Despite the fervent support the Republican leadership has given to the Value Them Both amendment, its fate on Aug. 2 may not tell us much about the current Kansas GOP. But the Republican contest for Kansas attorney general, by contrast, may actually tell us a great deal. Three candidates are ...

With all of the attention being focused on the proposed “Value Them Both” constitutional amendment, Kansas voters may be wondering what else will be on their ballots this Aug. 2. Kansas’ party primaries will be on that ballot. Voters must be registered as members of a particular party ...

I’m a dog walker and bicycle commuter, so I spend a lot of time on residential streets at less than highway speed. One result of this is that I notice and pay attention to campaign yard signs. As the vote over the proposed anti-abortion amendment approaches, that attention is paying ...

In vitro fertilization faces an uncertain future in Kansas if the abortion amendment on the Aug. 2 ballot passes. The U.S. Supreme Court recently overturned precedent on Roe v. Wade, allowing states to ban abortion. Voters now have a direct say in whether abortion remains legal in ...

So far this year, 27 people were killed and 56 injured in school shootings. Of those killed 24 were students or other children and three were adults, according to Education Week. At this writing, a bipartisan bill to reduce gun violence is on its way in Washington. The bill includes funds for ...

What shall we call “Generation Z”? This placeholder name derives from my own cohort’s moniker: Generation X. Gen X took our name from a novel by Douglas Coupland. We see ourselves as so ironic, jaded and snarky, the only way to name us is to choose a non-name, like Malcom X did. Future ...