Political sources

Local:

• Up-to-Date – Steve Kraske covers local news and events on the local NPR affiliate, weekdays 11:00 am to noon on KCUR-FM 89.3. Internet broadcast available.
• KC Star politics – various local and Mo-Kan coverage.
• Living in the Political World – Regular column from KCTV Channel 5 political reporter Dave Helling.
• Citizen’s Association – non-partison group promoting good government and political participation.
• Kansas City Neighborhood Action Group – skeptical City Hall watchdog web site.
• Neighborhood Hotline – email newsletter focusing on neighborhood issues.
• NeighborhoodNet – mostly anti-development neighborhood advocacy in the Kansas suburbs.

Regional:

• MissouriNet politics and government – State-wide headline service
• Show Me Money Tracker – campaign contribution database published by the conservative Center for Ethics and the Free Market
• KSMU Capitol News Bureau – Dispatches from NPR Jeff City correspondent Missy Shelton.
• Political State Report weblog – Missouri and Kansas
• Greater Kansas City Women’s Political Caucus
• Kansas Families United for Public Education – Parents and others in Johnson County, Kansas advocating for improved education funding.
• OpEdArt - local political cartoons.

Conservative

• Up to Speed – Daily roundup of Missouri state-wide political headlines from conservative John Combest.
• Morning in Missouri – Missouri Republican political site
• JoCoKS Report – conservatism in the heart of suburbia.
• Kansas Meadowlark – Johnson County anti-tax watchdogs.
• Kansas Political News

Liberal:

• Midwest Grassroots Community – Missouri and Kansas activism.
• Show Me Issues – Missouri Democratic Party’s official webblog.
• Midtown Democrats – organizing Dems in the Midtown area.
• ThinkingDem – the blog of Vicki Walker, former Missouri State Rep. from southern Kansas City.
• Temple Report – weblog from Missouri Democrat insider Ray Temple.
• Democracy for Missouri – Central Missouri and state-wide politics.
• MAINstream Coalition – moderate religous group opposed to radical religous politics in Kansas
• Blunt Watch – Keeping tabs on Missouris new Boy Governor
• KC Independent Media Center – Covering news outside of the mainstream, including the local activist community.
• Fired Up Missouri – New web site and blog from former Senator Jean Carnahan and Roy Temple.
• Red State Rabble – Kansas politics, including lots of evolution coverage