Republican lawmakers seem willing to jeopardize the healthcare of 150,000 Kansans in their effort to overturn a Kansas Supreme Court ruling that upholds a woman’s right to abortion.  Their hypocrisy turns the stomach. Rather than…

A new bill in the Kansas Legislature would require every public classroom, library and municipal building in the state to display the national motto, “In God We Trust.” The proposed measure is overbearing, unnecessary and…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Kansas pushed a proposed anti-abortion amendment to the state constitution through the state Senate on Wednesday even as abortion rights advocates argued that it would lead to a…

Area legislators gave local citizens a preview of this year’s state Legislative session at a meeting Monday night sponsored by Allen County Farm Bureau. Representatives Kent Thompson, rural LaHarpe, and Ken Collins, Frontenac, were there…

Area legislators gave local citizens a preview of this year’s state Legislative session at a meeting Monday night sponsored by Allen County Farm Bureau. Representatives Kent Thompson, rural LaHarpe, and Ken Collins, Frontenac, were there…

An independent review of Kansas’ rising electricity prices shows the current system for setting rates could use some improvements. In a lengthy report requested by state legislators and submitted by London Economics, analysts concluded three…

I loved watching Gov. Laura Kelly give her State of the State address Wednesday evening.  While her pedantic style of delivery was somewhat underwhelming — yes, she should have studied drama in high school —…

This year will test just how short voter memories are in Kansas. Will Kansans keep rejecting Brownback-era politics? Or, will they buy those politics again, attractively repackaged and reframed? With the Kansas legislature reconvening, that…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas lawmakers expect a push to overturn a state Supreme Court decision protecting abortion rights, a contentious debate over income tax cuts and some bipartisan harmony on Medicaid expansion during this…

At least one Kansas lawmaker wants to do away with Daylight Savings Time. This seems like a waste of time. Pun fully intended. In early January, a Wichita TV station reported State Rep. Kristey Williams,…