TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly voted Tuesday morning, offering a laughing “halleleujah” when she was asked about seeing a ballot that didn’t have her name on it. “I have told you that I would never run again for an office, and, other than school board, I’m going to stick to that,” ...
A top Kansas academic administrator and former president of a private, Catholic university has been chosen as the next chief executive of the Kansas Board of Regents, which oversees KU and the state’s other public higher education institutions. The Regents on Tuesday voted to name Jennifer ...
Nine Douglas County organizations and nonprofits have been awarded nearly $70,000 in state grants for arts programming for the 2026-27 grant period, the state of Kansas announced Tuesday. The grants were awarded by the Kansas Arts Commission and will support visual arts, performing arts, music ...
In-person advance voting began in Lawrence on Wednesday at the Douglas County Elections Office, 711 W. 23rd St., and will begin in Eudora, Baldwin City and Lecompton on July 25. Early voting will continue through noon on Monday, Aug. 3. Mail ballots have already been sent out. The primary ...
Every seat in the Kansas House of Representatives will be on the ballot during the 2026 fall elections, but a handful of seats that represent Douglas County include a primary challenge. There are four primary elections for seats that represent portions of Douglas County. Three of those races ...
Kansas ballots this year will be full of contests for county commissions, the Legislature and statewide offices. But in August, voters will have to decide whether they want another kind of contest on the ballot in the future: contested elections for Supreme Court seats. On the Aug. 4 primary ...