TOPEKA — The state of Kansas’ credit rating upgrade from stable to positive by a leading financial research firm set off a scramble among politicians claiming responsibility for the improved outlook. Gov. Laura Kelly, a…

Beale Infrastructure announced Wednesday afternoon its withdrawal of a proposed 300-acre data center in Gardner. The California-based company, which is also spearheading another data center project in De Soto, decided to scuttle its Gardner application…

TOPEKA — Senate President Ty Masterson says the Kansas Legislature justifiably flexed its political muscle to approve a bill mandating public schools administer fitness tests to students in first through 12th grades and require 30…

TOPEKA — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly on Monday vetoed a bill adopted by the Kansas Legislature to curtail rising property taxes by placing unprecedented restrictions on the ability of cities and counties to increase spending.…

TOPEKA — The Kansas Department of Labor is notifying more than 8,500 individuals that they received overpayments for unemployment insurance, including some issued during the COVID-19 pandemic, and must repay the funds. Nearly half owe…

TOPEKA — A Kansas task force is running out of time to craft a new public school funding formula, which the Legislature and the state’s next governor must agree upon before the current framework expires.…

The Kansas City Royals will team up with hometown company Hallmark Cards to build a new ballpark at Crown Center, with a promised $3 billion downtown campus of mixed-use development in the surrounding 85 acres.…

TOPEKA — A former Kansas mayor and immigrant charged with voting illegally pleaded guilty to lesser charges Monday, a move expected to allow him to remain in the United States. Former Coldwater Mayor Joe Ceballos…

TOPEKA — Kansas revenue forecasters expect income tax collections to fall below previous predictions for this year and next, complicating a budget outlook that shows the state plunging deep in the red for the next…

TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed legislation that would have created a sports tourism grant program focused on expanding state investment in sporting events. Kelly on Monday vetoed House Bill 2346, saying the state already…