TOPEKA — Remediation steps to put out a smoldering fire at the Galena Landfill were successful, and the landfill operator will continue work to meet other state requirements, a health agency spokeswoman said Tuesday. The fire that has been alight at the landfill for weeks to months was ...
Before HR1, also known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill” was passed in July 2025, Douglas County advocates warned cuts could have harmful effects to healthcare costs and assistance programs for Kansans. A year later, advocacy organizations reflected on the impacts in a press conference ...
Three years after one of the largest inland oil spills, the state of Kansas, federal government and the company that operates the pipeline have agreed to a settlement totalling $70 million. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the state of Kansas ...
There were only a few ticks left on the clock until retirement officially began. Blake Flanders, president and CEO of the Kansas Board of Regents, had agreed to do a 2 p.m. interview with the Journal-World on June 30, the last day of the state’s fiscal year. That also meant it was the last ...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican responded aggressively Thursday to a traditionalist group that consecrated bishops without the pope's consent, declaring the Society of St. Pius X had formally broken with the Catholic Church. It excommunicated its bishops and priests, and warned its faithful ...
TOPEKA — U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall vowed to be on the Kansas general election ballot in November and to decline administrative appointment from President Donald Trump during the next two years. Marshall, a Kansas Republican seeking reelection to a second term in the U.S. Senate, made the ...