By MARÁ ROSE WILLIAMS and GLENN E. RICE, The Kansas City Star

The isolation of being African-American and Republican rang clear to Sam Bain when he joined a group of about 100 other sign-waving protesters at a 2010 speech by President …

By Joshua Miller, Roll Call

Top GOP target Sen. Claire McCaskill (D) pulled in almost $1.4 million in the second quarter and had nearly $3 million in cash on hand at the end of June, according to the state Democratic Party.

“Claire’s …

Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Mo. –  Several levees in northern Missouri were failing Sunday to hold back the surge of water being released from upstream dams.

Authorities said water — some of it from recent rain — began pouring over levees Saturday …

JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon says authorities have found another 10 people alive in the wreckage left by a tornado that killed 116, bringing the number of rescued survivors to 17.

But Nixon says he fears the number …

Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian

Engineers have blown up a levee in the mid-west, hoping to save a historic town from destruction by raging flood waters – but condemning 130,000 acres (53,300 hectares) of rich agricultural farmland.

Late on Monday night, the US …

BY DAVID GOLDSTEIN, MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS
WASHINGTON – Sen. Claire McCaskill said Monday that she owes nearly $300,000 for four years’ worth of back taxes on a private airplane that has become a political headache.

McCaskill said she’d pay the bill immediately and has told …

By JASON NOBLE, Kansas City Star
JEFFERSON CITY | Missouri Reps. Paul Curtman and Don Wells agree there’s no evidence that state courts are judging cases based on Islamic principles or foreign laws.

But that’s not stopping them from sponsoring legislation to …

BY VIRGINIA YOUNG • Post-Dispatch

Republican U.S. Senate hopefuls Sarah Steelman and Ed Martin courted party stalwarts at a weekend get-together here, but it was the undeclared potential candidate, Ann Wagner, who launched the harshest attack on the Democratic …

By BRAD COOPER, The Kansas City Star

TOPEKA | Proposals requiring Kansas and Missouri residents to show picture IDs when they vote gained steam in both states’ legislatures Thursday.

One plan cruised through the Kansas House on a 78-36 vote, setting it …

Posted by Erin McPike, Real Clear Politics

Ed Martin jumped into the Missouri Senate race today, giving former state Treasurer Sarah Steelman a top primary opponent less than a week after former Sen. Jim Talent decided he would not enter the …