Just days after Veterans Day, a groundbreaking project documenting the lives of Black Civil War soldiers from ... “Little Dixie” – comprising seven central Missouri counties – held one-third of the ...

Missouri's next house speaker will be from the Kansas City area. It's the first time that's happened since 1857. After winning re-election on Tuesday, State Representative Jon Patterson, R-Lee's ...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking into racist text messages Black Americans across the U.S. are getting, telling ...

The day after Election Day, Black Americans across nearly a dozen states started receiving text messages telling them they ...

A red wave has buried Democratic hopes of winning the White House as President-elect Donald Trump defeated Vice President Kamala Harris. Trump on Tuesday completed a historic political comeback, ...

WASHINGTON — For the first time ever, two Black women were elected Tuesday to serve in the U.S. Senate, while voters also ...

Florida's effort to legalize adult-use marijuana failed to pass with a 60% super majority of votes needed. Voters in three other states will weigh in on the legalization of marijuana on Tuesday, as ...

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide the ongoing legal dispute over issues of race relating to Louisiana's ...

Rep. Chris Sander of Lone Jack, Missouri, was one of the only openly gay Republicans in the Missouri legislature. In the ...

As Election Day nears, women of color in Kansas politics reflect on what it means to have their voices at the table.

Walthall Moore was elected on Nov. 2, 1920, as the first Black man to hold office in the Missouri Legislature.

Trump broke through the so-called “blue wall” of Rust Belt battleground states, including Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. He also won the battleground states of Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina ...