TOPEKA — The Kansas Court of Appeals affirmed a district court decision Friday dismissing claims that state law forbidding fusion voting and cross-party nomination of candidates violated the Kansas Constitution. The Court of Appeals acknowledged laws requiring candidates to accept a single ...
Never doubt the level of curiosity among University of Kansas researchers. Sometimes they are interested in finding out what happened in a time period as small as a few millionths of a second. If they happen to be the first few millionths of a second in the creation of our universe, even ...
TOPEKA — In November, Roger Marshall and Adam Hamilton will test the legacy of nearly a century of partisan dominance by Republicans over Democrats in U.S. Senate elections in Kansas. Marshall, the Republican seeking reelection as a loyalist of President Donald Trump, easily brushed aside ...
TOPEKA — Rep. Henry Helgerson’s lengthy career in the Kansas Legislature will come to an involuntary end after losing the Democratic primary election as three Kansas House incumbents fell short in campaigns for reelection. Helgerson, the most prominent fiscal conservative among House ...
A first term Lawrence state representative easily fended off a challenge in Tuesday’s Democratic primary from a well-funded candidate seeking to tap into the growing Democratic socialist movement. Rep. Suzanne Wikle, D-Lawrence, was ahead by more than 1,500 votes, as of 9:30 p.m., over ...
TOPEKA — Kansas voters Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to rewrite the state constitution and elect Kansas Supreme Court justices, spiking a plan long coveted by Republicans who want more conservative rulings on issues including abortion and school funding. About 64% of Kansans ...