Topeka — Despite the suspension of his law license, former Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline is helping out in a flurry of election lawsuits that are attempting to undermine Joe Biden’s victory over President Donald Trump in battleground states. Kline, a polarizing political figure whose ...

Douglas County Sheriff-elect Jay Armbrister said it may sound “a little played out,” but he enjoys helping people who can’t help themselves. That help runs the gamut from driving a stranded motorist into town to buy a gallon of gas to consoling people who are considering taking their ...

Douglas County's incoming undersheriff, Stacy Simmons, was actually close to retirement “before Jay asked me to take on this journey with him,” she said, referring to Sheriff-elect Jay Armbrister. Now she’s planning to stick around a while because she and Armbrister have the same goals, ...

TOPEKA — U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran referred to Democrat Joe Biden as president-elect Tuesday by pointing to state election certifications affirming defeat of President Donald Trump and by recommending the future president have benefit of national security briefings and access to federal agency ...

Story updated at 4:16 p.m. Monday Despite an ongoing pandemic, Douglas County voters broke many records during the general election earlier this month, the county’s top election official said Monday. Residents cast the most ballots in county history, and the largest portion of registered ...

With two newly elected candidates taking their seats soon, the Douglas County Commission will have a much different look than before — and maybe an unprecedented one. When Shannon Reid and Shannon Portillo take their seats to represent the 2nd and 3rd districts, respectively, they will both ...

WICHITA —Charles Bell usually passes on voting. He’s a Democrat in a Republican state and said, “If I vote, it’s not going to count.” But after seeing Kansans elect a Democratic governor in 2018, he thought maybe the state was changing. And so this year, for only the second time in ...

Local supporters of Joe Biden took to the streets on Saturday to celebrate his election as the 46th president of the United States, staging an impromptu parade on Massachusetts Street with blaring horns, American flags and campaign signs. At about 11:45 a.m., an hour or so after major news ...

Story updated at 9:06 p.m. Saturday WASHINGTON — Democrat Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump to become the 46th president of the United States on Saturday and offered himself to the nation as a leader who “seeks not to divide, but to unify" a country gripped by a historic pandemic ...

The Lawrence youth vote came out strong this week for Joe Biden as local students continued an election-year tradition of casting ballots in important races, including the U.S. presidency. Although their votes didn’t technically count, thousands of Lawrence students made their voices heard ...

TOPEKA — A Democratic candidate who admitted to circulating revenge porn and was charged at the age of 14 with threatening to shoot a high school student has won a state House seat in Kansas, and party leaders promised Thursday to try to oust him after what they saw as a threat against the ...

Story updated at 3:24 p.m. Friday WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Joe Biden was on the cusp of winning the presidency on Friday as he opened up narrow leads over President Donald Trump in the critical battlegrounds of Georgia and Pennsylvania. Those put Biden in a stronger position to capture ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — With votes still being counted across the nation, President Donald Trump on Thursday sought to undermine confidence in the nation's election, making unsupported accusations from the White House about the integrity of the results in his race against Democrat Joe Biden. ...

Four inmates voted from the Douglas County Jail in the 2020 general election, according to the sheriff’s office. As the Journal-World has reported, staff members at the jail helped inmates register and request advance ballots. Four additional inmates requested to register to vote, or ...

This week’s election set the stage for partisan fights in the Kansas Statehouse over things like redistricting, abortion, Medicaid expansion and pandemic-related aid. Democrats had hoped to crack the Republican supermajority in both chambers — thus taking away the GOP’s power to override ...

Updated story - ‘Hit’ tweet against Kansas governor has Democrats seeking ouster of 20-year-old TOPEKA (AP) — A Democratic candidate who admitted to circulating revenge porn and who was charged at the age of 14 with threatening to shoot a high school student has won a state House seat ...

Story updated at 4:02 p.m. Thursday WASHINGTON (AP) — Election officials in key battlegrounds pressed forward Thursday with presidential vote counting as Democrat Joe Biden urged patience and President Donald Trump pursued legal options with little success, insisting the processing of ...

Sen. Tom Holland saw his lead increase Wednesday as additional mail ballots were counted as part of the race for a state senate district that represents south Lawrence and the surrounding area. Holland, D-Baldwin City, had a lead of 748 votes over challenger Willie Dove, a Bonner Springs ...

Douglas County voters came out in record numbers in Tuesday's election. According to results provided by the Douglas County Clerk’s Office, more than 56,000 ballots have been cast by local voters so far, for a turnout of about 68.4%. Additionally, more votes are expected to be counted, as ...