TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Trump administration this week canceled a $4.9 billion federal loan guarantee for a new high-voltage transmission line for delivering solar and wind-generated electricity from the Midwest to the eastern U.S., but the company indicated that project would go forward ...

One of the country’s top advocacy groups for freedom of expression said a new pronoun policy at the University of Kansas produces “grave” constitutional concerns, and plans to lobby the Kansas Board of Regents for changes. An attorney for FIRE — the Foundation for Individual Rights ...

UPDATED 3 P.M. JULY 23 KU faces no immediate loss of state funding if it declines to comply with a state proviso prohibiting the use of preferred pronouns, such as "he/him," "she/her" or "they/them," in email signature lines, the Journal-World has learned. A state employee with detailed ...

UPDATED 6:05 P.M. JULY 22 University of Kansas employees with official KU email accounts soon will be prohibited from listing their preferred pronouns — he/she and they/them, for example — as part of their email signature lines. KU Chancellor Douglas Girod sent an email to KU faculty and ...

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 ...