While it’s yet to be known whether legislators will designate Lehigh Portland State Park as Kansas’ 29th state park, the information gathering process has been a fruitful history lesson.  Many locals were unaware the lake,…

TOPEKA — Proponents of designating the old Lehigh quarry and surrounding trails as a state park addressed the Kansas Senate Committee on Commerce Wednesday morning.  Committee members were receptive to the designation of Lehigh Portland…

TOPEKA — The dustup in the Senate over a bill delivering voucher-like funding to Kansas private schools featured zinger one-liners, rival interpretations of an obscure parliamentary rule and allegations Republican leadership engaged in abuse of…

TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly and the Legislature’s Republican and Democratic leadership appealed Thursday to Congress for increased federal appropriations to special education programs and for adherence to financial commitments made decades ago to the…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas legislators aren’t likely to legalize marijuana for medical uses this year following a vote Thursday. A Senate committee tabled a bill that would allow doctors to sign off on patients…

That state legislators are dictating whether individual cities can levy a sales tax is really sticking in Cole Herder’s craw.   “It’s almost more important to me philosophically, than what the actual difference may mean,”…

A proposed corn mill processing plant was expected to be a big economic boon for Grand Forks, North Dakota, bringing hundreds of jobs. Then the U.S. Air Force weighed in at the request of North…

TOPEKA — The Kansas House passed a wide-ranging bill funneling state funding to unregulated private schools after holdups due to bipartisan concern about the proposal’s effects. The vote was initially divided, 60 for and 64…

TOPEKA — A Kansas law denying child care subsidies to single parents who don’t fully cooperate with a state welfare agency’s pursuit of unpaid child support violates federal mandates, officials said. State officials said Kansas…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — State lawmakers worried Tuesday that southern Kansas is vulnerable to oil spills from the Keystone pipeline system because earthquakes have become more frequent there, as they questioned an executive for the…