There’s more to the new coronavirus than the number of cases confirmed here in Kansas. The Kansas News Service wants to make it easy for you, so we’ve put together a list of things you…
We have seen a lot of well-meaning but bad advice floating around the internet in recent days urging us to get out and support local businesses or to somehow go shopping to support the economy.…
The coronavirus pandemic is shining a spotlight on what most already knew: There are giant gaps in our economic system and disasters aren’t status levelers. This pandemic is being exacerbated by deeply embedded economic inequities.…
Kansas became the first state in the nation Tuesday to declare its schools would close for the remainder of the school year. By now, a majority of states have closed their schools, though to a…
School faculty, students and parents are wrapping their heads around Tuesday afternoon’s announcement that K-12 schools across Kansas will be closed for the rest of the semester. Gov. Laura Kelly’s announcement means that while students…
Local health professionals are researching options to organize a central drive-thru testing site for those in Allen County who suspect they may have COVID-19, a deadly new coronavirus that’s causing disruptions to businesses, schools and…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas legislators wrapped up work Tuesday on three measures responding to the coronavirus pandemic and tried to resolve differences over the next state budget and a plan for funding transportation projects.…
It appears social distancing included a boost from the Iola Public Library. On a typical day, roughly 250 books, DVDs, board games or other materials are checked out from the library, director Roger Carswell explained.…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Gov. Laura Kelly has ordered financial institutions to temporarily suspend business and residential evictions to help those financially affected by the spread of the coronavirus. The executive order signed by Kelly…
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Tuesday proposed a $1 trillion economic stimulus package to counter the effects of the coronavirus, including relief for small businesses and the airline industry, and sizable checks for Americans…