TOPEKA — Kansas state employees choosing Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas health insurance next year will see rates rise by 10% while employees choosing Aetna won’t see an increase as the state encourages a shift to the less costly insurance. Members of the Kansas State Employees Health ...
Early on April 13, the National Weather Service forecast almost no chance of tornadoes in east central Kansas. But that evening, several twisters tore across the region. The next morning, people in Ottawa, Kansas, picked up the pieces of homes and businesses. “We’re just looking at the ...
TOPEKA — President Donald Trump’s U.S. Department of Justice sued the state of Kansas on Wednesday, asking a federal judge to tear down the law that allows college students without lawful immigration status to receive in-state tuition. Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach promptly joined ...
TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly denied a Kansas serial killer clemency from his death sentence on Thursday. She denied the request of John Robinson, an 82-year-old Kansas prison inmate convicted of killing eight women from the mid 1980s until he was arrested in 2000. The governor said he did not ...
A Missouri judge this week struck down a series of restrictions on abortion, finding they violated a constitutional amendment that voters approved in 2024. Many of the provisions were already on hold because of an earlier, preliminary court ruling. But it is resulting in one major change: The ...
You don’t need to be a math major to understand the appealing arithmetic of a new type of degree approved by the Kansas Board of Regents this week. You soon may be able to get a bachelor’s degree by taking 90 credit hours of classes instead of the standard 120 hours that is now required at ...