Former Kansas Sen. Bob Dole was back on Capitol Hill this week, urging his former colleagues to ratify a [United Nations treaty][1] on the rights of people with disabilities. The treaty is modeled after the Americans with Disabilities Act, which Dole steered through Congress when he was the ...

A group headed by former Kansas Congressman Jim Ryun is making automated phone calls, or "robocalls," to Republican voters endorsing Milton Wolf in the upcoming Republican Senate primary, opposing one of his former congressional colleagues, Republican Sen. Pat Roberts. Ryun, who served five ...

Both major candidates for governor have begun using a tactic pioneered by the Barack Obama campaign back in 2008 that seeks to use major news announcements as a tool for gathering data about potential supporters. Some might remember back in 2008 when speculation was swirling about whom Obama ...

The number of high-profile Republicans endorsing Democrat Paul Davis for governor is now down to 103. Former U.S. Rep. Jan Meyers [told the Kansas City Star Thursday][1] that while she did agree to join the group Republicans for Kansas Values, she did not intend for that to be taken as an ...

A new [Kansas labor market report][1] released today is unlikely to provide Gov. Sam Brownback with any relief from a barrage of negative reviews in the national press about his tax cuts and economic policy. The June report shows private-sector employment has grown only about 1.3 percent ...

Former Republican Sen. [Rick Santorum][1] of Pennsylvania will be in Kansas next week to stump for Gov. [Sam Brownback][2]'s re-election campaign. Santorum is a religious conservative who is perhaps best known for his staunch opposition to abortion and gay marriage. He and Brownback served ...