Opinion

Even as New York City struggles to contain a bloody surge in shootings, here comes the U.S. Supreme Court agreeing to hear a challenge to New York’s responsibly strict gun laws, which make it hard…

The 100 Days benchmark by which to measure the performance of new presidents arrives on April 30 for President Joe Biden. The tradition originated in Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s first term and was disavowed by John…

 Did you hear that President Joe Biden is going to ration hamburgers and steaks and force red-blooded Americans to consume horrible things like Brussels sprouts and tofu in a bid to reduce carbon emissions? No?…

It’s hard to imagine that a flight lasting a mere 39 seconds could represent monumental scientific achievement, but that was the reaction — and celebration — last week when the experimental helicopter known as Ingenuity…

To Susan Lynn, Register editor, I normally do not get too fired up about things I read in the paper. However, the editorial in last week’s paper that implied weapons on traffic stops is overkill…

Kansas Republicans enjoyed a lovefest last weekend where Gov. Laura Kelly was the main entreé.  The Manhattan convention came on the heels of a slew of vetoes by the Governor, providing Republicans ample fodder for…

Dear editor, Police have the toughest jobs around and no one, and I mean no one, judges themselves more harshly than a police officer.  Every single day they wish they could have changed an outcome…

Kansas has not gone to hell in a hand basket since 2015 — at least not for reasons related to guns. It was in 2015 when the state passed a law that you no longer…

The U.S. Supreme Court, which in a landmark 2012 decision made it harder to send juveniles to prison for life without parole, reversed course Thursday by holding that judges may impose such a sentence without…

Against all odds, Kansas appears to be in a positive economic position this year. New figures from the Consensus Revenue Estimate suggest the state will be doing $361 million better this fiscal year and next…