In a world of canceled flights, SNAP ping-pong, gerrymanders run amok and “Dancing with the Stars” blackouts, it was refreshing to see an old friend — the town hall budget meeting — could not be shut down last week. Billed as a statewide listening tour to guide her penultimate 2026 ...

With the failure of the Republican leadership’s push to call a special redistricting session, Kansas has now joined states like Indiana and New Hampshire, where a critical number of Republican legislators were unmoved by Trump’s unprecedented demand that state parties redraw their ...

As America grapples with rising political extremism and voter disillusionment, a quiet legal revolution is brewing — and Kansas is at the center of it. On Oct. 17, the University of Kansas hosted a symposium on how state constitutions and courts can uphold democracy amid federal uncertainty. ...

The Docking Institute of Public Affairs at Fort Hays State University has released the report from their 2025 Kansas Speaks public opinion survey. This survey, conducted each fall since 2009, covers questions from satisfaction with political officials and institutions to attitudes on public ...

Has Trump changed how Kansans vote? It’s a question I hear a lot. Here’s my take. To assess change, we need a baseline. Mitt Romney offers one. He represents the final chapter of the Reagan-Bush tradition and the last GOP nominee before Trump fundamentally reshaped the party. ...

Are we entering an era of government by harassment? KCUR reporters recently interviewed immigration lawyers and former detainees in order to analyze the conditions in the Chase County Jail in Cottonwood Falls, where many immigration detainees are being held. Referring to the situation as a ...