Top officials from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment will be on hand Tuesday to brief a legislative panel on the permit application process for the proposal coal-fired electric plants in western Kansas.Sunflower Electric Power Corp. applied in June 2006 for permits to build two ...

Fatal accident subject of reviewLegal issues surrounding a February accident that killed a Tonganoxie teen will be considered Thursday.The Special Committee on the Judiciary will hear testimony from Dennis Bixby, the father of Amanda Bixby, who was killed in a three-vehicle accident at 158th ...

Here are today's headlines from Kansas government:[(Kansas Health Institute News Service) Proof of citizenship takes toll on children:][1] Months after the problem came to light, front line workers in the state's safety net clinics say Kansas children are still suffering the consequences of a ...

Here are today's headlines from Kansas government:[(AP) Sebelius lobbies for more National Guard equipment:][1] She's been talking about the shortage of National Guard equipment for at least two years. She's written letters, answered reporters' questions, even chatted up the president on a trip ...

Here are today's headlines from Kansas government:[(Harris News Service) Bilingual teachers needed:][1] A severe shortage of bilingual teachers continues to raise red flags in southwest Kansas where a rising percentage of students struggle to master English.[(AP) Truce called between Bush, ...

Here are today's headlines from Kansas government:[(KTKA) Sebelius says war has taken emergency equipment:][1] As the people of Greensburg begin to try to put their lives and their town back together, they are forced to do so without the key equipment they need. "We have personnel on the group ...