TOPEKA — State Sen. Ethan Corson announced Tuesday that he will be seeking the Kansas Democratic Party’s nomination for governor, and he says his campaign will focus on improving education, lowering taxes and creating jobs. Corson, a Fairway attorney elected to the Kansas Senate in 2020, ...
Topeka — A Leavenworth District Court judge finalized his decision to bar CoreCivic from housing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement prisoners at its closed facility, rejecting the private prison company’s appeal to reconsider. Judge John Bryant on Friday approved the language for the ...
A high-ranking visitor on the University of Kansas campus Friday had a suggestion for U.S businesses wondering how to adapt to a brewing worldwide trade war. Do more business with Zimbabwe. While the idea maybe isn’t top-of-mind for most U.S. companies, it certainly is for Sarah Bhoroma. ...
After Congress approved a request from President Donald Trump to claw back over a billion dollars in federal public broadcasting funds, Kansas Public Radio has announced an emergency fundraising drive to keep its operations going. The U.S. House of Representatives voted early Friday morning to ...
TOPEKA — A unanimous settlement agreement filed Tuesday at the Kansas Corporation Commission raises Evergy Kansas residential base rates by 9.6%. A residential customer using about 900 kilowatt hours will see a net increase of about $9 per month on their bill, said Evergy spokeswoman Gina ...
A retired chief economist for the Kansas Legislature and member of Gov. Laura Kelly’s Council on Tax Reform will give a presentation and answer questions related to property taxes at an event this weekend in downtown Lawrence. What is a mill? How are property appraisals determined? Chris ...