During debate over the budget reconciliation law that became known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” Douglas County advocates warned that proposed drastic cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program would seriously harm people facing hunger. Those fears seem to have come true, ...
Residents of Galena are complaining about a smelly construction and demolition landfill outside of the city that they say is impacting their quality of life and could affect their health. They’ve been complaining about two odors — a rotten-egg smell that the Kansas Department of Health ...
Four candidates filed for Kansas House races in the Douglas County area close to the June 1 deadline, and two of them have turned uncontested general election races into contested ones. Every seat in the Kansas House is up for election this year, and some of the districts in Douglas County ...
Monday was the deadline to file for the 2026 elections in Kansas, which will include contests for governor, a U.S. Senate seat, all four U.S. House seats and every single seat in the Kansas House of Representatives. Three of the five seats on the Douglas County Commission are up for election as ...
First there was a dramatic drop in federal funding for food programs, and now local food banks are feeling the squeeze of high gas prices. Fuel prices have risen significantly since the U.S. began bombing Iran on Feb. 28. In Kansas, the average price per gallon of diesel gasoline, as of May ...
TOPEKA — Kansas legislative leaders on Tuesday approved the governor’s request to extend an emergency declaration in response to three residents who are being monitored for a potential hantavirus infection. Will Lawrence, the governor’s chief of staff, revealed new details about how the ...