This is Chad Lawhorn, Journal-World editor and opinion writer. I’ll be providing updates and analysis throughout Election Day and into the evening as the results arrive. Check in often for updates. 11:00 p.m.: Back for a final update after stepping away to finish tomorrow’s print edition ...
An executive order from Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has directed flags in Kansas to be flown at half-staff in honor of Dan Goddard, who was elected to the Kansas House of Representatives in 2022 after serving three years in the Kansas Senate. Goddard, a Republican from Parsons, died Thursday at ...
An election that will decide the winners for everything from U.S. senator to governor to county commissioners to township officials is entering its final stages. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday. The final day of voting follows a multi-week period of advance voting. In ...
The most recent campaign finance filing shows Republican Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach’s campaign took more money than legally allowed per person in general campaign donations. Kobach’s campaign hadn’t returned the extra money to the donors or clarified if they came from married ...
President Donald Trump is reversing course and again will hold a rally in Kansas on Sunday. The announcement comes just a day after Trump’s campaign canceled a planned event in Kansas that was scheduled for Saturday. Trump's rescheduled rally is the latest part of a GOP blitz in support of ...
TOPEKA — Kansas Senate President Ty Masterson shared with television viewers Jan. 12, 2021, a vision for how Republicans could deal with runaway property taxes. In the reply to Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s State of the State speech, Masterson promised lawmakers would address the burden ...