The Dole Institute of Politics has been chosen as one of two U.S. centers to create a national report on how to better fund and strengthen local and state election systems. The Dole Institute and the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate have recently received funding from ...
Topeka — Kansas is expected to take in about $72 million less in tax revenue next year than initial estimates projected, officials said. The revised state revenue estimate announced Friday is the first since Gov. Laura Kelly signed a major bipartisan tax cut bill in June, which is expected ...
Douglas County District Attorney Suzanne Valdez is requesting leniency from the Kansas Supreme Court in the disciplinary matter against her, arguing in part that she has already been “severely punished” by the media, which she blames for her election loss. Valdez’s attorney, Stephen ...
The largest land war in Europe since World War II is complicated in many regards, but the American public’s attitude about it should be very simple, Ukraine’s ambassador to the United Nations said Tuesday in Lawrence. “I believe everyone who wants to make America great can not allow ...
LAWRENCE — In any given community in Kansas, a homeless person sitting or sleeping in public could be accused of violating city ordinances on loitering or trespassing. Police officers in some communities struggling with homelessness are not likely to dole out tickets or arrests for the ...
After Tuesday’s election results, all eyes are on President-elect Donald Trump, but Kansas’ senior Republican senator urged those who are nervous about the next four years to place some faith in Congress. “What I hope to see is a Congress that does its job,” U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, ...