PARSONS — Parsons city commissioners unanimously approved govomg HyperDatagrid a six-month purchase option to build a data center in town. “In six months, if we don’t like it, we can walk away,” said Commissioner Verlyn…

TOPEKA — Repercussions from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act hit the Kansas budget with at least $16.4 million in costs and affected residents who lost health insurance and access to food assistance benefits. Nonprofit…

TOPEKA — Kansas cases of a foodborne illness that causes explosive diarrhea doubled this week to 55, and a national health agency said cases exceeded 7,000 nationwide.  Dana Hawkinson, medical director of infection prevention and…

TOPEKA — The vacancy rate among Kansas teachers employed by accredited K-12 schools declined 9.1% this spring as more special education, science, math, elementary and other hard-to-fill classroom instructional slots were filled, state officials said.…

TOPEKA — Remediation steps to put out a smoldering fire at the Galena Landfill were successful, and the landfill operator will continue work to meet other state requirements, a health agency spokeswoman said Tuesday. The…

TOPEKA — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly filled a vacancy Monday on the Kansas Supreme Court by selecting a Johnson County District Court judge who has focused on a civil case docket after a 20-year career…

TOPEKA — Intraparty skirmishing among Kansas Democratic gubernatorial candidates Ethan Corson, Cindy Holscher and Curt Skoog intensified as Gov. Laura Kelly pushed a new TV commercial reaffirming her preference of Corson ahead of the August…

TOPEKA — Operators of the Keystone Pipeline agreed to pay Kansas $3 million for remediation projects and complete $40 million in work as part of a settlement from the 2022 spill that poured 13,000 barrels…

TOPEKA — The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas and League of Women Voters of Kansas put the secretary of state on notice of a potential lawsuit alleging a new election-related state statute conflicts with…

In the first two months after officially launching his Democratic campaign for a U.S. Senate seat in Kansas, the Rev. Adam Hamilton raised $3.66 million, his campaign announced Monday. The Johnson County megachurch pastor is…