Tag: Senator

TOPEKA — A Kansas legislator renewed attempts to rid the state of daylight saving time under a bill filed ahead of the state’s 2025 legislative session, which begins later this month. Senate Bill 1, which…

TOPEKA — U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran of Kansas put 5,600 miles on his truck visiting constituents during the August congressional break, and the Republican carried a message of despair about the agriculture economy back to…

Dozens of election workers examining ballot after ballot, hour after hour. Unofficial results trickling in days after Election Day. If Republican Denny Hoskins wins the race for Missouri secretary of state in November, that scene…

States, Native American tribes and local communities could get help accessing federal funds for water infrastructure projects in drought-stricken areas under new U.S. Senate legislation. The Water Project Navigators Act — sponsored by U.S. Sens.…

TOPEKA — A federal appellate court rejected state Sen. Richard Kloos’ attempt to quash an Internal Revenue Service summons for bank records of a Topeka coffee shop and thrift store at the center of an…

TOPEKA — A Kansas lawmaker known for pushing discredited treatments for people with COVID-19 urged a bill Thursday pumped from the same vein: An attempt to strip state health officials of their authority to fight…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas lawmaker who was forced out of one of the state Senate’s most powerful jobs following an arrest for drunken driving and speeding the wrong way on two interstate highways…

HUMBOLDT — Kansas Sen. Jerry Moran will be in Humboldt Monday to present the city with a Building Better Communities award.   Moran announced the award during a speech in September highlighting Humboldt’s successes, in…

TOPEKA — Kansas Sen. Mark Steffen bragged about the attention he received for sending a threatening letter to doctors encouraging the use of ivermectin for early treatment of COVID-19 based on a law the Legislature…

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma’s U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe, the ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, will step down from the Senate in January, triggering a special election for the seat he’s held…