's...
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is predicting that fewer than one in five voters will cast ballots in Tuesday's pri...
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is preparing to offer his prediction for voter turnout in Tuesday's primary electio...
The Southwest Missouri Conservative Nework is having a candidate forum Thursday night, featuring some of the Republican candi...
The Southwest Missouri Conservative Nework is having a candidate forum Thursday night, featuring some of the Republican candi...
A minister, an attorney and a farmer offer diverse backgrounds for Kansas Democrats in the Aug. 7 primary in the state's ...
Missouri Senator Roy Blunt was in Joplin this afternoon to meet with civic and business leaders to hear their concerns. One t...
Missouri Senator Roy Blunt was in Joplin this afternoon to meet with civic and business leaders to hear their concerns. One t...
A minister, an attorney and a farmer offer diverse backgrounds for Kansas Democrats in the Aug. 7 primary in the state's ...
A state Senate district innortheast Oklahoma will remain in Democratic hands after the Republican candidate pulled out of the...
A state Senate district innortheast Oklahoma will remain in Democratic hands after the Republican candidate pulled out of the...
Missouri Republican Attorney General candidate Ed Martin has been campaigning in Neosho and Mount Vernon today. Martin tells ...
Former vice presidential candidate and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has endorsed Sarah Steelman in Missouri's Republican U...
Former vice presidential candidate and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has endorsed Sarah Steelman in Missouri's Republican U...
Army officials say a Fort Riley soldier from southeast Kansas has died in Afghanistan. The 1st Infantry Division says 26-year...
Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill raised about $2.6 million for her re-election campaign during the past quarter but spent n...
Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill raised about $2.6 million for her re-election campaign during the past quarter but spent n...
The Kansas State Board of Education is requesting an additional $450 million in state spending on public schools for the ...
Today's the last day for Missourians to register to vote in the upcoming August primary. Secretary of State Robin Carnaha...
Two years probation. That was the sentence given Monday to former Missouri Governor Roger Wilson for misusing money to make p...
It may be a bit early, but State Representative Tim Jones is appointing committee chairs, if Republicans keep their majority ...
Missouri 7th District Congressman Billy Long is facing two challengers in next month's Republican primary: Mike Moon and ...
A Joplin man has pleaded guilty to running an illegal online gambling operation. 57-year-old William Lisle was indicted on th...
Last week's Supreme Court decision on President Obama's health care law sparked a great increase in fundraising for R...
One of the talking points in this election year is that the US Senate hasn't passed a budget in over three years, yet Mis...
One of the talking points in this election year is that the US Senate hasn't passed a budget in over three years, yet Mis...
Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill campaigned in Nevada and Joplin Monday as she seeks a second term in Washington. The Democr...
Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster also weighed in on Thursday's Supreme Court decision to uphold President Obama'...
People unhappy with Thursday's Supreme Court ruling on President Obama's health care law are making their feelings kn...
Oklahoma voters will have to go back to the polls to choose candidates in the 2nd District Congressional election. No candida...
Ottawa County Sheriff Terry Durborow moved a step closer to being re-elected Tuesday. He won the Democratic primary, defeatin...
Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill, one of the most vulnerable Democrats up for re-election in 2012, says she will skip the De...
Voting has gotten under way for Missouri's primary elections, as Oklahoma voters also head to the polls. Today is the fir...
Missouri Congressman Todd Akin says Monday's US Supreme Court ruling on Arizona's immigration law is "a mixed ba...
Secretary of State Kris Kobach says a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Arizona's immigration law gives Kansas legislators a g...
Voters seem to be connecting with US Senate Candidate John Brunner, as the latest polls show he's got a big lead over fel...
Missouri's public colleges and universities will be taking a state budget cut for the third straight year. Governor Jay N...
A dental college in Kansas? That's the suggestion from a task force appointed by the Kansas Board of Regents. The task fo...
The city of Joplin will receive $12 million from the federal government to build highway overpasses at two railroad cross...
Three million dollars. That's how much Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill is spending on TV ads for the month before the N...
Oklahoma Congressman Dan Boren has a job lined up after his term ends later this year. The Second District Democrat says he&#...
An Army private from Oklahoma accused in the biggest leak of government secrets in U.S. history will be spending more time in...
Kansas education officials say negotiations with the federal government are moving the state closer to obtaining a waiver fro...
Kansas education officials say negotiations with the federal government are moving the state closer to obtaining a waiver fro...
Two Democrats have filed to run against Kansas Republican Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins. Bob Eye, an attorney from Lawrence, and...
Kansas officials will hold two public hearings this month on the governor's plan to overhaul the state's $2.9 bil...
The Kansas attorney general's office paid outside lawyers more than $644,000 to defend anti-abortion laws enacted las...
Missouri Auditor Tom Schweich is beginning a review of the state Senate. The last audit of the Legislature was completed in 2...
Despite some depressing numbers, Missouri Governor Jay Nixon remains bullish on the state's economy. Earlier this week, a...
An Army private from Oklahoma accused in the biggest leak of government secrets in U.S. history will be spending more time in...
Missouri Congressman Todd Akin says the situation in Syria is dangerous and the US needs to stay away."You've got on...
McDonald County officials are planning a party to celebrate news that the county courthouse has been placed on the National R...
Her record's being distorted. That's the claim of Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill. The incumbent Democrat is embark...
Missouri Congressman Todd Akin says the situation in Syria is dangerous and the US needs to stay away."You've got on...
McDonald County officials are planning a party to celebrate news that the county courthouse has been placed on the National R...
Is there lefover good luck in an RV? Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill hopes so. Her campaign is leasing an RV that fellow Se...
Kansas House Speaker Mike O'Neal is retiring from office.The Hutchinson Republican announced his retirement Friday as leg...
Jasper County's Prosecutor wants the Attorney General's office to look into a controversy involving Sheriff Archie Du...
Missouri Republican US Senate candidate Sarah Steelman has been endorsed by State Senator Jason Crowell of Cape Girardeau. Cr...
Governor Mary Fallin has signed into law a $6.8 billion budget bill to fund Oklahoma state government for the fiscal year...
Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin is acknowledging a deal to cut the state's income tax won't be reached before lawmakers...
Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin is acknowledging a deal to cut the state's income tax won't be reached before lawmakers...
The Missouri House has spent more than $1,100 in taxpayer money on a security camera to keep watch over a new bronze bust...
Governor Mary Fallin and leaders of the Oklahoma Legislature are nearing an agreement on a $6.6 billion for state spendin...
You may want to give yourself some extra travel time today. The Joplin Police Department tells News Talk KZRG that there will...
A message on a T-shirt given to students in Sarcoxie has become controversial. Fifth graders in Sarcoxie's DARE program w...
A message on a T-shirt given to students in Sarcoxie has become controversial. Fifth graders in Sarcoxie's DARE program w...
Kansas legislators have given final approval to a $14.3 billion budget, allowing them to close out a contentious annual s...
The Kansas Legislature has given final approval to a bill aimed at bolstering the long-term financial health of the state'...
Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin and the Republican-controlled Legislature have reached an agreement on a nearly one-half of 1 p...
If your dog or cat isn't vaccinated against rabies, you'll need to take them to the vet. The Missouri Senate has give...
The Kansas Legislature has given final approval to a bill aimed at bolstering the long-term financial health of the state'...
Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin and the Republican-controlled Legislature have reached an agreement on a nearly one-half of 1 p...
If your dog or cat isn't vaccinated against rabies, you'll need to take them to the vet. The Missouri Senate has give...
Kansas House and Senate negotiators have agreed on a new tax-cut plan that backs off aggressive reductions approved by lawmak...
A Missouri state senator was being examined at a Jefferson City hospital after becoming light-headed during a debate on educa...
Negotiators from the Kansas House and Senate are back at work on a new state budget. Talks resumed today after the conferees ...
Secretary of State Kris Kobach is asking a federal court to settle political redistricting issues for the Kansas Legislature....
Legislation allowing Missouri school districts to sell advertising space on buses has been stopped by a Senate committee.The ...
Legislation allowing Missouri school districts to sell advertising space on buses has been stopped by a Senate committee.The ...
Senate leaders are unveiling a revenue-neutral plan to slash the income tax by one-half of 1 percent over the next two years ...
Missouri lawmakers have sent the governor legislation prohibiting workers from suing each other for accidental on-the-job inj...
Legislative negotiators in Kansas have suspended talks on a new state budget with major issues still unresolved.House and Sen...
The Kansas Senate has postponed debate on a bill for redrawing its 40 districts after an angry meeting of majority Republican...
Legislation allowing Missourians to add their cellphone numbers to the state's No Call List for telemarketers is on its w...
Missouri's unemployment rate dropped a tenth of a point in April. It's at 7-point-3 percent, the lowest it's been...
Oklahoma's State Republican Party convention turned raucous with supporters of Texas congressman Ron Paul as the GOP pres...
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is conceding that state legislators have effectively killed his proposal to require fir...
Missouri lawmakers have sent the governor a $24 billion budget a day ahead of a constitutional deadline. The budget given...
Missouri lawmakers have sent the governor a $24 billion budget a day ahead of a constitutional deadline. The budget given...
A bill to allow Oklahomans who receive a concealed carry permit to openly carry holstered firearms is heading to Governor Mar...
The Kansas House has approved Secretary of State Kris Kobach's proposal to require first-time voters to prove their U.S. ...
Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin welcomed Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney to the Sooner State and promised her ``ful...
Governor Sam Brownback says Kansas legislators should keep working on tax issues even though they've already sent him a b...
The Tea Party Express rolled into Joplin Thursday afternoon with its message of electing a new President in 2012. Tea Party E...
The Tea Party Express rolled into Joplin Thursday afternoon with its message of electing a new President in 2012. Tea Party E...
The largest Political Action Committee in the Tea Party movement will be in Joplin this evening (May 3rd). Sal Russo, founder...
Missouri lawmakers have delayed formal negotiations on the state budget until at least Thursday. A budget conference committe...
Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin has approved a plan by the state Department of Education to set up an A-through-F grading syste...
Missouri lawmakers have endorsed legislation intended to make the timing of yellow traffic signals more consistent. The bill ...
The Kansas Senate has approved a plan for redrawing its 40 districts, but revisions aimed at appeasing conservative Republica...
Republicans in the Oklahoma Senate have voted unanimously to re-elect President Pro Tem Brian Bingman of Sapulpa to another t...
Kansas officials say they're relieved the federal government has abandoned proposed rules restricting farm work by childr...
Kansas officials say they're relieved the federal government has abandoned proposed rules restricting farm work by childr...
The Mayor of Baxter Springs saw her controversial move to replace the city's police chief and city clerk fail last night,...
The Mayor of Baxter Springs saw her controversial move to replace the city's police chief and city clerk fail last night,...
Missouri teens would need their parents' permission to use tanning facilities under a bill endorsed by the state House. T...
Former Missouri Gov. Roger Wilson says he wanted to report two campaign contributions that landed him in legal trouble but wa...
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has prevailed in Missouri's regional Republican conventions. Romney won hal...
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has prevailed in Missouri's regional Republican conventions. Romney won hal...
A spokesman for Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin says she's ``flattered'' to be mentioned as a possible vice preside...
A spokesman for Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin says she's ``flattered'' to be mentioned as a possible vice preside...
Richard Davidson's getting another term as Mayor of Neosho. The City Council unanimously reappointed him last night, as w...
Richard Davidson's getting another term as Mayor of Neosho. The City Council unanimously reappointed him last night, as w...
Missouri added about 4,800 jobs in March as its unemployment rate remained steady. Today's figures from the state Departm...
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon says he raised $1.7 million this past quarter, helping build a campaign account of more than ...
Less than one-half of one percent of Missouri's registered voters participated in the Republican caucuses that served as ...
Missouri lawmakers are still trying to fine-tune the next fiscal year's budget. State Representative Charlie Davis says t...
Less than one-half of one percent of Missouri's registered voters participated in the Republican caucuses that served as ...
Missouri Congressman Todd Akin got two notable endorsements for his US Senate campaign Thursday. Minnesota Congresswoman Mich...
Former Missouri Governor Roger Wilson has pleaded guilty to a federal charge related to an illegal political donation made af...
Things are apparently getting heated in Baxter Springs politics, as reports say the city's mayor has locked the City Cler...
Sarah Steelman has an interesting backer in her US Senate campaign: Lieutenant Colonel Robert McFarlane, a National Security ...
Democratic Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster reports raising more than $890,000 for his re-election campaign during ...
Democratic Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster reports raising more than $890,000 for his re-election campaign during ...
Republican US Senate candidate Sarah Steelman brought her campaign to Joplin Tuesday night. Steelman told the Southwest Pachy...
Republican US Senate candidate Sarah Steelman brought her campaign to Joplin Tuesday night. Steelman told the Southwest Pachy...
Republican US Senate candidate Sarah Steelman brought her campaign to Joplin Tuesday night. Steelman told the Southwest Pachy...
Republican US Senate candidate Sarah Steelman brought her campaign to Joplin Tuesday night. Steelman told the Southwest Pachy...
What now? That's what Rick Santorum's supporters are wondering after the former Pennsylvania Senator dropped out of t...
Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill enjoyed a strong fundraising effort to start 2012. McCaskill's campaign says she raised...
Joplin has a new Mayor today."I just sensed that the Council wanted a change of direction for one reason or another, and...
Prior to the Joplin City Council's vote for Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem, Mayor Mike Woolston presented several Keys to the Ci...
Joplin has a new Mayor today."I just sensed that the Council wanted a change of direction for one reason or another, and...
Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin gave Saturday's Republican response to President Obama's weekly radio message. She said...
Joplin Mayor Mike Woolston wants a second term. The Joplin City Council will choose who the next Mayor will be tonight at the...
Missouri Lawmakers are talking about a plan to give veterans accused of relatively minor crimes an alternative to jail or pri...
Missouri Lawmakers are talking about a plan to give veterans accused of relatively minor crimes an alternative to jail or pri...
Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin gave Saturday's Republican response to President Obama's weekly radio message. She said...
The Missouri Republican Caucus is just over a month away... so how does one participate? John Putnam of the Jasper County Rep...
The Vernon County Republican party is having a fundraiser tonight (April 6) in Nevada. Jerry Wadel, chairman of the County Re...
Embarrassing. That's what Missouri US Senator Claire McCaskill thinks of the state's 17 cents per pack cigarette tax....
Embarrassing. That's what Missouri US Senator Claire McCaskill thinks of the state's 17 cents per pack cigarette tax....
A Missouri Senate committee wants to seek federal stimulus money to help unemployed workers finish their college education. T...
A Missouri Senate committee wants to seek federal stimulus money to help unemployed workers finish their college education. T...
47 members of the Missouri House have endorsed Sarah Steelman for US Senate. That's about half of the number of Republica...
The chairman of Oklahoma's House Appropriations Committee says a deal has been reached with the Senate on a $200 mill...
In the Neosho City Council races, incumbents Richard Davidson and David Ruth were re-elected to three year terms. Davidson, w...
Sweeping proposals by the governor and other GOP leaders to dramatically slash, and ultimately eliminate, the state's inc...
The Missouri House has defeated a measure that would have required public school superintendents to be elected instead of app...
If you head to the polls today, don't do it wearing anything political. Jasper County Clerk Bonnie Earl tells News Talk K...
The mayor of Cassville in Barry County has resigned, one week after the city administrator resigned. Cassville Mayor Billy Hi...
If you head to the polls today, don't do it wearing anything political. Jasper County Clerk Bonnie Earl tells News Talk K...
The mayor of Cassville in Barry County has resigned, one week after the city administrator resigned. Cassville Mayor Billy Hi...
Fewer abortions were performed in Kansas in 2011, marking the fifth consecutive year the numbers have dropped. The Kansas Dep...
A southeastern Kansas Democrat is renewing his effort to pull a bill that would modify the state's gambling laws to the f...
An agreement among Kansas legislators over a proposed $14.1 billion state budget has unraveled.House negotiators backed a...
A trial judge has struck down the ballot summary for a proposed amendment to the Missouri Constitution that would have cleare...
A trial judge has struck down the ballot summary for a proposed amendment to the Missouri Constitution that would have cleare...
Missouri Congressman Todd Akin has about five times as much campaign cash available as either of his potential Republican com...
Missouri's Republican U.S. Senate primary is only one day old, and Sarah Steelman already is criticizing Todd Akin over feder...
A southeastern Kansas Democrat is renewing his effort to pull a bill that would modify the state's gambling laws to the f...
If two's company and three's a crowd, the Missouri Lieutenant Governor's race is almost three crowds. There are e...
Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill is relying heavily on money from out-of-state donors to counteract a barrage of ads by out-of-...
Negotiators for the Kansas House and Senate are working on the final version of a $14.1 billion state budget. Three senat...
Missouri residents have until tomorrow to decide whether to run or office. Candidate filing for the August primary elections ...
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback's proposal for reducing income tax rates cleared a House committee, but it's unclear if...
The Jasper and Newton County Republican Caucuses went smoothly last weekend, but that wasn't the case everywhere. The St....
Missouri US Senator Roy Blunt says he's in favor of closing military bases in the name of saving money. He says Missouri&...
Missouri US Senator Roy Blunt says he's in favor of closing military bases in the name of saving money. He says Missouri&...
The Missouri House has passed a $24 billion state budget for fiscal 2013 that holds funding steady for education but cuts...
Former State Treasurer Sarah Steelman is receiving the endorsement of the Tea Party Express in her bid for the US Senate Race...
Former State Treasurer Sarah Steelman is receiving the endorsement of the Tea Party Express in her bid for the US Senate Race...
The Kansas Senate's decision to reverse course and pass a bill cutting taxes came after Governor Sam Brownback and his st...
The Kansas Senate's decision to reverse course and pass a bill cutting taxes came after Governor Sam Brownback and his st...
No state officials will be on hand to greet President Barack Obama when he arrives in Oklahoma tonight. Officials representin...
Republican Gubernatorial candidate Bill Randles made a campaign stop in Joplin Tuesday night. One thing Randles says he wants...
Does it seem like there isn't much happening in the Missouri Legislature this year? State Representative Bill White says ...
The Kansas Senate has given first-round approval to a bill cutting taxes after rejecting proposals from Governor Sam Brownbac...
The Missouri House has defeated an attempt to boost funding for the blind by cutting money that would provide treatment to we...
Missouri Auditor Tom Schweich has decided not to run for US Senate. In a statement, Schweich said his candidacy would have ma...
Republican Candidate for Governor Bill Randles will be in Joplin tonight fielding questions from you. Randles told the KZRG M...
Missouri's unemployment rate fell slightly last month while the state's overall payroll increased by a couple thousan...
This year, Missouri's primary and caucus situations brought more confusion than clarity to some. That's why Jasper Co...
The Kansas House has approved a $14.1 billion state budget that cuts overall spending by about $600 million, or 4 per...
There are two Republican challengers for Missouri Governor: Dave Spence and Bill Randles. Republican Lieutenant Governor Pete...
Rick Santorum was the choice of Jasper County Republicans at today's party caucus in Carthage. Santorum received 194 of 3...
Rick Santorum was the choice of Jasper County Republicans at today's party caucus in Carthage. Santorum received 194 of 3...
This might be a case of fuzzy math. President Obama claims 80 percent of the American people want to raise taxes to solve the...
Kansas House members have given first-round approval to a proposed $14.1 billion state budget.The House's voice vote ...
For the second straight year, Governor Jay Nixon has vetoed legislation changing the rules for lawsuits alleging workplace di...
State Representative Bill White of Joplin kicked off his re-election campaign Thursday night. The Republican admits he's ...
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback's proposal for reducing income tax rates cleared a House committee, but it's unclear if...
US Congressman Billy Long tells News Talk KZRG you shouldn't expect much out of Congress this year."This is an elect...
Missouri House members have endorsed a proposal to let utilities charge electric customers for some costs of developing a nu...
An attempt to thwart Oklahoma's growing meth problem by requiring pharmacies to track a key ingredient used to make the d...
Missouri's three Republican candidates for US Senate debated last night in Joplin. Congressman Todd Akin, businessman Joh...
The Kansas House has delayed debate on a bill that would cut the state's sales and income taxes in what supporters see as...
The Kansas Republican Party is projecting that Rick Santorum will get 33 of the state's 40 delegates to the party's n...
There are a lot of people running for Missouri Lieutenant Governor in 2012. As of now, there are four candidates on the Democ...
The Kansas Republican Party is projecting that Rick Santorum will get 33 of the state's 40 delegates to the party's n...
The Missouri Legislative Session is winding down, and some lawmakers couldn't be happier. State Rep Charlie Davis tells News ...
Oklahoma legislative leaders are shelving a plan to comply with the new federal health care law and set up a state health ins...
Former Kansas Congressman Todd Tiahrt (Tie-hart) has endorsed Rick Santorum for President. While another former Kansas lawmak...
Oklahomans who obtain a concealed carry permit would be allowed to carry their firearms openly under a bill that has passed t...
Oklahomans who obtain a concealed carry permit would be allowed to carry their firearms openly under a bill that has passed t...
A bipartisan group of Kansas legislators wants Governor Sam Brownback to delay his proposed changes in the state's Medica...
Governor Jay Nixon says he is concerned about the process by which Missouri House speakers select people for induction into t...
An analysis of votes President Obama received in Tuesday's Oklahoma primary shows he performed most poorly in the state&#...
We might see a late entry in the Republican US Senate race. Missouri Auditor Tom Schweich has set up a political committee to...
There's a new bill going through the Oklahoma legislature that would require you to get a prescription to get cold medici...
Rick Santorum has won Oklahoma's Republican presidential primary, leaving Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich to battle for sec...
A Democrat in the Kansas House faces an investigation into whether he intentionally misled colleagues during a debate last mo...
The Cherokee County Commission's taking a stand against a federal law they feel is unconstitutional. Chairman Richard Hil...
A federal jury has cleared a former leader of the Oklahoma Senate on 32 charges and convicted him on one bribery count. Forme...
One of the biggest events for Republicans in southwest Missouri is coming up Saturday night in Joplin. The annual Jasper-Newt...
Republicans took the stage in droves Saturday night at the annual Jasper/Newton County Lincoln Day dinner in Joplin. Keynote ...
Missouri Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler has been selected to be a policy advisory for a group of fiscal conservatives in the US...
A one-time Republican candidate for President of the United States is in Joplin today to stump for Congressman Todd Akin'...
A one-time Republican candidate for President of the United States is in Joplin today to stump for Congressman Todd Akin'...
Missouri Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler wants another term in Washington. The Fourth District Representative tells News Talk KZ...
One of the biggest events for Republicans in southwest Missouri is coming up Saturday night in Joplin. The annual Jasper-Newt...
Last ditch efforts to delay Missouri's candidate-filing period failed last night, meaning those seeking political office ...
A veteran Kansas House member from thesoutheast corner won't be running again this year.Seven-term Democrat Doug Gatewood...
The Missouri Presidential Primary is tomorrow... but does it even matter? With Republicans using a caucus system this year to...
Missouri Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler has been selected to be a policy advisory for a group of fiscal conservatives in the US...
U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill has launched the first television ads of her re-election campaign. The Missouri Democrat says s...
Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul will hold a campaign rally in Oklahoma City Saturday at the state Capitol. It'...
Missouri voters could get to decide whether to impose term limits on all executive officeholders under a proposal endorsed by...
Outside groups paid nearly $30,000 for Missouri statewide elected officials to travel out-of-state last year.Reports file...
Over-the-counter sales of cold medicines that contain a key ingredient in making meth will continue after Oklahoma lawmakers ...
The Oklahoma Senate has overwhelmingly approved an anti-abortion ``personhood'' bill that declares life begins at con...
Lawyers have been back in court arguing over the authority of Missouri's governor to make budget cuts.Cole County Circuit...
Oklahoma's judges and statewide elected officials will not receive a pay hike under a resolution approved by a House comm...
The Missouri Republican Caucus is just over a month away... so how does one participate? John Putnam of the Jasper County Rep...
An appointee who couldn't win Senate confirmation as Missouri's economic development director has received a new job ...
If you want to be a part of the Missouri Republican Caucus this year, you'll want to arrive early. Jasper County GOP Chai...
Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum won Missouri's nonbinding Republican presidential primary Tuesday, claiming moment...
Missouri lawmakers could soon have more flexibility in deciding how many years they serve in each of the Legislature's ch...
Republicans in Southeast Kansas are getting ready for their party caucus March 10th in Parsons. Cherokee County GOP Chair Lor...
Republican attorney general candidate Ed Martin is urging Missouri's attorney general to object to a federal decision req...
Rick Santorum's win in yesterday's Missouri Primary was a bit of a surprise to the head of the Jasper County Republic...
Rick Santorum's win in yesterday's Missouri Primary was a bit of a surprise to the head of the Jasper County Republic...
Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum won Missouri's nonbinding Republican presidential primary Tuesday, claiming moment...
Missouri lawmakers could soon have more flexibility in deciding how many years they serve in each of the Legislature's ch...
"This election is insignificant."Jasper County Clerk Bonnie Earl tells News Talk KZRG why a low voter turnout is ex...
The Missouri Presidential Primary is tomorrow... but does it even matter? With Republicans using a caucus system this year to...
Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn says he can't support former House Speaker Newt Gingrich's campaign for president. Speaki...
Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn says he can't support former House Speaker Newt Gingrich's campaign for president. Speaki...
A prosecutor is warning Kansas legislators and Governor Sam Brownback to preserve records about meetings at Brownback's o...
A bipartisan group of Oklahomastate lawmakers has filed a resolution to reject a proposed 6 percent pay raise for judges and ...
A bipartisan group of Oklahomastate lawmakers has filed a resolution to reject a proposed 6 percent pay raise for judges and ...
Election officials are projecting that 23 percent of Missouri voters will turnout for next week's presidential primary.Se...
Governor Jay Nixon has appointed the members of a commission responsible for drawing new state Senate districts. The five Rep...
There have been reports online that Jasper County Republican Party Chair John Putnam is supporting Ron Paul for President. Pu...
There have been reports online that Jasper County Republican Party Chair John Putnam is supporting Ron Paul for President. Pu...
Republican Dave Spence is casting himself as a "job creator'' as he launches the first ads of Missouri's gov...
Governor Jay Nixon's choice to run the Department of Economic Development is facing difficulties in the state Senate. The...
Missouri U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill raised about $1.4 million during the last quarter of 2011 and has nearly $5 mi...
St. Louis attorney Ed Martin is dropping his congressional campaign to instead seek the Republican nomination for attorney ge...
If you don't work in a hospital, you might imagine the emergency room in Joplin's Freeman Hospital after the May 22nd...
A Missouri state lawmaker wants to make sure humans have more legal rights than animals. House Republican Ward Franz, of West...
Missouri Capitol Police are investigating the discovery of orange gun-target stickers found outside the offices of several st...
Two Republican state senators want candidates for Missouri governor and lieutenant governor to run on joint party tickets.Sen...
Repeal 51 state laws. That's what Kansas Governor Sam Brownback is proposing. Last year Brownback created the Office of the R...
Missouri Treasurer Clint Zweifelsays he's running for a second term. Zweifel launched his 2012 re-election campaign today wit...
Senator Claire McCaskill is being endorsed by boxing promoter Don King. King held a fundraiser for the Missouri Democrat Thur...
Missouri's unemployment is its lowest in almost three years. December's unemployment rate fell two-tenths of a point to 8 per...
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon is expected to stress his job-creation efforts as he delivers his annual State of the State address ...
U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri has undergone surgery to have a coronary stent implanted.Blunt's office said Friday that the ...
U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri has undergone surgery to have a coronary stent implanted.Blunt's office said Friday that the ...
Lawmakers have brought an early `end' to the 2011 legislative session, but left open the possibility of returning next week t...
U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran says changes to the nation's health care system have to focus more than just on reducing costs to provi...
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback makes his State of the State address tonight in Topeka. The highlight is expected to be Brownba...
Missouri gubernatorial candidate Dave Spence says on his website he ``earned a degree in Economics'' from the University of M...
Mock elections are being held across Oklahoma this week to test the state's new voting machines. The mock elections began tod...
Missouri Senator Roy Blunt agrees with those who say the 2012 presidential election will be a landmark in the US. He compares...
The people of Iowa have spoken, picking Mitt Romney in the GOP presidential primary caucus. Losing to Romney by only 8 votes...
The people of Iowa have spoken, picking Mitt Romney in the GOP presidential primary caucus. Losing to Romney by only 8 votes...
It's essentially an $8-million straw poll. That's what State Rep Charlie Davis says about the February 7th Missouri Pres...
It's essentially an $8-million straw poll. That's what State Rep Charlie Davis says about the February 7th Missouri Pres...
Kansas lawmakerswon't be able toavoid a debate on illegal immigration after they open their annual session on January 9th. K...
Missouri legislative leaders will be redefining their approach to economic development when the 2012 session begins tomorrow...
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback says his administration has started studing proposals for overhauling the state's tax code, and...
State Representative Bill White of Joplin says he's not only running for re-election in 2012, he's also interested in being H...
"Ido think it was the best possible deal that we could reach today."Missouri Senator Roy Blunt talking about the bi...
A Missouri senator wants to change the secretive process used to draw new legislative districts. Republican Senator Jason Cr...
A Missouri senator wants to change the secretive process used to draw new legislative districts. Republican Senator Jason Cr...
A tea party group in Kansas says its depiction of President Barack Obama as a skunk is satire, not racism as the leader of a...
Missouri's two U.S. senators are backing legislation to name a new federal courthouse in Jefferson City after former Sen. Kit...
Missouri Senator Roy Blunt was appointed Republican Conference vice chairman yesterday. Blunt's a congressional veteran while...
News Talk KZRG will have live team coverage of Thursday night's Republican Presidential Candidate debate from Sioux City, Iow...
Tonight you can talk to the architects who'll rebuild a new Joplin middle school and one elementary school. The Joplin School...
Missouri Senator Roy Blunt has been elected Republican conference vice chairman. He defeated a fellow Senate freshman, Wiscon...
A tea party group in Kansas says its depiction of President Barack Obama as a skunk is satire, not racism as the leader of a...
State Sen. Brad Lager says he is committed to running for Missouri's lieutenant governor's office even if it means facing the...
Tonight you can talk to the architects who'll rebuild a new Joplin middle school and one elementary school. The Joplin School...
A Southeast Kansas man employed by a youth crisis shelter has been arrested and accused of sending sexually explicit text me...
Missouri is getting more than $5 million from the federal government to help in the long-term recovery for people hit by ...
Missouri is getting more than $5 million from the federal government to help in the long-term recovery for people hit by ...
State Sen. Brad Lager says he is committed to running for Missouri's lieutenant governor's office even if it means facing the...
Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill wants to shift money from development in Afghanistan to roads and bridges in the U.S. McCas...
MOState Rep. Charlie Davis isn't letting the fact he was mapped out of his own district get him down. The first term Republic...
Criminal charges against a southeast Missouri deputy tied to the meth case against the sheriff have been dropped.Steffanie Ke...
MOState Rep. Charlie Davis isn't letting the fact he was mapped out of his own district get him down. The first term Republic...
Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill wants to shift money from development in Afghanistan to roads and bridges in the U.S. McCas...
Missouri House Speaker Steven Tilley has formally launched his campaign for lieutenant governor. And Tilley says he is starti...
Sen. Tom Coburn says he may rejoin the so-called Gang of Six, the bipartisan band of senators seeking to reach agreement on a...
Part of a bill in the Missouri Senate designed to overhaul tax credits and business incentives has a local representative con...
The Oklahoma Republican Party says presidential candidate Herman Cain is scheduled to visit the state for a fundraiser on Dec...
Ending months of wavering, Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder said Friday that he will not run for governor and instead will supp...
Missouri House Speaker Steven Tilley is dropping out of the 2012 lieutenant governor's race.The Republican from Perryville sa...
The Oklahoma Republican Party says presidential candidate Herman Cain is scheduled to visit the state for a fundraiser on Dec...
The Delaware County Commission has appointed a new sheriff. Former Oklahoma state senator RIck Littlefield was appointed to ...
Unfortunately, fraud claims since the May 22nd tornado in Joplin and Duquesne keep growing. Attorney General Chris Koster tel...
Missouri 7th District Congressman Billy Long was in Joplin Tuesday to speak to a group of Republican supporters. Long told Ne...
Missouri House Speaker Steven Tilley is dropping out of the 2012 lieutenant governor's race.The Republican from Perryville sa...
Missouri 7th District Congressman Billy Long was in Joplin Tuesday to speak to a group of Republican supporters. Long told Ne...
Coming home for a soldier can have a whole list of challenges but Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill tells News Talk KZRG find...
Unfortunately, fraud claims since the May 22nd tornado in Joplin and Duquesne keep growing. Attorney General Chris Koster tel...
Now there are five Republican candidates in Missouri's presidential primary. Texas Governor Rick Perry filed papers Wednesda...
Coming home for a soldier can have a whole list of challenges but Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill tells News Talk KZRG find...
Texas Gov. Rick Perry is the fifth Republican to jump into Missouri's presidential primary.The state primary is Feb. 7, altho...
There's now a third Republican running for Missouri secretary of state. Shane Schoeller of Willard officially joined the race...
"It's a big win for the country."Congress approved free trade agreements this week with South Korea, Colombia and P...
Legislation offering new tax incentives for Missouri businesses officially died Tuesday as the Missouri Senate ended a specia...
There's now a third Republican running for Missouri secretary of state. Shane Schoeller of Willard officially joined the race...
Oklahoma lawmakers won\'t be getting a raise. The Legislative Compensation Board voted unanimously today to make no changes t...
It appears Missouri lawmakers will end their special session without passing an economic development bill that had been their...
An attempt to cancel Missouri's 2012 presidential primary has been defeated in the Senate. The chamber deadlocked Monday with...
If Missouri Lt. Governor Peter Kinder ever does announce plans to run against Governor Jay Nixon, he'll have a bit of an uphi...
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney will be in Oklahoma next week. The Republican presidential candidate will attend a ...
Senate Republicans have voted to kill the White House jobs bill that President Barack Obama has been urging the public to sup...
The Missouri attorney general's office contends a lawsuit challenging new congressional districts should be dismissed.Some De...
"It's a big win for the country."Congress approved free trade agreements this week with South Korea, Colombia and P...
Missouri Democratic Party Chairwoman Susan Montee says she plans to run for lieutenant governor next year.Montee said Friday ...
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney will be in Oklahoma next week. The Republican presidential candidate will attend a ...
Missouri's presidential primary already has been stripped of much of its significance. Now it may simply be abolished.Senate ...
The Oklahoma State Department of Health says 11 cases of listeriosis related to tainted cantaloupe from Colorado have been co...
Funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency has become one of the stumbling blocks as Congress tries to pass a tempor...
Senate Republicans have voted to kill the White House jobs bill that President Barack Obama has been urging the public to sup...
Missouri's presidential primary already has been stripped of much of its significance. Now it may simply be abolished.Senate ...
The Missouri attorney general's office contends a lawsuit challenging new congressional districts should be dismissed.Some De...
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon says it's time for lawmakers to send him a job-creation bill or end their special legislative session...
A Missouri House committee has advanced legislation offering new incentives for some businesses and international exporters.T...
Former Missouri state Treasurer Sarah Steelman is challenging her fellow Republicans to an early series of debates in the U.S...
An Oronogo man who was shot in the face while scuffling with a deputy has pleaded guilty to a felony assault charge. 36-year...
An Oronogo man who was shot in the face while scuffling with a deputy has pleaded guilty to a felony assault charge. 36-year...
Joplin\'s mayor says he appreciates efforts in Washington to get the economy in order, but he\'s worried about how that will ...
Missouri health officials say the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed two more illnesses in Miss...
Missouri House leaders plan to revive a dormant special session with a vote next week on a job-creation bill.House Speaker St...
Missouri voters could be asked to raise the state's minimum wage to $8.25 an hour.A group that backed a successful wage i...
Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan says she will not seek re-election in 2012. Carnahan announced this afternoon she...
Missouri Democratic Party Chairwoman Susan Montee says she plans to run for lieutenant governor next year.Montee said Friday ...
Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan says she will not seek re-election in 2012. Carnahan announced this afternoon she...
Missouri Republicans are bailing out of a February presidential primary that had threatened to throw confusion into the 2012 ...
Missouri House leaders plan to revive a dormant special session with a vote next week on a job-creation bill.House Speaker St...
Missouri voters could be asked to raise the state's minimum wage to $8.25 an hour.A group that backed a successful wage i...
Missouri health officials say the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed two more illnesses in Miss...
Missouri Republicans are bailing out of a February presidential primary that had threatened to throw confusion into the 2012 ...
Granby's Mayor has reached into her own pocket to pay a $2500 fine to the Missouri DNR. The fine was for burning solid wa...
The Oklahoma State Department of Health says 11 cases of listeriosis related to tainted cantaloupe from Colorado have been co...
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon says it's time for lawmakers to send him a job-creation bill or end their special legislative session...
Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill says government contractors in the war zone need more supervision. A bi-partisan commission...
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie will headline tonight's Missouri Republican Party annual dinner. The event is the GOP grou...
Funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency has become one of the stumbling blocks as Congress tries to pass a tempor...
"I guess he thinks he was elected King, not Governor."Missouri State Senator Jane Cunningham says that about Govern...
Joplin\'s mayor says he appreciates efforts in Washington to get the economy in order, but he\'s worried about how that will ...
Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster wants to keep his job. He announced his bid for re-election last night at the home of...
Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster wants to keep his job. He announced his bid for re-election last night at the home of...
US Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano visited Joplin Thursday to get an update ...
"We'reworking hard to besure that the federal government steps in."Missouri Senator Roy Blunt was one of 62 that vo...
A plan to set up a health insurance exchange in Missouri is stalled in the State Senate after the House passed the bill. Stat...
"I guess he thinks he was elected King, not Governor."Missouri State Senator Jane Cunningham says that about Govern...
An effort to provide tax relief to businesses destroyed by the deadly Joplin tornado has stalled under opposition in the Miss...
"We'reworking hard to besure that the federal government steps in."Missouri Senator Roy Blunt was one of 62 that vo...
The Missouri House has approved a tax amnesty period for delinquent taxpayers.The state would waive interest and penalties fo...
An effort to provide tax relief to businesses destroyed by the deadly Joplin tornado has stalled under opposition in the Miss...
He's heard enough. Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster's stepping in to investigate the City of Joplin's use of tornado r...
The Missouri House has approved a tax amnesty period for delinquent taxpayers.The state would waive interest and penalties fo...
Part of a bill in the Missouri Senate designed to overhaul tax credits and business incentives has a local representative con...
The top budget official in the Missouri House is proposing to use up to $150 million from state's rainy day fund for disa...
The ten-year anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks in New York City is nearly upon us, and a New York-based group is planni...
The ten-year anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks in New York City is nearly upon us, and a New York-based group is planni...
There's going to be a neighborhood block party Friday at the Officer Jeff Taylor Memorial Housing Park in Joplin. Joplin Poli...
There's going to be a neighborhood block party Friday at the Officer Jeff Taylor Memorial Housing Park in Joplin. Joplin Poli...
The city of Diamond has a new police chief and will soon have a new mayor. The City Council appointed interim Police Chief Mi...
The federal government is in over its head. That's Missouri Senator Roy Blunt's response to the hubbub over FEMA allocating d...
Republican Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder plans to meet with residents across Missouri before deciding whether to challenge Democratic...
Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill says government contractors in the war zone need more supervision. A bi-partisan commission...
The federal government is in over its head. That's Missouri Senator Roy Blunt's response to the hubbub over FEMA allocating d...
Republican Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder plans to meet with residents across Missouri before deciding whether to challenge Democratic...
FEMA is suspending funding to Joplin as the east coast faces recovery from Hurricane Irene."The only programs being aff...
FEMA is suspending funding to Joplin as the east coast faces recovery from Hurricane Irene."The only programs being aff...
A fellow Democrat is critical of Governor Nixon’s handling of money set aside for disaster relief from the state budge...
A former Joplin business owner and City Council member has pleaded guilty in federal court to not paying employee payroll tax...
A former Joplin business owner and City Council member has pleaded guilty in federal court to not paying employee payroll tax...
A top lawmaker responsible for Missouri's budget is irate that Gov. Jay Nixon has moved three office staffers who work on gub...
A fellow Democrat is critical of Governor Nixon’s handling of money set aside for disaster relief from the state budge...
When state and local officials ask FEMA to declare an emergency is it a request for help..or is it a public relations move? ...
When state and local officials ask FEMA to declare an emergency is it a request for help..or is it a public relations move? ...
Political trouble has again found Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder, after an alternative newspaper's report on claims by a form...
One of the Senate's staunchest budget-cutters has unveiled a massive plan to reduce the deficit by $9 trillion over the c...
Political trouble has again found Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder, after an alternative newspaper's report on claims by a form...
A Neosho man accused of slashing his wife's throat earlier this year has pled guilty to the crime and will spend the next 18...
A Neosho man accused of slashing his wife's throat earlier this year has pled guilty to the crime and will spend the next 18...
A former state lawmaker has been named to the Missouri Southern State University Board of Governors. Gov. Jay Nixon has appoi...
Senators Roy Blunt and Claire McCaskill and Congressman Billy Long have sent a letter to FEMA asking to extend Joplin's deadl...
The tornado debris still has to be cleared by August 7th. The Federal Government has denied Missouri's request for an extensi...
The tornado debris still has to be cleared by August 7th. The Federal Government has denied Missouri's request for an extensi...
Voters in Joplin didn't turn out in strong numbers Tuesday, but they overwhelmingly approved an extension of the City's 1/4 c...
"Ido think it was the best possible deal that we could reach today."Missouri Senator Roy Blunt talking about the bi...
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon is expected to make an announcement in Joplin today concerning cleanup after the May 22nd tornad...
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon is expected to make an announcement in Joplin today concerning cleanup after the May 22nd tornad...
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon is seeking extension of a federal program covering most of the cost of removing debris from the M...
Senators Roy Blunt and Claire McCaskill and Congressman Billy Long have sent a letter to FEMA asking to extend Joplin's deadl...
Several area political leaders, including Missouri Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder, turned out for the Newton County Republi...
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon is seeking extension of a federal program covering most of the cost of removing debris from the M...
August 8. That's the deadline for commercial property owners in Joplin - whether it be a business or an apartment building -...
August 8. That's the deadline for commercial property owners in Joplin - whether it be a business or an apartment building -...
A former southeast Missouri sheriff already facing methamphetamine charges is now accused of distributing cocaine.The Missour...
Missouri Congressman Todd Akin is revising a decade of federal ethics reports to note his stake in some family real estate ma...
Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin is taking to social media for a town hall meeting.Fallin will be the first person featured on a...
Joplin Mayor Mike Woolston concluded Monday's City Council meeting by thanking everyone who has volunteered to clean up the t...
Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill has made some changes to campaign finance reports stemming from her 2006 election victory. ...
Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill has made some changes to campaign finance reports stemming from her 2006 election victory. ...
The Humane Society of the United States has contributed nearly $93,000 toward a Missouri initiative that would make it ha...
The Humane Society of the United States has contributed nearly $93,000 toward a Missouri initiative that would make it ha...
One of the Senate's staunchest budget-cutters has unveiled a massive plan to reduce the deficit by $9 trillion over the c...
As the debate over raising the debt ceiling gets hotter than temperatures in the Four States, President Obama adds to that b...
This might be a case of fuzzy math. President Obama claims 80 percent of the American people want to raise taxes to solve the...
A Republican state representative from Muskogee says he'll run for the 2nd Congressional District seat in eastern Oklahoma be...
Missouri House Speaker Steven Tilley has formally launched his campaign for lieutenant governor. And Tilley says he is starti...
Sen. Tom Coburn says he may rejoin the so-called Gang of Six, the bipartisan band of senators seeking to reach agreement on a...
Missouri's two U.S. senators are backing legislation to name a new federal courthouse in Jefferson City after former Sen. Kit...
Criminal charges against a southeast Missouri deputy tied to the meth case against the sheriff have been dropped.Steffanie Ke...
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon and legislative leaders are working to build agreement on economic development and jobs proposals.Law...
Missouri marijuana advocates want to ask voters next year to legalize the drug and regulate its medical use.A group called Sh...
Missouri candidates for statewide office report collecting about $2 million in contributions over a week.Democratic Gov. ...
Missouri's senior senator says she's frustrated by the ongoing deadlock in federal budget negotiations."Someone asked me...
An information technology company is pledging to create a thousand jobs in Missouri, with an emphasis on Joplin. Former Pres...
A Missouri House committee heard Monday from government officials and the public about Joplin's response to the May 22nd torn...
U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran says changes to the nation's health care system have to focus more than just on reducing costs to provi...
A Missouri House committee heard Monday from government officials and the public about Joplin's response to the May 22nd torn...
The Diamond Board of Aldermen accepted Mayor Ray Prettyman's resignation at a special Board meeting Wednesday night. Before ...
Diamond Mayor Ray Prettyman has turned in a letter of resignation. In his letter, Prettyman said it was a struggle for any ac...
Diamond Mayor Ray Prettyman has turned in a letter of resignation. In his letter, Prettyman said it was a struggle for any ac...
60 days. That's how long the Joplin City Council will put a hold on new construction while debris is being removed from the c...
Joplin Mayor Mike Woolston concluded Monday's City Council meeting by thanking everyone who has volunteered to clean up the t...
60 days. That's how long the Joplin City Council will put a hold on new construction while debris is being removed from the c...
Missouri Treasurer Clint Zweifelsays he's running for a second term. Zweifel launched his 2012 re-election campaign today wit...
Missouri's unemployment rate remained just below 9 percent in May. According to the state Department of Economic Development,...
The governor of Oklahoma has signed legislation that toughens the penalties for people who let underage drinkers party on the...
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano will be visiting Joplin this morning to survey the damage cause by last month&rs...
Three Democrats close to Oklahoma Representative Dan Boren say the 37-year-old congressman won't seek re-election to a fourth...
People who need medical help in the Joplin area can get it from doctors coming in from other states. Governor Jay Nixon has ...
People who need medical help in the Joplin area can get it from doctors coming in from other states. Governor Jay Nixon has ...
Missouri education officials say a Kansas City charter high school misspent more than $256,000 in federal money.The state...
Lawmakers have brought an early `end' to the 2011 legislative session, but left open the possibility of returning next week t...
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback says his administration has started studing proposals for overhauling the state's tax code, and...
The price at the pump is affecting everyone in the Four States. Congressman Billy Long says that's why he was out pumping ga...
Missouri education officials say a Kansas City charter high school misspent more than $256,000 in federal money.The state...
Missouri Congressman Todd Akin hasn't wasted any time getting on the campaign trail. A day after announcing his run for the U...
Missouri US Senator Roy Blunt met with President Obama recently concerning the country's current financial crisis. He tells N...
Missouri's Republican U.S. Senate primary is only one day old, and Sarah Steelman already is criticizing Todd Akin over feder...
Senator Claire McCaskill's bid to end tax breaks for the five biggest oil companies was voted down Tuesday on a near partly l...
Missouri Congressman Todd Akin is entering the Republican primary to challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill next yea...
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has signed a bill enacting health and safety regulations specifically for abortion clinics.The gove...
A new report says Missouri's unemployment rate is at its lowest point in about two years. The state Department of Economic De...
The Missouri legislature has some unfinished business that might be important enough to call it back into session before nex...
Oklahoma leaders reached an agreement on a $6.5 billion state budget for the upcoming fiscal year that uses a combination...
Missouri lawmakers have sent the governor legislation that would enact early voting and photo identification laws, if voters ...
The Missouri House has given final approval to a bill outlawing synthetic marijuana and hallucinogenic drugs marketed as ``ba...
Missouri lawmakers have approved a proposed amendment to the state constitution that would expand the right to pray in public...
Kansas legislators who are negotiating over a $14 billion state budget appear to be moving a little closer to an agreemen...
The federal government is dropping its case against a Kansas tobacco wholesaler and two other Four States businesses accused ...
Republican attorney Ed Martin is dropping out of the U.S. Senate race to run for a newly-redrawn 2nd Congressional district r...
Outside groups paid nearly $30,000 for Missouri statewide elected officials to travel out-of-state last year.Reports file...
Kansas lawmakers have broken off their negotiations over a $14 billion state budget. Three senators and three House membe...
Missouri House members have endorsed a proposal to let utilities charge electric customers for some costs of developing a nu...
Missouri's Republican-led Legislature hopes to send Governor Jay Nixon a bill this week to redraw congressional districts ba...
Missouri's basic aid for public schools will remain flat but decline for colleges under a budget plan given final approval by...
The Missouri House has approved legislation that would require voters to show government-issued photo ID to cast ballots.The ...
The Republican-led Missouri Legislature has overridden Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon's veto of a congressional redistricting prop...
State senators have sent a bill redrawing Oklahoma's five congressional districts to Governor Mary Fallin. They approved the ...
The Missouri Senate has passed a stimulus bill following an all-night filibuster. The proposal voted on this morning would re...
The Missouri House has voted to override Governor Jay Nixon's veto on proposal to redraw the state's congressional district. ...
At the Missouri state capitol, budget talks are at a standstill. Four Republican senators are blocking a vote on a bill auth...
Two Republican-sponsored proposals to change Oklahoma's education system are now headed to the governor. The Senate approved...
Legislators have resumed negotiations on a $14 billion Kansas budget. The year's business can't be wrapped up until the spen...
The Missouri National Guard has increased security at all its facilities following the death of Osama bin Laden. "But it...
"Justice has been served." Those are the words of Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler, who tells News Talk KZRG she shares...
Former Arkansas governor and potential 2012 GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee says Americans and ``decent people'' ha...
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon has vetoed a bill that would have changed the state's workplace discrimination laws. Nixon said t...
The Missouri Legislative Session is winding down, and some lawmakers couldn't be happier. State Rep Charlie Davis tells News ...
The Missouri House has passed legislation making it illegal to send a text message while driving, regardless of how old you ...
Missouri Congressman Todd Akin has about five times as much campaign cash available as either of his potential Republican com...
Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder plans to pay the state more than $50,000 to cover questionable expense reimbursements during h...
Former Missouri Republican Party Chairwoman Ann Wagner has taken a step toward a run for Congress.Wagner said Tuesday that sh...
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has received thousands of comments from people urging him to sign or veto legislation rolling back ne...
There's going to be a tea party rally Tuesday in Neosho. Dave Miller, coordinator for the event set to take place at Daddy Ji...
Legislation that would force people to get prescriptions for cold medications containing pseudoephedrine is running out of t...
Legislation that would force people to get prescriptions for cold medications containing pseudoephedrine is running out of t...
The state Senate has voted to trim the number of potential election days in Missouri. A measure passed by the Senate would a...
Missouri lawmakersworked into the early morning hours Fridaybut failedto work out aredistrictingdeal between the House and S...
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback is predicting that his state will move toward having a 401(k)-style pension plan for new teache...
Legislation overhauling Missouri's domestic violence laws for the first time since the 1970s has won unanimous approval in th...
A Missouri House member wants to ask voters to raise the state cigarette tax by 81 cents a pack.Democrat Chris Kelly, of Colu...
Another auditor is criticizing Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon\'s administration for billing a state agency over travel costs.The aud...
The Missouri Senate has passed a $23 billion budget plan that cuts funding to higher education while holding basic aid to pub...
Debate over how to regulate the state's dog breeders has triggered dueling rallies from people seeking to sway lawmakers and ...
Two weeks ago, Charles Collinsworth defeated Steve Hart for a seat on the Neosho City Council. Last night Collinsworth--and H...
The Neosho City Council will make two choices at tonight's council meeting. First, the council will appoint someone to succe...
The Neosho City Council will make two choices at tonight's council meeting. First, the council will appoint someone to succe...
Despite strident objections from a number of its members, the state Senate approved a $189 million supplemental budget for M...
Many of Missouri's top Republicans from the state and U.S. capitols are meeting in Jefferson City to try to settle a stalemat...
Missouri dog breeders would have longer to comply with new regulations under a freshly announced plan to rewrite a voter-appr...
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback has signed a bill requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls. Many Republicans ...
Oklahoma Congressman Dan Boren has left Iraq after a brief visit to that country with House Speaker John Boehner and four oth...
Missouri's proposed budget could get an airing this week in the state Senate.At issue are funding decisions both for the curr...
Missouri's Republican-led Legislature hopes to send Governor Jay Nixon a bill this week to redraw congressional districts ba...
Missouri Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon has reported raising about twice as much campaign money as Republican Lt. Gov. Peter Kinde...
7th District Congressman Billy Long will join the list of speakers scheduled for a Joplin Tea Party this Saturday. The rally...
Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder is about a week overdue on a pledge to repay the state $35,000 that he received for hotel sta...
The Missouri House has passed legislation requiring high school athletes to be removed from games if they appear to have a co...
The battle to re-draw Missouri's congressional districts continues. House leaders say the Senate failed to act on a request t...
A plan to alter the way Missouri public schools are funded has again stalled in the Senate. The proposal from Senator David P...
The Kansas State Department of Education says it needs the fingerprints of about 40,000 teachers. Pam Coleman is the director...
The Kansas State Department of Education says it needs the fingerprints of about 40,000 teachers.Pam Coleman is the director ...
"Ithought it was disappointing."Missouri US Senator Roy Blunt is not happy with theDeficit Reduction plan President...
The Missouri Senate has approved a map that redraws the state's congressional districts based on the 2010 Census. But it's a...
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has signed legislation restoring federally funded jobless benefits to thousands of Missourians, but c...
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach says Kansas has become both a destination and passage state for illegal immigration.Kob...
A Missouri House committee has dealt a setback to Gov. Jay Nixon's quest for $1 billion in federal high-speed rail money.The ...
Missouri lawmakers have given final approval to a bill renewing federally funded jobless payments for thousands of people who...
Sen. Claire McCaskill reports raising more than $1 million for her re-election campaign in the first quarter in 2011.The Miss...
Conservative radio commentator Herman Cain is joining the call by Missouri tea party supporters for smaller government and le...
Thousands of soldiers with Oklahoma's Air and Army National Guard who are deploying to Afghanistan in June are being honored ...
Missouri drivers could soon be putting their vehicle registration stickers in a different place inside their windshields inst...
A Tea Party rally to be held this weekend in Joplin has secured another speaker. Congressman Billy Long will join Congressman...
The Missouri Senate has passed legislation extending federally funded jobless benefits to thousands of people who were cut of...
Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster says Congress overstepped its constitutional powers under the commerce clause when it ...
There's going to be a Tea Party in Joplin on Saturday. The rally is titled "Restoring Fiscal Responsibility" and w...
Missouri's Senate has embraced a plan to extend federally funded jobless benefits while cutting eligibility for state-funded ...
If the federal government should shut down this week, the Missouri National Guard would still be running."In the event o...
Primary elections will be held a month earlier in Oklahoma under a bill approved in the Oklahoma Senate.The Senate voted 45-0...
A Missouri House committee has rejected a proposal to downsize its own chamber.The proposed constitutional amendment would ha...
President George W Bush will be visiting Southwest Missouri tonight. The President will speak at College of the Ozarks in fro...
The Missouri Senate has advanced a bill requiring public employee unions to get annual written consent to deduct union dues f...
Several Missouri state senators who have been blocking a vote on extending federally-funded jobless benefits say they will on...
The Missouri House has approved a proposed new map of the state's congressional districts.Missouri is losing one of its nine ...
Governor Jay Nixon wants to boost Missouri's oversight of dog breeders.Nixon proposed Wednesday to add $1.1 million to the st...
Missouri lawmakers have given final approval to legislation gradually repealing a state tax on company assets such as buildin...
A Missouri state senator has agreed to stop blocking a vote on whether to extend federally-funded jobless benefits that expir...
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon is calling on the state Senate to pass legislation allowing hundreds of millions of federal dollars t...
The city of Neosho may soon do away with primary elections to save money. The Mayor Pro Tem says the elections may be an un...
Over in Miami, Kent Ketcher has been elected Mayor. Ketcher received 56 percent of the vote, to 44 percent for city councilma...
The Missouri House has endorsed bans on synthetic forms of marijuana and hallucinogenic drugs marketed as ``bath salts.''The ...
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has withdrawn an appointee to the State Tax Commission after some senators raised concerns about a de...
A Missouri Senate committee has endorsed its proposal for new congressional districts in the state.Missouri is losing one of ...
Tuesday is Election Day across the Four States. Newton County Clerk Kay Baum tells News Talk KZRG voter turnout for April mun...
The race to become the Mayor of Carterville is focusing on a couple of issues."It's one thing to have a road that's a li...
A Neosho man accused of slashing his wife's throat pleaded not guilty and will face a judge in June. 56 year old Marvin Morg...
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon is calling on the state Senate to pass legislation allowing hundreds of millions of federal dollars t...
The city of Neosho may soon do away with primary elections to save money. The Mayor Pro Tem says the elections may be an un...
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has withdrawn an appointee to the State Tax Commission after some senators raised concerns about a de...
The Kansas Senate has approved a bill containing Secretary of State Kris Kobach's proposal to require voters to show photo id...
A hotel is suing Missouri state Sen. Robin Wright-Jones over an unpaid tab at her 60th birthday party, claiming Capitol lobby...
The Missouri House and Senate have both approved legislation changing the date of the 2012 presidential primaries, but they d...
An overhaul of Kansas' laws against drunken driving is stalled in the state Senate.Some members have misgivings about requiri...
The Missouri House has endorsed legislation that attempts to expand the state's control over national health care policy. The...
We have a first look at Missouri's new congressional map. Missouri is losing one of its nine seats in the U.S. House because ...
Missouri's 2012 budget has passed the House and now moves on to the Senate. The 23 billion dollar budget will cut higher educ...
The Kansas Senate has approved a $14 billion state budget bill for the fiscal year that starts July 1.Tuesday's 36-3 vote sen...
The Kansas Legislature has sent Governor Sam Brownback a bill requiring doctors to obtain the consent of both parents before ...
Now that Florida has turned down $2.4 billion in federal funding for high-speed rail service, Missouri is among the states go...
A bill that would make it easier for Oklahoma school districts to fire teachers has cleared a Senate committee. The committee...
Kansas says its unemployment rate remained at 6.8% in February, but the state saw a slight decline over the year in total emp...
A Kansas House member is trying to force a debate on legislation meant to attract potential developers of a state-owned casin...
A Joplin company has scored a big government contract. LaBarge Incorporated has been awarded contracts worth four and a half ...
The Kansas Senate has approved a bill containing Secretary of State Kris Kobach's proposal to require voters to show photo id...
A hotel is suing Missouri state Sen. Robin Wright-Jones over an unpaid tab at her 60th birthday party, claiming Capitol lobby...
A House budget committee has endorsed at 2012 Kansas budget after weeks of deliberation, producing a bill that would cut spen...
The University of Oklahoma says U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates will deliver the university's commencement address.The...
A Kansas House committee has added a provision to cut state employees' pay to its proposed state budget plan. The Appropriati...
In the dark. That's where Missouri Congressman Billy Long says President Obama has left Congress over the situation in Libya....
Governor Jay Nixon has appointed the members of two bipartisan commissions that will redraw Missouri's legislative districts ...
A bill restricting strip clubs and other adult businesses in Kansas has failed to clear a committee in the state Senate.The F...
Two bills that would cut taxes have failed to advance in the Kansas House.One of the measures would speed up the rollback of ...
The Kansas Attorney General's office is reviewing last week's arrest of Cherokee County Attorney John Bullard to see if charg...
The Missouri Senate has passed legislation that would prevent employees from suing co-workers for on-the-job injuries.The mea...
A Kansas Senate committee has modified a proposal from Secretary of State Kris Kobach requiring people who register to vote f...
The Missouri Senate has endorsed legislation setting the state's 2012 presidential primary near the front of the pack potenti...
A new report says Missouri lost more than 10,000 jobs in February, although the state's jobless rate edged lower.Figures rele...
The Missouri House of Representatives’ version of the state budget is right on schedule. That’s the word from Hou...
A second attempt to cut the 2011 Kansas budget has cleared the House, but it's uncertain if the measure will be debated in th...
Anyone 18 or older could openly carry a firearm in Oklahoma without a gun license under a bill overwhelmingly approved in the...
A Kansas Senate committee has rewritten a bill banning deductions from union members' paychecks to finance labor groups' poli...
The Missouri House has endorsed a proposed constitutional amendment creating a new lottery game to benefit veterans.Revenues ...
The Missouri Republican Party has filed a complaint with the U.S. Senate ethics committee over Democratic Sen. Claire McCaski...
A Missouri House committee has approved a state budget that would hold funding steady for public K-12 schools while following...
The Kansas Senate's top leader has outlined a plan for addressing the long-term funding problems facing the pension system fo...
The Missouri Senate has set aside legislation that would prohibit closed-union shops in which all of a company's employees mu...
A Kansas Senate committee is considering an alternative to Secretary of State Kris Kobach's bill requiring voters to show pho...
A former Kansas attorney general nominated for a seat on a federal appeals court has drawn congratulations, but little else s...
The Missouri Senate is debating legislation that would prohibit closed-union shops in which all of a company's employees must...
Supporters of a bill making it illegal to practice medicine while intoxicated in Missouri say the law could save patients fro...
Kansas House leaders have cut short debate on a bill that could provide additional savings in the current state budget.Monday...
Two Missouri lawmakers have proposed legislation aimed at preventing Missouri courts from applying laws from foreign countrie...
A new report says Missouri lost more than 10,000 jobs in February, although the state's jobless rate edged lower.Figures rele...
The Missouri House of Representatives’ version of the state budget is right on schedule. That’s the word from Hou...
A Kansas Senate committee is considering an alternative to Secretary of State Kris Kobach's bill requiring voters to show pho...
A former Kansas attorney general nominated for a seat on a federal appeals court has drawn congratulations, but little else s...
Legislative negotiators have resumed their discussions over finding a compromise to reduce the 2011 Kansas budget.Negotiators...
The chairman of the Kansas House Judiciary Committee expects the panel to vote next week on an immigration bill containing pr...
The state Department of Labor says Kansas' unemployment rate held steady in January at 6.8 percent. That's unchanged from Dec...
Senator Claire McCaskill's office says she plans to pay the U.S. Treasury $88,000 to cover the costs of charter flights she o...
Last fall, Missouri voters passed Proposition B to put in reforms for the dog-breeding industry. Now legislation that repeals...
County sheriff's elections in Oklahoma would be nonpartisan under a bill approved by the state Senate. The bill by Republican...
It's too big and has to be cut. That's the message Missouri Senator Roy Blunt made today on the Senate Floor. "And the i...
The Missouri House has endorsed legislation to require that drivers' license tests in the state be administered in English.Th...
Oklahoma's primary elections would be moved from July to June, and its filing period for candidates would be moved to April u...
Some Kansas lawmakers are stunned with the cost of proposed changes to the state's DUI laws. After a 2-year study, the Kansas...
The Oklahoma House's top budget negotiator says a budget hole of up to $500 million next year is the biggest obstacle to meet...
The Missouri Senate missed Thursday's initial deadline to extend federal unemployment benefits for Missourians who have been ...
The Oklahoma Senate has approved a Democrat-sponsored amendment that would abolish the state's income tax.Democratic Sen. Tom...
The Senate's signed off on a bill that moves Oklahoma's presidential primary election from February to March. The legislation...
Missouri House members have voted to cap the state's minimum wage at the federal rate.The legislation would essentially overt...
Missouri lawmakers are trying again to restrict protests at funerals after the state's previous ban was ruled unconstitutiona...
Nine retired U.S. Air Force generals want Kansas regulators to disbar ten lawyers who belong to a church that protests at mil...
A Missouri House member wants to require labor unions to get written permission from their members before deducting dues from...
Missouri House members have endorsed legislation that would repeal a state tax on business assets over five years.The House m...
Some Missouri lawmakers are pushing for the state to collect sales tax on Internet purchases. Democratic Reps. Margo McNeil a...
Missouri state agencies paid nearly $400,000 to finance airplane flights for Governor Jay Nixon during his first two years as...
Two men from Kansas are in custody for drug charges. Law enforcement from Cherokee County, Baxter Springs and the Southeast K...
Democrat Robin Carnahan plans to seek a third term as Missouri's secretary of state. That news today after Republican state S...
Former Cherokee County Attorney Chris Meek has pleaded guilty to a federal drug charge. The 58-year-old from Baxter Springs p...
The Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry is supporting legislation prohibiting union fees as condition of employment.Sen...
Democrats and Republicans continue to lock horns on President Obama's proposed budget. If they don't agree by March 4th the g...
Despite three days of delay tactics by Democrats, the Republican majority in the Wisconsin Assembly has pushed through a bill...
Kansas House members vote to end a practice of allowing unions to deduct contributions from their members' paychecks, ignorin...
The Kansas House gave first-round approval to a bill that would ban union members from voluntarily having a portion of their ...
Missouri House members have voted without dissent to require information about the governor's travel to be posted on a state ...
A House committee has voted along partisan lines to advance a proposal eliminating Missouri's income taxes and replacing them...
Northwest Missouri Congressman Sam Graves is accusing President Obama of creating an environment of uncertainty which is keep...
A Missouri lawmaker wants politicians to prove they're U.S. citizens before they run for president or vice president. The mea...
Missouri lawmakers are considering moving back the state's 2012 presidential primaries.A bill by Republican Sen. Kevin Engler...
The Oklahoma Senate has approved a bill to change the current composition of state Board of Education and replace it with a s...
Missouri state agencies paid nearly $400,000 to finance airplane flights for Governor Jay Nixon during his first two years as...
Two men from Kansas are in custody for drug charges. Law enforcement from Cherokee County, Baxter Springs and the Southeast K...
The Kansas Senate has approved a bill to cut spending and save the state about $3.6 million in the current fiscal year.Tuesda...
Missouri education officials say more than $70,000 from the federal government will help provide free lunches to low-income s...
12 are dead so far in Oklahoma as the flu claims more lives. The State Department of Health tells News Talk KZRG four more in...
Gov. Jay Nixon says proposed legislation that is designed to make Missouri a ``right-to-work'' state is a step backward.A Sen...
A Missouri Army National Guard member was shot and killed north of St. Louis on Sunday, and authorities are looking for help ...
The Kansas Senate has approved a bill to cut spending and save the state about $3.6 million in the current fiscal year.Tuesda...
A Missouri House committee has endorsed a pair of measures that could allow voters to cast ballots before Election Day and be...
The Kansas Senate has advanced a bill cutting state spending in the fiscal year that ends June 30.Monday's tentative approval...
MIssouri Congresswoman Jo Ann Emerson expects to decide in a couple weeks if she'll run to replace Democratic Senator Claire ...
Missouri Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder was one of the dignitaries who spoke at Saturday night's Lincoln Day for the Jasper...
Gov. Jay Nixon says proposed legislation that is designed to make Missouri a ``right-to-work'' state is a step backward.A Sen...
A Kansas House committee could vote by the end of next week on a measure that requires voters to show photo IDs before they c...
Kansas House members have given first-round approval to a proposed amendment to the state constitution aimed at keeping a key...
A sweeping abortion measure has cleared its first hurdle in the Kansas House, winning a committee's endorsement to advance it...
More than 100 degree programs will be eliminated at Missouri colleges and universities as part of a cost-savings review order...
Missouri Senator Roy Blunt says we can expect to see the issue of spending come to a head in Washington in the next few weeks...
The Kansas House has approved a bill sought by Governor Sam Brownback to trim spending from the current budget. The bill adop...
Missouri Southern State University will be eliminating two programs: it's BA programs in Justice Studies and Management Techn...
Missouri Southern State University will be eliminating two programs: it's BA programs in Justice Studies and Management Techn...
New revenue figures show the size of the projected 2012 Kansas budget shortfall has dropped from $550 million to $492 million...
Missouri lawmakers and their staffs are being targeted by Internet hackers.The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that since the...
A Missouri lawmaker wants the federal government to be required to balance its budget.St. Louis Republican Dwight Scharnhorst...
The bus barn at East Newton High School in Granby collapsed Friday. East Newton Superintendent Todd McCracken says a combinat...
The bus barn at East Newton High School in Granby collapsed Friday. East Newton Superintendent Todd McCracken says a combinat...
A Kansas House committee could vote by the end of next week on a measure that requires voters to show photo IDs before they c...
A Kansas House committee endorsed two bills yesterday aimed at keeping parts of the new federal health care law from taking e...
President Barack Obama has signed an emergency declaration for Missouri after this week's blizzard buried much of the state i...
The Oklahoma State Department of Health says a child younger than 5 years old is the fifth person to die from the flu or comp...
Three Republican officials want Missouri's attorney general to weigh in on whether the new federal health care law applies in...
Republican Rep. Sam Graves, of northwest Missouri, says he will not run for U.S. Senate next year.Graves had been one of seve...
Republican Rep. Sam Graves, of northwest Missouri, says he will not run for U.S. Senate next year.Graves had been one of seve...
Three Republican officials want Missouri's attorney general to weigh in on whether the new federal health care law applies in...
Both Missouri Governor Nixon and Oklahoma Governor Fallin have asked President Obama for emergency disaster declarations afte...
Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri is calling bogus a report that she raised concerns about having the Democratic N...
Both Missouri Governor Nixon and Oklahoma Governor Fallin have asked President Obama for emergency disaster declarations afte...
Former President George W. Bush has been scheduled to speak at the College of the Ozarks.The college in Point Lookout in sout...
The Missouri Senate has given first-round approval to a measure that would outlaw texting for all drivers in the state.The bi...
St. Louis leaders say they're disappointed the city won't get the 2012 Democratic National Convention, but proud of the city'...
Missouri Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder is happy with a Florida judge's ruling that federal health care reform does overste...
Missouri Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder is happy with a Florida judge's ruling that federal health care reform does overste...
Missouri's attorney general is seeking to collect $19,090 from a state House member because of campaign finance violations.De...
Tuition at the four University of Missouri campuses will increase for the first time in three years after a vote by the syste...
Kansas officials are marking the 150th anniversary of the state's admission to the union with a brief Statehouse ceremony a d...
A Missouri Senate panel has given its approval to a bill changing the state law for dog breeders.The Senate agriculture commi...
The leader of the nation's largest Indian organization says America is missing out on untapped coal, natural gas, oil and win...
Former U.S. Sen. Jim Talent, of Missouri, will not be making a comeback bid in 2012.Talent said Thursday he has decided not t...
Joe Lancello Reportingjoe@zrgmail.com "Ithink the President hit a lot of the right notes."Missouri's Senior Senato...
Joe Lancello Reportingjoe@zrgmail.com Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill is sponsoring legislation that would stop federal l...