KC Political Sources

Categories: General

Local:

Buzz Blog - KC Star’s political blog
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.
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.
Kansas City Confidential - another venture of the NAG crew, especially critical of Councilman Chuck Eddy.
NeighborhoodNet - mostly anti-development neighborhood advocacy in the Kansas suburbs.
Jackson County Taxpayers Association - Self-appointed government watchdogs who generally oppose tax increases.

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
Metro Voice News - Religious news/politics publication.

Liberal:

Fired Up! Missouri - Roy Temple and Jean Carnahan
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
Raytown Progressive Action - Progressive politics blog in Raytown, MO.
Midwest Center American Values
Heartland Democrats of America and the HDA blog.

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