Updated at 3:53 p.m. Wednesday
The 10-member Kansas State Board of Education on Wednesday failed to approve an executive order from Gov. Laura Kelly that would delay a reopening of public schools in the state three weeks to give local school districts more time to prepare for safely reopening amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Barring further action from Kelly’s office, the decision on whether and when a school ...
When Republican voters in Kansas began opening their advance ballots last week, many noticed a candidate in the list of choices for U.S. Senate and wondered whether it was a mistake.
John L. Berman appears at the bottom of a list of 11 candidates for the seat and is listed as a resident not of Kansas, but of Richland, Wash. Because of a distinction written into the U.S. Constitution, though, Berman’s ...
Brandon Holland, son of Sen. Tom Holland, D-Baldwin City, wants to make progress on Medicaid expansion, school funding and the state's recovery from COVID-19 if he's elected to the 10th District House seat.
Holland, 31, of Baldwin City, was the first candidate to file in the race and has lived in the 10th District since 1993. He currently works as a manager at a small liquor store in Lawrence, and he graduated ...
Former Baldwin City Council member A.J. Stevens, 49, says he wants to use his experience in local government to help out at the Statehouse.
Stevens is one of three area Democrats running to replace 10th District Rep. Eileen Horn, D-Lawrence, who announced in April she would not seek another term in the Kansas Legislature.
Stevens told the Journal-World when he filed his candidacy that he’d always planned on ...
In the 42nd Kansas House District, this year's Republican primary may give some observers deja vu — for the second election in a row, incumbent Jim Karleskint is running against Lance Neelly, who hasn't held public office.
Karleskint is a former public school teacher, principal and superintendent; Neely works in security and corrections. Both men are from Tonganoxie. But while Karleskint has supported some of ...
Christina Haswood, 26, would become the youngest member of the Kansas Legislature, in addition to only the body’s third Native American member in history, if she wins the Aug. 4 primary for the 10th House District.
Haswood told the Journal-World upon filing for the race that she was somewhat intimidated when some local community members approached her about running for the seat.
But after taking some time ...
