TOPEKA — Five of the six members of the Kansas congressional delegation voted for bipartisan aviation safety legislation inspired by the death of 67 people in the mid-air collision of a passenger jet that flew out of Wichita and a U.S. Army helicopter in congested airspace over Washington, ...
TOPEKA — The Kansas House voted Wednesday to alter significant provisions of a bipartisan property tax reform bill granting the public a direct voice in decisions by local government to raise property taxes more than 3% annually. The House agreed to an amendment lowering by half the ...
Most residential and commercial properties in Douglas County will see their 2026 values rise between 1% and 8%, the county’s Appraiser’s Office said in a memo to commissioners. "These value increases are typically due to year-over-year price increases, supply-demand imbalances, ...
HAVANA — Cuban soldiers killed four people and wounded six others aboard a Florida-registered speed boat that had entered Cuban waters and opened fire on the soldiers first, the Cuban government said Wednesday. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters that he was made aware of the ...
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department said Wednesday that it was looking into whether it improperly withheld documents from the Jeffrey Epstein files after several news organizations reported that some records involving uncorroborated accusations made by a woman against President Donald Trump ...
A former police officer who responded to the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, will be in Lawrence to discuss issues of democracy and political extremism and share his story from that day’s events. Michael Fanone, a former Metro Washington D.C. police officer who was assaulted during ...
