Jonathan Shorman is The Kansas City Star’s lead political reporter, covering Kansas and Missouri politics and government. He previously covered the Kansas Statehouse for The Star and Wichita Eagle.

Missouri state lawmakers are facing a Friday deadline to approve a plan to keep the Kansas City Royals' new ballpark on the Missouri side, with potential sites in downtown Kansas City and North ...

As the 2025 Missouri legislative session enters its final week, a state senator believes it’s either Clay County or bust for the Kansas City Royals to remain in Missouri.

A mom driving her son to baseball practice in Missouri met eyes with a creature that popped up on the hood of her car, Missouri conservationists said.

Missouri’s 11th-hour plan to keep the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals in the state centers on bonds and other aid that would pay for up to half the cost of new or upgraded stadiums for the teams.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A 66-year-old Kansas City, Missouri, woman died in a two-vehicle crash Friday afternoon in southern Missouri. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says around 3 p.m. Friday, a ...

A student at Gordon Parks Elementary in Kansas City, Missouri, in May 2022. The bill includes a provision prohibiting discrimination against natural Black hairstyles.

Kansas moves forward with study on expanding passenger rail in state, but funding in Texas could be cut. The Heartland Flyer now runs from Fort Worth to Oklahoma City.

After GOP lawmakers repealed parts of a voter initiative on paid sick leave and minimum wage, and added an abortion ban to the ballot, protesters say they will look at passing a constitutional ...

The city bought a 3-mile stretch of former Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad right of way in 2013 as a route for a water transmission line from the Riverside Water Treatment Plant to the Gholson area ...