OVERLAND PARK — The Rev. Adam Hamilton made history as the first Democrat elected to the U.S. Senate in Kansas in 94 years, defeating Republican incumbent U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall at the end of a fervid race defined by clashing political visions and strong turnout in some of the state’s ...
In a night of historic feats for Democrats across the country on Tuesday, in Kansas, a milestone was achieved: Democrats in the state House of Representatives flipped more seats than in any election since 1930. Back then, a year into Herbert Hoover’s only term as president, Democrats picked ...
Douglas County commissioners deferred voting to make it easier to remove a road’s minimum maintenance designation on Wednesday. The proposed changes would allow county commissioners to remove a minimum maintenance designation – which is given to a public road that may only occasionally be ...
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A gunman plowed a car into a courtyard on Citibank's sprawling Tampa business campus on Wednesday and opened fire with a rifle, killing a woman before a security guard fatally shot him, authorities said. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office did not give a motive for ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The midterm election blowout delivered a new era in Washington, with Democrats in Congress eager to meet voter demands for change while Republicans watched their majorities evaporate after a revolt against President Donald Trump and his party in power. Democrats ousted ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson will be stepping aside from Republican Party leadership after the GOP's wipeout in the midterm election, declining to seek support to stay on as House minority leader in the new Congress, according to two people familiar with his decision ...
