The idea of a split is definitely on the minds of Douglas County’s political leaders lately. The prospect of the city of Lawrence being moved to the 1st Congressional District — the one that includes western Kansas — while the rest of the county remains in the traditional eastern Kansas ...
TOPEKA — The Kansas Supreme Court said Friday it would take no further action against a former county judge who sent nude photos of himself to a online site of swingers. The court accepted a disciplinary panel's ruling that former Russell County Magistrate Judge Marty Clark violated rules of ...
TOPEKA — A state legislator has been charged with two traffic violations over his late November arrest on Interstate 70 in northeast Kansas but not with driving under the influence of alcohol or other drugs, the potential crime initially listed by the Highway Patrol. Democratic state Rep. ...
TOPEKA — Kansas is moving quickly to offer $1 billion or more in tax breaks and other incentives in hopes of landing what officials promise is an investment of up to $4 billion in an undisclosed project by a still-unidentified company. But supporters of a bill that cleared the ...
As the old song goes, breaking up is hard to do. But when it comes to the once-a-decade process of congressional redistricting, it is certain that someone in Kansas is going to break up. Right now, a strong contender is Lawrence. In fact, it appears set to get dumped twice. A map approved ...
TOPEKA — A Kansas doctor-lawmaker who has prescribed a parasitic worm treatment for COVID-19 symptoms acknowledged Wednesday that the state medical board has been investigating him since the summer of 2020. Conservative Republican state Sen. Mark Steffen disclosed the Kansas Board of ...