TOPEKA — Kansas Supreme Court justices heard from judges around the state who were having difficulty appointing attorneys to criminal cases, where representation is a constitutional guarantee. So former Chief Justice Marla Luckert created in…

TOPEKA — Central Christian Academy and Atchison County Community Schools serve distinct K-12 populations, but superintendents of both oppose a proposed mandate by the Kansas Legislature to force private and public schools to ban personal…

TOPEKA — The Kansas bill that would have required kindergarteners to be potty trained before starting school stalled in committee. House Education Committee chairwoman Rep. Susan Estes, a Republican from Wichita, declined to bring the…

TOPEKA — Republican legislators abruptly cut off debate on a bill that stops people living unlawfully in the country from getting public benefits, passing it out of the House with an amendment the Senate already…

TOPEKA — Kansas migratory bird hunters will pay more to hunt under a proposed bill, but hunting organizations supported the need to increase fees. House Bill 2507 would raise the cap for migratory fowl stamp…

TOPEKA — A Kansas House committee recommended a budget for the state’s six public universities that freezes tuition rates, reduces need-based student aid, requires development of plans to lower central administration expenditures by 10% and…

PLAINS — Southwest Kansas might take a big step toward water conservation in ways previously thought to be impossible. Groundwater Management District 3, headquartered in Garden City, is looking for feedback from local farmers on…

TOPEKA — Panasonic’s Kansas battery plant will ramp up to 50% of its production capacity in the next few months, a company executive said Monday. Kristen Walters, Panasonic Energy vice president of human resources, said…

TOPEKA — Participants in Kansas’ Learning Quest education savings plans will find new investment options, updated tools to determine education costs and lower fees beginning in March when a new program manager takes over, the…

TOPEKA — House Democrats heckled Leavenworth Republican Rep. Pat Proctor’s latest idea to undermine advance voting after he forced a hearing on a bill that nobody was willing to support. Proctor, who chairs the House…