TOPEKA — Rep. Pat Proctor worries that the U.S. Postal Service’s inability to properly process mail-in ballots, which disenfranchised nearly 1,000 Kansas voters in the August primary, could be exacerbated by broader interest in the Nov. 5 election. Proctor, a Leavenworth Republican who ...
An advisory group created by Kansas education leaders is recommending that schools ban cellphones for students at every grade level. A majority of the 36-member Blue Ribbon Task Force on Student Screen Time voted to recommend that districts prohibit students from using cellphones for the ...
In the 1992 presidential campaign, Bill Clinton’s chief strategist coined a phrase that’s been used to describe the driving issue of American politics for years since: “It’s the economy, stupid.” While the economy is still a top-of-mind issue, it might be time to change the phrase. ...
One of the nation’s leading free speech groups says the University of Kansas doesn’t have a legal right to discipline an instructor who made classroom statements about shooting men who would never vote for a woman president. The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression — FIRE ...
In the two years since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, tens of thousands of women have traveled to Kansas seeking abortions that have become banned in their home states, according to estimates by multiple research groups. Missouri and Oklahoma banned the procedure with few ...
The 2024 general election kicks off soon, with the deadline to register to vote on Oct. 15 and advance voting starting on Oct. 16. On the ballot in Douglas County are races for district attorney, County Commission and state legislative seats, and in Lawrence there are also ballot questions ...