The European Union proposed that the bloc cut its natural gas consumption by 15% over the next eight months in a plan that would affect all households, power producers and industry. The goal is embedded…

Dear editor, Thanks very much for the story about the Remsberg boys of Iola (Jim, Dale and myself) on June 17. I wish only that my brothers were here to read it.  FYI,  I write…

Dear editor, Jim Porter is running for re-election to the District 9 seat on the Kansas Board of Education. He has served on this board for the past eight years. During this time, he has…

Kansas voters registered as Republicans face three choices on the Aug. 2 ballot for the GOP nomination for state attorney general.  We enthusiastically endorse Tony Mattivi in the race. That’s not because we substantively support…

We can’t disagree with the anger aimed at Joe Manchin for dragging the Senate along for months before finally admitting there’s no pared-down version of a Build Back Better bill he will support after all.…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of senators agreed Wednesday on proposed changes to the Electoral Count Act, the post-Civil War-era law for certifying presidential elections that came under intense scrutiny after the Jan. 6…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Battered by heavy winds, firefighters in Greece struggled to contain new fires Wednesday around the capital of Athens while other countries in southern Europe took stock of the damage caused during…

TOPEKA — The Kansas Legislature’s auditing agency reported Wednesday the state was losing income tax revenue owed by users of cryptocurrency, but the federal and state government regulators have struggled to come to grips with…

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats pushed ahead Wednesday with legislation that would ban certain semi-automatic weapons as they considered their most far-reaching response yet to this summer’s spate of mass shootings. Democrats hope that the…

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Teachers gave heart-wrenching testimony Wednesday in the penalty trial of Nikolas Cruz, with one recalling how a boy in her Holocaust studies class correctly answered a question seconds before he…