TOPEKA — The number of abortions performed in Kansas during 2024 surpassed 19,000 for the second consecutive year in wake of judicial and political decisions in other states restricting access to the medical procedure. The…

I have had the same exact New Year’s Eve resolution for as long as I can remember: “Do better.” It might seem easy and overly simplistic, but if you have spent any extended period of…

A familiar downtown business in Iola is under new ownership. The Market Place, at 5 E. Madison Ave., sold Sept. 3 to Brendon Crain of the Kansas City area, where he works as a first…

If you want to understand the Kansas City Chiefs’ move to Kansas, stop asking whether it’s “good for the economy.” As an economist, I know it’s tempting, but it misses the point. The better question…

Donors across Allen County came together during Match Month, held Nov. 1 through Dec. 2, to help build long-term financial stability for local nonprofits through the growth of Forever Funds via Your Community Foundation. Forever…

TOPEKA — Moving the Chiefs to Kansas will spur economic development, but the complexity and lack of details about the deal make it difficult to determine what taxpayers will ultimately pay. The announcement that the…

One of the striking contradictions of President Trump’s tariffs is the way his chorus claims their rousing success even as he carves out hundreds of exceptions. Rarely has a President worked so hard to cover…

College students at Kansas State University are increasingly eyeing careers in nuclear technology. So the school has relaunched a bachelor’s degree that originally blazed a trail in the U.S. for nuclear studies. This news comes…