Columbia, Mo. — Planned Parenthood on Thursday resumed surgical abortions in St. Louis, months after voters in November enshrined abortion rights in the Missouri Constitution. The same day, the state health department effectively blocked medication abortions throughout Missouri. The ...
A measles outbreak in Kansas doubled in less than a week to 23 cases and has "a possible link" to outbreaks in Texas and New Mexico that have sickened more than 370, the state health department said Wednesday. And health officials in Ohio say a single case identified in Ashtabula County has ...
In the first 50 days of the new Trump administration, ICE said it made over 32,000 immigration-related arrests in communities across the country — nearly as many as in all of 2024. But that trend doesn’t seem to have reached Kansas. Despite online rumors of immigration raids, authorities ...
President Donald Trump's order calling for the dismantling of the U.S. Education Department has complex implications. The Republican president has argued the federal office hasn't improved student outcomes and is unnecessary in a country where states and local districts primarily control ...
Until recently, it was a little-known program to help Black and Latino students pursue business degrees. But in January, conservative strategist Christopher Rufo flagged the program known as The PhD Project in social media posts that caught the attention of Republican politicians. The program ...
TOPEKA — Rep. Blake Carpenter pitched a novel idea to lawmakers that he says could eliminate state property tax collections within eight years without cutting any services the state provides. In a nutshell, here’s how it works: The Legislature creates a board that is empowered to review ...