State and Region

KBI says it has opened 122 clergy sex abuse cases in Kansas

TOPEKA — A task force formed three years ago to investigate clergy sexual abuse in Kansas Catholic dioceses has received 215 tips and opened 122 cases, according to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation. Robert Jacobs, executive officer of the KBI, reported on the work of the agency's Catholic ...

KU conference to examine Kansas’ economic recovery from the pandemic

Economic leaders from across the state will gather at the University of Kansas next week as part of a conference examining the COVID recovery in the state. The 2021 Kansas Economic Policy Conference is slated from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Thursday at the Burge Union on the KU campus. The ...

Other GOP states, including Kansas, urge appeals court to let Texas abortion law stand

AUSTIN, Texas — Eighteen states threw new support behind Texas' ban on most abortions as the Biden administration waited Thursday for a ruling to determine whether the nation's most restrictive abortion law will be allowed to remain in place. The rush to Texas' defense by the mostly ...

These rural murals are transforming everyday Kansas into art

HAYS — Matt Miller slowly walks backward into the middle of 5th Street in downtown Hays. The wall in front of him used to make up the plain, gray side of a local glass shop. Now, it’s his giant concrete canvas — 13 feet tall by more than 18 feet wide — for painting one of the northwest ...