HUMBOLDT — In an effort to attract more applicants, Monarch Cement Company is raising its entry-level starting pay to $27.10 per hour, an increase of nearly $7 an hour from previous rates. Just a few…

TOPEKA — A bipartisan commission led by former state lawmakers Thursday endorsed recommendations raising the base salary of House and Senate members to $43,000 per year and establishing a method of indexing annual adjustments linked…

TOPEKA — Seven of 10 categories of Kansas government workers were paid below average market rates based on a new survey examining wages at comparable in-state employers and state government employers in Nebraska, Oklahoma, Missouri…

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A study reveals that Kansas universities pay their instructors less compared to schools of the same size with similar programs in other states. The latest figures from the Kansas Board of…

Allen County commissioners voted to deny themselves a raise at their meeting Tuesday. Commissioner Bruce Symes said that was the intention of commissioners when they set the budget last summer, but had yet to make…

To better represent Kansans, we citizens should press for better pay for our lawmakers.  This is a simple statement, and such a change would not guarantee better policies, however they are defined.  But without question,…

University of Virginia men’s basketball coach Tony Bennett did the best a college coach can do last season. His team won the national championship. But after the season, he did something even more impressive. He…

MORAN — Teachers at Marmaton Valley USD 256 are in line for a raise next year. Board of Education members ratified Monday the ongoing negotiated agreement with the district’s teachers union for 2019-20. One of…