TOPEKA — The passing of Monday's deadline to file to run for Kansas' open Senate seat confirmed that U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo won't be a candidate, and a major anti-abortion group threw its support behind Rep. Roger Marshall to keep immigration hardliner Kris Kobach from the GOP ...
WASHINGTON — Kansas election officials are receiving mail ballot applications at a historic rate, already exceeding just five months into the year the total number from the last general election in 2016. Figures from Secretary of State Scott Schwab’s office show that Kansas had processed ...
Though the impact of COVID-19 is not on the wane, the state's top health officer on Friday cited encouraging signs for how Kansas is managing the disease’s spread. New data has shown that only six states have a lower infection rate of COVID-19 than Kansas, Dr. Lee Norman, secretary of the ...
Former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach on Thursday filed to run in the Republican primary for the U.S. Senate seat that will be left vacant by outgoing Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts. In doing so, he listed his title as "Dr. Kris Kobach," which he has done for some — but not all — of his ...
TOPEKA — Kansas Senate President Susan Wagle said Thursday that she will not run for the U.S. Senate, citing “personal and political trials” in the last year for her decision. Wagle announcement also indicated that she would not seek reelection to the Kansas Senate. The filing deadline ...
State labor department officials say self-employed Kansans who applied to the new Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program should begin receiving their money this week. The program, which allows self-employed workers, independent contractors, gig workers, religious organization employees, and ...
TOPEKA — At least eight wrongful death lawsuits have been filed against a nursing home in Kansas City, Kansas, where 36 people have died from the new coronavirus. The lawsuits allege the Riverbend Post-Acute Rehabilitation was negligent in its handling of the coronavirus outbreak and did not ...
TOPEKA — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly on Wednesday nominated a public defender in the federal court system to the state's second highest court. Kelly cited Carl A. Folsom III's experience in handling criminal cases as an asset for a judge on the Kansas Court of Appeals. Folsom, who lives in ...
The next few weeks will prove vitally important to how fast or slow COVID-19 spreads throughout Kansas, the state’s top health official said Wednesday. Days after photos and videos from Lake of the Ozarks in central Missouri showed packed pools and beaches over the Memorial Day weekend, ...
Kansas county officials had various reactions on Wednesday to Gov. Laura Kelly's decision to give them the authority to determine their own coronavirus restrictions, with some deciding to keep the current rules in place and others planning meetings to discuss how to proceed. Wyandotte, Douglas ...
Updated at 7:25 p.m. Tuesday Less than a week after the Kansas Legislature passed sweeping legislation limiting Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s powers to manage the COVID-19 pandemic, Kelly announced Tuesday that she had “no choice” but to veto the bill. What legislators passed last week, ...
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly will update residents Tuesday on the latest information about the COVID-19 pandemic in the state. The press briefing will be streamed live on Facebook and Journal-World readers will be able to watch the video here. Check back after the briefing for a story about ...
TOPEKA — A leading Republican candidate for an open U.S. Senate seat in Kansas wants to be listed as Roger “Doc” Marshall on the ballot. The secretary of state's office has denied his request, and a state board will decide whether “Doc” is an nifty nickname or a prohibited ...
Updated at 2:51 p.m. Wednesday, May 27 A third Democrat has filed to run for the seat left vacant by former Rep. Eileen Horn, D-Lawrence, in the Kansas House of Representatives. Christina Haswood, 26, would become the youngest member of the Legislature, and the second current Native American ...
Story updated at 3:08 p.m. Tuesday O'FALLON, Mo. — Leaders in Kansas City, St. Louis and the state of Kansas urged people who partied close together at Lake of the Ozarks over the Memorial Day weekend to self-quarantine for two weeks, amid fears that the gatherings documented in social media ...
MANHATTAN — The founder of a Kansas City-area plumbing company who is running for an open U.S. Senate seat in Kansas acknowledged Saturday that he would love to have a highly coveted seat on the Senate Agriculture Committee but doesn't know how he'd go about getting it. The question to Bob ...
Just six hours after the Kansas legislature adjourned from a marathon 24-hour session that culminated in the passage of a bill weakening her ability to manage the COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. Laura Kelly said Friday the actions of a select group of legislators were “simply indefensible.” While ...
TOPEKA — A marathon legislative session in Kansas ended early Friday with two Republican senators denouncing a Democratic leader who had accused them of racism over their treatment of the state's Hispanic labor secretary. The dispute stems from an email Anthony Hensley sent on Wednesday ...
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly will update residents Friday on the latest information about the COVID-19 pandemic in the state. The press briefing will be streamed live on Facebook and Journal-World readers will be able to watch the video here. Check back after the briefing for a story about ...
PRAIRIE VILLAGE — A suburban Kansas City nursing home with 81 coronavirus cases and 15 deaths allowed a nurse’s aide to work despite having symptoms of the illness, a new state report shows. The Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services cited Brighton Gardens in Prairie Village, ...