TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly put a signature to a bundled law enforcement bill Friday elevating consequences for conviction of buying sexual relations, misuse of a laser pointer and crimes of vehicle and gift-card theft. The legislation was a holdover from the 2025 legislative session that ...
TOPEKA — For many trans Kansans and allied activists, Friday wasn’t their first time in the state Capitol building in Topeka. Years of commitment to the cause led to the day’s event, which organizers called a “pee-in.” A group of about 50 people gathered in the Statehouse to ...
TOPEKA — When Giulia Bonaminio was treated for cancer by her students at the University of Kansas Medical Center, she didn’t care about their grades. “As a patient, what mattered most to me wasn’t a grade on a transcript but whether they demonstrated sound clinical judgment, clear ...
What does a leader in the local music scene do? Nick Carswell has been doing it for more than a decade, and his answer is: Whatever the musicians need him to do. Carswell, who founded the Lawrence Music Alliance in 2023, has actually been helping musicians since around 2009, when he was living ...
TOPEKA — A Kansas bill that would have required kindergarteners to be potty trained before starting school stalled in committee. House Education Committee chairwoman Rep. Susan Estes, a Republican from Wichita, declined to bring the bill up for debate Wednesday. She said she wanted to give ...
TOPEKA — A Kansas House committee recommended a budget for the state’s six public universities that freezes tuition rates, reduces need-based student aid, requires development of plans to lower central administration expenditures by 10% and offers faculty one year instead of two to fix ...