The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, Kansas, is tackling political issues even as polarization burdens congregations across the country.

Republican Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe and Democratic House Leader Crystal Quade are facing off to be Missouri’s next governor, along with third-party candidates Bill Slantz and Paul Lehmann. Here’s where they stand on the major issues in Missouri,

Voters in November will decide five of the 10 seats on the Kansas Board of Education. The results could shift the political and ideological balance on the board, which could affect what Kansas students learn in classrooms.

Chuck Hagel, the 24th U.S. defense secretary and a former U.S. Senator from Nebraska, said Thursday the upcoming presidential election is going to be a defining one for foreign policy and politics at home.

Despite promises to "publicly endorse" moderates "regardless of political party," Gov. Laura Kelly's Middle of the Road PAC only endorsed Democrats.

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Derron Black, a former Democrat, is running as a Republican for the first time in Missouri’s 9th State Senate district. He says local Democratic leadership has failed to get his community what it needs,

With the election for Johnson County Sheriff now between Democrat Byron Roberson and Republican Doug Bedford, polarizing issues that Calvin Hayden had campaigned on — election skepticism and immigration for example — have dropped in prominence.

Since 2021, consumer food prices have gone up by about 20%. Here’s why Democrats in Congress are talking about price controls — and why prices might not come down any time soon.