Woodson Countians will not be required to adhere to an executive order mandating that folks in public must wear protective masks. Gov. Laura Kelly, citing new health concerns surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, issued an executive…

In a packed room with almost 30 in attendance — though only a few wearing masks — county officials grappled with Gov. Laura Kelly’s new executive order requiring that face masks be worn in indoor…

It doesn’t take much to see that the Kansas Department of Labor is a mess, a hot mess, in fact. Its failures with the state’s unemployment system during the current national pandemic with massive unemployment…

TOPEKA — Kansans from Liberal to Leavenworth will need to wear a mask in public starting Friday. Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly said she will issue a new executive order later this week requiring masks. While…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly says she will issue an executive order mandating the use of masks in public starting Friday to stop the spread of COVID-19. “The evidence could not be…

Gov. Laura Kelly should be commended for establishing a Commission on Racial Equity and Justice. After recent deaths of Black people at the hands of law enforcement, a national outcry has created a civil rights…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ Democratic governor is locked in a new partisan dispute with the Republican-controlled Legislature over her plan to largely paper over a massive budget shortfall tied to the coronavirus pandemic with…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas counties “shouldn’t feel pressure” to loosen restrictions if they aren’t seeing a decline in new coronavirus cases or new hospitalizations, Gov. Laura Kelly said Monday, with cases increasing faster in…

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas education officials are preparing to reopen the state’s schools in the fall but acknowledged that the coronavirus pandemic will force widespread changes. “We want Kansans to know that we will…

Allen County has been awarded a Community Development Block Grant in the amount of $132,000 from the Kansas Department of Commerce to assist with COVID-19 economic relief. In some instances, both counties and cities were…