TOPEKA — The Republican-controlled Kansas Legislature returns to work Thursday after neglecting to perform during the regular part of the 2025 session an annual obligation to affirm collection of $875 million in property taxes to finance public schools statewide. It’s assumed by education ...
Topeka — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed a bill that bans policies requiring adopted and foster parents to affirm a child’s sexual orientation or gender identity if it conflicts with the parents’ religious or moral beliefs. House Bill 2311 would forbid the secretary of the Kansas ...
Topeka — A “defeated” single mother seeking health coverage, a disabled Navy veteran who wants to move to Kansas but can’t afford the taxes and a former state internal auditor fed up with corruption and bureaucracy were among the people submitting suggestions to Kansas’ GOP-led Senate ...
TOPEKA — The race for control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court drew $100 million in campaign spending, attack ads and the attention of President Donald Trump and close ally Elon Musk. While its spending set a record for a U.S. judicial contest, the race that ended Tuesday was the apex of a ...
An idea that would have given low-income single mothers in Douglas County a guaranteed income likely won’t be moving forward anytime soon now that a state bill prohibiting local government involvement in such programs has become law. Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly on Friday announced that she ...
The University of Kansas is among 45 universities that the U.S. Department of Education is investigating related to admission practices that use racial preferences, but KU’s chancellor is confident the university did nothing wrong. “We are not at all concerned about being on that list,” ...