WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. will protect gay and transgender people against sex discrimination in health care, the Biden administration announced Monday, reversing a Trump-era policy that sought to narrow the scope of legal rights…

Dave Settlemyer, Longmont, Colo., and son of former Iolans David and Kathy Jo Settlemyer, recently raked in the awards for his deck construction business. Settlemyer owns Ls Underground, a business he began in 2003 at…

TOPEKA — The Kansas Senate late Friday rejected an agreement between committees from both chambers on a property tax bill after including a highly scrutinized property tax exemption for health and fitness clubs. House Bill…

Gloria Delonia Luker, age 87, of Uniontown, died Friday, May 07, 2021, at Moran Manor in Moran.  Gloria was born Feb. 21, 1934, in Troy, Ala., the daughter of J.P. Colquitt and Lillie B. Griggs…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Kansas passed proposals by early Saturday to ban COVID-19 vaccine passports, limit efforts to track down the close contacts of people with the coronavirus and provide up to…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Kevin McCarthy is leading his party to an inflection point, preparing to dump Rep. Liz Cheney from the No. 3 House leadership position and transform what’s left of the party of Lincoln more…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas has requested less than 9% of its federal allocation of COVID-19 vaccine doses for this week, as Republican state lawmakers try to revive proposals to ban government vaccine passports and…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Conservative Republicans set aside their most ambitious proposal for helping Kansas parents move their children into private schools so that lawmakers could forge a bipartisan compromise Thursday night on education funding…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly on Friday directed that flags be lowered to half-staff across the state to recognize that more than 5,000 Kansans have now lost their lives to COVID-19. The…

COLONY — Crest High’s baseball team rebounded nicely from its first loss of the season Thursday. The Lancers followed Trevor Church’s dominant pitching performance in a 10-0 win over visiting Humboldt in the opener. The…