Last April, the Kansas Legislature approved a bill making it a crime to coerce another person to have an abortion. Critics said it would be a redundant law that could intimidate reproductive health care providers. Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed the bill, a move that would kill many pieces ...

A new law regulating contract for deed home sales is now in effect in Kansas. Contracts for deed allow a homebuyer to make monthly payments directly to a seller instead of to a bank, with the expectation that the home’s title will be transferred to the buyer once all installments are ...

TOPEKA — Kansas City, Kansas, Rep. Marvin Robinson II has died unexpectedly, his sister announced Friday. He was 67. DeLisa Fowler, Robinson’s sister, announced his death in a Facebook post in the early hours of the morning Friday. The post did not disclose how Robinson died. “May his ...

CHICAGO — Actress and climate activist Julia Louis-Dreyfus asked eight Democratic women governors Wednesday if she would be ready for public office after playing a vice president and president on the hit cable TV show “Veep.” “You’re more qualified than Donald Trump, don’t worry ...

Story updated at 5:12 p.m. Aug. 21: The University of Kansas has won a $26 million federal grant — one of its largest in history — to help develop new technologies that will make everything from air conditioners to refrigerators more environmentally friendly. The National Science ...

A Lawrence attorney who challenged Douglas County District Attorney Suzanne Valdez in the recent Democratic Primary Election has been appointed by the Kansas Supreme Court to the  state's Commission on Judicial Conduct.  Tonda Hill, who works in Wyandotte County as a prosecutor, came in ...