As president of the Big 12 Conference, University of Kansas Chancellor Doug Girod has become accustomed to the continual uncertainty surrounding college athletics. But there was one longstanding norm that he didn’t think was at any risk of falling: Student-athletes who gamble on their own ...
Two months after the 2026 income tax filing deadline, more than 100,000 Kansans are still waiting to receive their state tax refunds, the Kansas Department of Revenue has told the Journal-World. A spokesperson with the department told the Journal-World that the number of people still waiting ...
When the Kansas Bureau of Investigation began its inquiry into Sally Pokorny, she was perfectly cooperative. The KBI agent wanted to talk to her neighbors. She gave him a few names, but the agent, thinking those ones would just say positive things about her, told her he “went and talked to ...
The idea of systemic racism could still be taught in required KU courses, but professors could not urge students to accept the idea as fact, according to a proposed policy under consideration. The Kansas Board of Regents next week will consider a new diversity, equity and inclusion policy for ...
TOPEKA — Two Kansas legislators asked federal energy regulators to ensure competitive bidding occurs on transmission projects, objecting to policies that handed a southcentral Kansas project to investor-owned utility Evergy without a formal bidding process. Speaker of the House Dan Hawkins ...
TOPEKA — The U.S. Senate confirmed on a party-line vote one of three Kansans nominated by President Donald Trump to serve as judges in U.S. District Court. Nominee Jeff Kuhlman, an attorney from Great Bend, was confirmed 52-46 by the U.S. Senate. Two others nominated to fill openings on the ...