With tariffs and trade wars creating worries of extraordinary cost increases in households, students at the University of Kansas are likely to face a fairly ordinary 3% increase in tuition for the next school year. It may be everybody else on campus who wants to buckle up for the unexpected. ...

Fifteen people, including two judges from Douglas County, applied by a noon deadline Monday to fill a vacancy on the Kansas Supreme Court that will be created when Justice Evelyn Wilson resigns July 4. Douglas County District judges Amy Hanley and Carl Adrian Folsom III applied for the seat. ...

The Kansas Department of Revenue on Monday announced that blackout-style license plates will soon be coming to Kansas vehicles. Beginning July 1, this new plate design, which features an all-black background and sharp white lettering, will be available to Kansas drivers to purchase from their ...

TOPEKA, Kan. — A man convicted of killing a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper in 1978 has been granted parole after having past requests rejected, inspiring criticism and prompting the governor on Friday to call for reconsidering the decision. Jimmie K. Nelms and another man, both from Tulsa, ...

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has eliminated 56 positions as the result of a loss of federal funds that were cut by the Trump Administration, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly announced Thursday. Many of the positions are related to KDHE’s mission of stopping the spread of disease ...

Another 200 jobs and nearly $1 billion in investment is coming to De Soto — about 15 miles east of Lawrence — Kansas officials announced Thursday morning. Merck Animal Health announced it will undertake an $895 million expansion at its existing manufacturing facility in De Soto. The ...