TOPEKA, Kansas — Christina Smith says her son has threatened to kill her. Smith was recovering from knee surgery when her child threw her against a wall because he didn’t want to go back to a psychiatric ward. She tried to call 911, but her son took her phone. Police have been to her house ...
TOPEKA — Top Republican legislators in Kansas are focusing on helping conservative parents remove their children from public schools over what's taught about gender and sexuality rather than pursuing a version of what critics call Florida's "Don't Say Gay" law. A proposal to allow parents to ...
TOPEKA — Just months after Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly won a second term, Kansas Republicans have begun floating two bills that would change how the state runs its elections. If one of the bills had been law last year, it would have led to a runoff election after Kelly eked out a slim ...
Story updated at 2:16 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023: A Douglas County legislator has filed a bill that would require priests and other ministers to report any suspected child abuse to state authorities. Sen Tom Holland, D-Baldwin City, filed Senate Bill 87 this week that would add “duly ...
TOPEKA — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly called Tuesday for Kansas officials to stop distracting themselves with "wedge issues” in education, sharply rebuking a Republican-controlled Legislature pursuing policies catering to conservative parents unhappy with public schools. Kelly used her ...
Updated at 3:10 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023 TOPEKA — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly is preparing to outline what she is likely to call a middle-of-the-road agenda for a Republican-controlled Kansas Legislature that already expects to ditch much of what she'll propose in favor of more ...