TOPEKA — An adviser for Republican congressional candidate Derek Schmidt says the “fake newspaper” Democratic rival Nancy Boyda mailed to 160,000 households is “illegal” and “dishonest.” Schmidt, a three-term Kansas attorney general and former state…

TOPEKA — The streak of five consecutive months of increases in the Kansas unemployment rate came to an end in September as the jobless figure held at the 3.3% level reached in August. State and…

TOPEKA — Top leaders of the Kansas Legislature authorized on a party-line vote Wednesday the formation of a special committee responsible for developing a state government budget plan before the start of the 2025 session…

TOPEKA — The addition of Johnson County District Court to the Kansas judiciary’s case management system Nov. 5 completes a statewide technological transition that began five years ago. All other state trial courts were moved…

YATES CENTER — A bomb threat at the Yates Center High School on Sept. 12 has led to at least two individuals being charged in connection with the incident, according to a report from The…

WICHITA, Kansas — An advisory group created by Kansas education leaders is recommending that schools ban cellphones for students at every grade level. A majority of the 36-member Blue Ribbon Task Force on Student Screen…

TOPEKA —  Rep. Pat Proctor worries the U.S. Postal Service’s inability to properly process mail-in ballots that disenfranchised nearly 1,000 Kansas voters in the August primary could be exacerbated by broader interest in the Nov.…

About 50 people have been reported infected in an E. coli outbreak involving McDonald’s Quarter Pounder sandwiches. The outbreak began around Sept. 27. In addition to Nebraska and Colorado, infections have been confirmed in Oregon,…

TOPEKA — The number of psychiatric treatment beds for kids in Kansas has increased overall in the past five years, but those with specialized needs continue to face hurdles when accessing care, a recent state…

TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly expressed optimism a group of quality Democratic candidates and influence of her $2 million political action committee would break in the Nov. 5 election the partisan supermajorities held by Republicans…