The November general election is almost here, and many of Douglas County’s 14 candidates who are running for the Kansas House of Representatives have laid out their priorities. Among a list of issues, candidates mentioned affordability, property taxes and public education. Others said data ...
HUTCHINSON — The owner of a south-central Kansas bakery did not expect a Facebook post she made last Thursday to go viral and end up featured on the New York Times homepage on Sunday. Holly Thomas, the owner of Holly’s Sweet Treats on Main Street in Hutchinson, made a post about a $678 ...
There will be a new Secretary of State in Kansas after the incumbent decided not seek re-election to the post that serves as the state’s top elections officer and keeper of state records. Republican Scott Schwab sought the Republican nomination for governor during the summer primary, but ...
Current Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach is facing off against Democrat Chris Mann for the office. Again. The two were on the 2022 ballot, when Kobach won by one and a half percentage points. Kobach is running on his record of the lowest crime rate Kansas has seen in more than 50 years. ...
In the Nov. 3 election, Republican Kansas Treasurer Steven Johnson faces two challengers for his job as the chief banker and financial manager for the state. Juan C. Luengo, an insurance CEO from Overland Park, is his Democratic challenger. Libertarian Eric Lund is also running. Learn more ...
The Kansas Department of Insurance regulates insurance companies that sell policies in Kansas. Voters will decide in November who will lead the department for the next four years. Sitting Commissioner of Insurance Vicki Schmidt unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for governor in ...