There’s sticker shock at the gas pump. Hold tight. And bite your tongue. On Tuesday morning, two big decisions were announced that will likely send prices even higher in an effort to punish Vladimir Putin…

The Kansas State Board of Education in February unanimously rejected the resignation of commissioner Randy Watson, Kansas’ highest-ranking education official. The Topeka Capital-Journal’s Andrew Bahl and Rafael Garcia reported instead the board opted to suspend…

On Monday, the House Taxation Committee held a hearing that served as an epilogue to 10 years’ worth of drama in Kansas. Donna Ginther, director of the Institute for Policy and Social Research at the…

OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — The 18-year-old suspect in a shooting at a Kansas high school that left two adults and the student wounded used a “ghost gun” that is untraceable, a prosecutor said. Johnson County District Attorney…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Texas man was convicted on Tuesday of storming the U.S. Capitol with a holstered handgun, a milestone victory for federal prosecutors in the first trial among hundreds of cases arising from last…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A leader of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group was arrested Tuesday on a conspiracy charge for his suspected role in a coordinated attack on the U.S. Capitol to stop Congress from certifying Democrat…

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks closed lower Tuesday following another wobbly day of trading on Wall Street, as oil prices climbed after the U.S. banned imports from Russia. The economic fallout from its invasion of Ukraine also…

TOPEKA — Rep. Stephanie Byers told members of the Senate Education Committee on Monday what it is like to be a transgender woman in today’s environment. Byers, a Wichita Democrat and the state’s first transgender…

TOPEKA — The Republican Governor’s Association said Tuesday the organization booked $3.5 million in television advertising in the Kansas City and Wichita markets in preparation for the general election in Kansas. Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly…

TOPEKA — The state task force working to target $721 million in federal relief dollars into economic, health, connectivity and education investment projects received proposals for $12.8 billion in expenditures — about 17 times available…