State and Region

Commercial speech lawsuit to proceed against major Kansas pet food company

TOPEKA — A federal appellate court revived a portion of a lawsuit that accuses Hill’s Pet Nutrition in Topeka of engaging in false advertising and orchestrating a misinformation campaign about an unsubstantiated animal health risk of pet food manufactured by rivals. The U.S. Court of ...

Cyclospora has some Kansans shopping for locally grown produce, but is it safer?

A parasite that causes a nasty intestinal illness has sickened thousands nationwide and hundreds in Kansas and Missouri, causing some people to consider locally grown produce options The parasite, called cyclospora, is spread by water or food contaminated by human waste. Federal officials are ...