TOPEKA — Two Kansas legislators asked federal energy regulators to ensure competitive bidding occurs on transmission projects, objecting to policies that handed a southcentral Kansas project to investor-owned utility Evergy without a formal bidding process. Speaker of the House Dan Hawkins ...
Meagan Bacon was diagnosed with cancer seven years ago. She credits the staff at the University of Kansas Health System for saving her life. Bacon worked in retail pharmacy at the time, but applied to be a pharmacy technician with the KU Health System in order to help others like ...
During debate over the budget reconciliation law that became known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” Douglas County advocates warned that proposed drastic cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program would seriously harm people facing hunger. Those fears seem to have come true, ...
Multiple people were shot Saturday near a community festival in Toledo, Ohio, and police said a search for the suspects was ongoing following an outbreak of gunfire that sent people scrambling for cover. The Toledo Police Department said the shooting happened near the Old West End Festival, ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — After Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth cut nine Navy officers, including all the women, from a promotion list, several female officers say they see the unusual intervention as a sign that their careers now have a ceiling and worry for the future generation of female military ...
Douglas County’s emergency response operations have relocated to a new Public Safety Building, providing a larger and safer space for staff as the county prepares for the FIFA World Cup and the remainder of the severe weather season. The Douglas County Emergency Communications and Emergency ...
