Douglas County still has a poverty rate above national and state averages, but over the last five years, its poverty number has posted the second largest decline of any county in Kansas, new data from the Census shows. Douglas County finished 2023 with an overall poverty rate of 13.3%, ...

At a time when American universities are struggling to find a message that resonates with the public, along comes a U.S. leader who is having no such problem with a message: Universities are the enemy. That actually was the title of a 2021 speech by U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance, who, of course, is ...

The University of Kansas has been chosen to run one of seven centers across the state that will help both teachers and parents learn how to help children read better. Now, KU has to figure out exactly where it will locate this new center that likely will employ about 10 professionals who are ...

There is a truism in college football: When it is time to watch the games, the couch should already be in place. The University of Kansas is seeking permission to change its upcoming school calendar, in part, to make it so. KU leaders want to start the university’s fall semester one week ...

TOPEKA — The Kansas Legislature’s auditing agency concluded Monday that personnel practices and procedures at the Kansas Department of Commerce were inadequate to prevent applicants with a criminal history from being hired. The analysis was inspired by the commerce department’s ...

Here’s the thing about the recently completed presidential election: The problem for Democrats is rooted in a misunderstanding of the 2020 elections, where Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump. “Any Democrat would have won that election,” Chuck Todd, the chief political analyst for NBC News ...