WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Democrats have succeeded in eliminating more than a dozen policy changes from Republicans’ “big, beautiful bill” after successfully arguing before the chamber’s parliamentarian that the elements didn’t comply with the strict…

At her core, Sandy Haggard is a helper. It’s just who she is. “I grew up on a dairy farm,” she explains. “As a farmer’s daughter, my upbringing taught me to take care of my…

TOPEKA — The advocacy organization Kansas Appleseed marked the 10th anniversary of the HOPE Act by denouncing the legacy of a state law blamed for undermining food security and work of the late U.S. Sen.…

Iola’s Elks Lodge was a beehive of activity Wednesday afternoon. Over 15 members gathered to assemble bags stuffed with food and personal items. The bags will be distributed to area students over the next several…

Members of the Iola Masonic Lodge 38 partnered with the Kansas Masonic Foundation in donating $1,000 to the Iola Community Food Pantry as well as food items as part of their “Operation Christmas.” Lodge members…

U.S. regulators on Wednesday banned the dye called Red 3 from the nation’s food supply, nearly 35 years after it was barred from cosmetics because of potential cancer risk. Food and Drug Administration officials granted…

TOPEKA — On Jan. 1, 2025, Kansans will no longer pay state sales tax on groceries. The current state tax of 2% will be reduced to zero.  A 2022 law set out a three-year plan…

TOPEKA — A Dutch food manufacturer, known for Country Crock and I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter, is set to open a new manufacturing facility in southwest Kansas. Flora Food Group is expected to invest…

Two children and a woman were crushed to death Friday as a crowd of Palestinians pushed to get bread at a bakery in the Gaza Strip amid a worsening food crisis in the war-ravaged territory,…

The small but mighty community of Mildred remains positive about its prospects, Marcia Davis told Allen County Commissioners at their meeting Tuesday morning. “They like that it is quiet, that everybody helps each other, and…