We asked Black high schoolers in Kansas City one question and paid them to answer it on their phones. Dozens did, most from ...
Stacy Lake, a Kansas City civil litigation attorney, faces Republican Alan Rohlfing in the Nov. 3 race for Jackson County executive. (Photo courtesy of the Stacy Lake campaign) Stacy Lake never ...
Yesterday, the right-wing Missouri Supreme Court ruled 4-3 that Missouri’s neo-Confederate supermajority can redraw the state’s congressional map whenever it wants, for whatever reason it wants. What ...
The earnings tax is expected to cover roughly 45% of Kansas City’s General Fund. In Kansas City’s FY 2026–27 budget materials, public safety made up about 75% of the General Fund operating budget, ...
The nine people who vote on every COMBAT dollar, the county budget, and your assessment fixes. District by district. On candidates we publish records, votes, donors, dollars, and dates, and nothing ...
Eleven judges are on Jackson County’s ballot. Here is what a yes-or-no on each of them means, and where to find the record. Judges on the ballot are treated like candidates: records, rulings, and ...
KANSAS CITY, MO – Park Hill High School is under fire as details surface about a Black senior student suspended for standing up against a white kid who called him a “dirty nigger” and is accused of ...
In the latest updates from the horrific, tragic ongoing investigation into Timothy Haslett Jr., The Defender has uncovered disturbing social media posts and comments made by the kidnapper and sexual ...
Left: Independence police storm apartment building with handguns & rifles, Right: Mitchell, Maria & Baby Destiny smile in a photo **UPDATE** Independence Police Department has released edited, body ...
COLUMBIA, MO – Students at University of Missouri are demanding the expulsion of white student Meg Miller, after she posted a horrifically violent white supremacist threat, thinly veiled as a joke, ...
In Leavenworth, Kansas, a for-profit prison company with a notorious record is quietly planning a new Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) concentration camp. CoreCivic – formerly Corrections ...
The law firm that won lawsuits for the family of George Floyd and the family of Sonya Massey has come to Missouri to fight for Saveion McConnell. Witnesses say the nineteen-year-old’s hands were up ...
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