TOPEKA — The state has approximately four months left to finish a large-scale Medicaid review process, with more than 20,000 Kansans already deemed ineligible for health coverage.  During the COVID-19 pandemic, federal “continuous coverage” provisions…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said on Friday that North Korea has delivered more than 1,000 containers of military equipment and munitions to Russia for its ongoing war in Ukraine. Speculation about a possible…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is headed to Israel this weekend to discuss what resources the United States can provide for its war against Hamas. Schumer, D-N.Y., is leading a bipartisan group…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. House has been without a leader for more than a week after majority Republicans threw out Speaker Kevin McCarthy and refused to rally around his No. 2, Louisiana Rep. Steve…

Joelle Shallah often thinks of her kids when at Iola City Council. Not because she misses them, though she surely does. Rather, it’s because she hopes to build the type of community that would inspire…

Darcus Kottwitz believes that serving on Iola’s City Council requires the right mix of strong business sense and a kind heart.  “I don’t think there’s been enough consideration, research and budgeting in the council’s recent…

County leaders will look at recycling programs in other counties after a volunteer-led effort disbanded more than two weeks ago.  Commission Chairman David Lee and Road and Bridge Director Mark Griffith planned to travel to…

With infrastructure funds flowing from Washington, D.C., It’s in Iola’s best interest to apply for every penny it can, Mayor Steve French said. “That money’s gonna go someplace,” French said at Tuesday’s City Council meeting.…

Last week, a bipartisan commission of former state lawmakers finished working on and recommended a solution to a long-standing problem: Kansas’s terrible legislative pay scale. Currently our state legislature, which is officially supposed to meet…

District Judge Daniel Creitz, center, speaks to a smattering of residents in Moran about an upcoming vote on proposed renovations and expansion to the Allen County Courthouse. County voters will decide the fate of the…