Lines at polling places were a sure sign advance voting had picked up in Douglas County on Friday, but County Clerk Jamie Shew wants voters to be mindful of a key slowdown as well — mail delivery. Shew told the Journal-World that he is urging residents with advance ballots to drop them off ...
TOPEKA — The Kansas Supreme Court chose not to authorize an expedited review of lower court decisions temporarily blocking enforcement of a new state law repealing the three-day grace period for mail-in advance ballots. On Thursday, a majority of the state’s highest court declined ...
The number of the day at the Kansas Board of Regents was $25,000. University of Kansas Chancellor Douglas Girod, along with the presidents of Kansas State and Wichita State, each received a $25,000 raise from the Regents ahead of the upcoming school year. Girod’s increase was the smallest ...
TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly voted Tuesday morning, offering a laughing “halleleujah” when she was asked about seeing a ballot that didn’t have her name on it. “I have told you that I would never run again for an office, and, other than school board, I’m going to stick to that,” ...
A top Kansas academic administrator and former president of a private, Catholic university has been chosen as the next chief executive of the Kansas Board of Regents, which oversees KU and the state’s other public higher education institutions. The Regents on Tuesday voted to name Jennifer ...
Nine Douglas County organizations and nonprofits have been awarded nearly $70,000 in state grants for arts programming for the 2026-27 grant period, the state of Kansas announced Tuesday. The grants were awarded by the Kansas Arts Commission and will support visual arts, performing arts, music ...