TOPEKA — Republican legislators overrode Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto to create a 25-foot buffer around law enforcement and emergency personnel, a move the Senate leader said ensures Kansas won’t become like Minnesota. Senate President Ty Masterson said in a news release that House Bill 2372, ...

Public protests on the University of Kansas campus may soon have higher stakes attached to them — including monetary damages to KU if it prohibits certain groups from gathering. Kansas Legislators on Thursday successfully voted to override the veto of Gov. Laura Kelly and enact the KIRK ...

For the second year in a row, the Trump administration is proposing slashing federal funding for tribal colleges and universities. President Donald Trump's fiscal year 2027 budget proposal calls for a $1.5 trillion increase to defense spending and would carve billions of dollars out of ...

The University of Kansas’ graduate programs in paleontology and special education maintained their top rankings in the country, but a government management program that had been No. 1 for more than 25 years fell a couple of spots. U.S. News & World Report included 55 KU graduate ...

Good people can change bad laws — if they aren’t too scared to try, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor told a Lawrence crowd on Tuesday evening. The power of people and the need for courage were a pair of themes that Sotomayor came back to multiple times during an approximately ...

Former Kansas Supreme Court Justice Evelyn Wilson died Saturday following a battle with ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease. Wilson served on the highest court from 2020 to July 2025, when she resigned after her diagnosis. Chief Justice Eric Rosen said in a statement Saturday on behalf of the ...