TOPEKA — State Sen. Ethan Corson announced Tuesday that he will be seeking the Kansas Democratic Party’s nomination for governor, and he says his campaign will focus on improving education, lowering taxes and creating jobs. Corson, a Fairway attorney elected to the Kansas Senate in 2020, ...
TOPEKA — Kansas Senate President Ty Masterson on Sunday became the latest prominent Republican to plunge into the 2026 campaign for governor. Masterson, who has held the top leadership post in the state Senate since 2021, joined a field of candidates that included Secretary of State Scott ...
A high-ranking visitor on the University of Kansas campus Friday had a suggestion for U.S businesses wondering how to adapt to a brewing worldwide trade war. Do more business with Zimbabwe. While the idea maybe isn’t top-of-mind for most U.S. companies, it certainly is for Sarah Bhoroma. ...
Thirteen Douglas County organizations and nonprofits have been awarded over $100,000 total in state grants for arts programming for the 2025-26 grant period, the state of Kansas announced Tuesday. The grants to Douglas County organizations range from a few thousand dollars to just over ...
A retired chief economist for the Kansas Legislature and member of Gov. Laura Kelly’s Council on Tax Reform will give a presentation and answer questions related to property taxes at an event this weekend in downtown Lawrence. What is a mill? How are property appraisals determined? Chris ...
With its new electric vehicle battery plant now open in De Soto, University of Kansas Chancellor Douglas Girod hopes Panasonic’s next Kansas project is one that will land on the KU campus. Girod told the Journal-World on Monday that KU continues to be in discussions with Panasonic officials ...