A Salina attorney who is both a University of Kansas graduate and a trustee for the KU Endowment Association is set to become one of two new members on the Kansas Board of Regents. Gov. Laura Kelly on Friday announced the appointment of Peter Johnston to the regents, which is the state board ...
Two consecutive years of record enrollments, more freshmen than ever returning for their sophomore year, and nine straight years of increases in research funding were among the highlights at KU’s State of the University address Thursday. “That is profound for this moment in time,” ...
TOPEKA — Kansas’ lone Democratic congresswoman is preparing legal strategies to fight Republican redistricting efforts in court, should the need arise. U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids, whose 3rd District seat is the target of a proposed November special session in Kansas, told reporters Wednesday ...
The Kansas GOP said the Kansas Young Republicans organization is inactive as of Tuesday after leaked messages showed the group’s leaders making racist and antisemitic remarks. Politico obtained thousands of pages of chats among leaders of Young Republican chapters across the country. ...
TOPEKA — Kansas officials issued a public notice after testing confirmed the invasive Asian longhorned tick was identified in Franklin County and posed an emerging threat to animal and human health. It was the first known detection in Kansas of the prolific tick, which afflicts wildlife, ...
TOPEKA — Kansas’ health ranking had one of the steepest declines in the nation in the past 30 years, according to a study that sought to identify potential reasons and fixes for the state’s downward slide. One hundred experts determined that Kansas’ lack of a coherent policy agenda, ...