WASHINGTON (AP) — It took last-minute changes and a full-court press by top Democratic leaders, but the House passed with relative ease a $4.5 billion emergency border aid package to care for thousands of migrant…

WASHINGTON — A meeting of top White House officials and congressional leaders broke up Wednesday without agreement on topline funding allocations for appropriators, raising fresh doubts over their ability to avert another fiscal crisis later…

Kansas voters who threw far-right Republicans out of office in 2016 and elected Laura Kelly as governor in 2018 should be pleased that state finance is on the mend after facing bankruptcy three short years…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A long-delayed $19.1 billion disaster aid bill has sailed through the House and headed to President Donald Trump for his expected signature, overcoming months of infighting, misjudgment and a feud between Trump…

Wednesday is the final planting date for 2019 corn in Allen and Woodson County.  As a result, farmers who plan to file prevented planting reports must do so by May 30, the Farm Service Agency…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Gov. Laura Kelly says she hopes that extra state funding for the Kansas higher education system will lead to lower tuition for students and their families. Kelly on Friday touted the…

In 1936, when America was plunged into the worst economic depression in its history, President Roosevelt told us that “the school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.” He understood…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is eyeing a plan to seek more money from allied European and other nations where American troops are based. Several U.S. officials say the White House has asked the…

Each year, Iola allocates roughly $45,000 to the Iola Area Chamber of Commerce and Thrive Allen County. The question City Council members asked Monday, was whether the city is getting sufficient bang for its bucks. For…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Submitting to mounting pressure and growing disruption, President Donald Trump agreed to a deal Friday to reopen the government for three weeks, backing down from his demand that Congress give him money…