TOPEKA — The president of the Kansas Senate said Monday that a sufficient number of Senate Republicans have signed a petition to call a special legislative session to consider new congressional district boundaries. Senate President Ty Masterson, who is seeking the GOP nomination for ...
WICHITA — Fifty years ago, Wichita school board member Dan Glickman turned to his wife and declared interest in running for the U.S. House. “She said, ‘You don’t have a chance. You don’t have a shot,’ ” he said, recounting a campaign that would precede his 18 years of service ...
TOPEKA — A California judge said states suing the federal government over demands for food program data are likely to win their claims and ruled program funding must continue while the case progresses. Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly and Department for Children and Families Secretary Laura Howard ...
TOPEKA — Kansas won’t release its monthly labor reports as a result of the federal government shutdown, the Kansas Department of Labor announced Friday. September’s monthly jobs report and unemployment data were scheduled to publish Friday, but a lapse in funding for the U.S. Bureau of ...
A Salina attorney who is both a University of Kansas graduate and a trustee for the KU Endowment Association is set to become one of two new members on the Kansas Board of Regents. Gov. Laura Kelly on Friday announced the appointment of Peter Johnston to the regents, which is the state board ...
Two consecutive years of record enrollments, more freshmen than ever returning for their sophomore year, and nine straight years of increases in research funding were among the highlights at KU’s State of the University address Thursday. “That is profound for this moment in time,” ...