TOPEKA — A Kansas legislator accused of kicking a high school student in the testicles has surrendered his state substitute teacher's license and said Wednesday that “extreme” stress caused him to have "an isolated episode of mania with psychotic features" in a classroom. Republican ...
It was a common occurrence in K-12 schools across Kansas last school year: Students required to miss a week or more of school after getting too close to someone who tested positive for COVID-19. Now, it is looking more likely that Kansas students — even the unvaccinated — won’t be ...
Topeka — Kansas is reporting that its tax collections in July were 11% greater than expected, good news even as the spread of the more contagious COVID-19 Delta variant has some officials worried about the economy. The state Department of Revenue says Kansas collected nearly $603 million in ...
TOPEKA — Partisan bickering among Kansas legislators over redistricting has intensified even before their first public hearings on how to redraw the state's political boundaries. Democrats are complaining that 14 town hall meetings across the state are scheduled over only five days, starting ...
UPDATED 1:50 P.M. AUG. 2, 2021 If Douglas County’s district attorney won’t prosecute violations of the state’s new election integrity law, the Kansas attorney general wants everyone to know that he will. Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt distributed a statement Monday — the day ...
TOPEKA — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly on Friday recommended that nearly everyone inside K-12 schools or riding school buses in Kansas be required to wear a mask, and Kansas State University will require masks in its buildings, whether people are vaccinated against COVID-19 or not. Kelly's ...