State and Region

Kansas to receive $134M in settlement with Meta

TOPEKA — The parent company of social media platforms Facebook and Instagram agreed to one of the largest state consumer protection settlements in American history, paying $17.1 billion to most U.S. states and territories and promising to implement sweeping safety features to protect ...

Lawmakers’ shift on data centers is not without consequences

TOPEKA — Rep. Brooklynne Mosley never gets a clear answer when she asks proponents of data centers how closely they want to live near one. That’s because “everyone thinks it’s going to be in someone else’s backyard,” she said. Across the state, fights are erupting in communities ...

Data centers are sitting at a crossroad of fear and economics

TOPEKA — Local government officials consider hyperscale data center development with an eye toward economic benefits and property tax revenue that would allow them to meet Kansas residents’ demands to lower taxes. But in Kansas and nationally, an outcry against data center development is ...

State’s ag, political leaders dubious of Trump’s plan for importing beef

TOPEKA — Kansas ranchers and their representatives in the U.S. Senate responded with skepticism to President Donald Trump’s plan to ease tariffs on beef imports for 90 days in an attempt to moderate domestic grocery prices through the midterm election in November. Glenn Brunkow, president ...

‘Compliance crew’ of trans men use women’s bathrooms, as required by law

A group of transgender men are highlighting the confusion caused by a new Kansas law that requires them to use the women’s restroom in publicly owned facilities. The transgender men have gathered at locations across Kansas to do a sort of protest by complying with the law. They use the ...

Nancy Kassebaum Baker, former US senator from Kansas, dies at 94

TOPEKA — Nancy Kassebaum Baker, a Kansas governor's daughter who became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate without following a spouse into office, has died. She was 94. Kassebaum Baker died Friday of natural causes, according to her son, Bill Kassebaum. "She loved Kansas. She loved ...