State and Region

Trans Kansans win court ruling to change the gender on their IDs

For the first time in nearly two years, transgender Kansans will once again be able to change the gender marker on their state-issued driver’s license. A panel of three judges on the Kansas Court of Appeals reversed a previous decision by Shawnee County District Court Judge Teresa Watson ...

Federal Medicaid cuts would cost 13,000 Kansans their health care coverage

Thousands of Kansans could lose health insurance if Congress moves forward with cuts to Medicaid, the health insurance program for low income and disabled people. Updated projections from Manatt Health estimate 13,000 Kansans would lose Medicaid coverage and the state could lose up to $3.77 ...

Kansas troopers on standby for protests, ahead of nationwide anti-Trump demonstrations

TOPEKA — State troopers are on standby in Kansas as demonstrations against federal immigration raids crop up around the country following an increased military presence in response to protests in Los Angeles. The Kansas Highway Patrol is aware of Kansas City-area protests this week, said ...

Kansas is making the 93-mile Flint Hills Trail even better for cyclists

Cyclists will be able to ride nearly 100 miles of uninterrupted trail in eastern Kansas thanks to a new bridge near Ottawa. The Flint Hills Trail runs from Osawatomie to Council Grove. It offers views of riverside bluffs, woods, rolling farmland and the largest remaining tallgrass prairie ...