TOPEKA — For years, pinning down the source of a bill in the Kansas Legislature could be a chore for lawmakers' constituents. Committees sponsor almost 85% of the proposals, so finding the group or lobbyist responsible could require questioning multiple lawmakers or, in recent years, ...

There’s a chance thousands of University Kansas students who were shut out of in-person classes in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic might win partial refunds for tuitions and fees they paid KU that semester. If those refunds ever come — which is still very much in question — they may ...

Legislators in at least two U.S. states — Kansas and Georgia — are citing a recent decision in England to restrict gender transitions for young people as support for their own related proposals. They weren’t the first to turn to other countries, notably in Europe, for policy and ...

Not every street is like Wall Street. There, occupants are never very far from a daily ticker — or metaphors of bulls and bears — measuring prosperity or decline for those in the financial industry. But on Massachusetts Street and elsewhere in Lawrence, high finance isn’t the engine ...

TOPEKA — Republican lawmakers on Thursday brought a Medicaid expansion bill to a halt after one day of discussion, 900 testimonies in support of expansion and dozens of statewide rallies held by Kansans desperate for more health care coverage. The move will severely limit the chances of ...

Topeka — The Kansas House on Wednesday tentatively approved legislation that would impose a $10,000 fine for every instance in which a public university or college tied student admissions or faculty hiring to an ideological pledge or statement related to diversity, equity and inclusion. The ...