I was sitting in our apartment in Glendale, California, but I may as well have been on another planet that day in 1993. My grandmother, helping me with a sixth-grade report, was vividly recalling the…

Governor Laura Kelly rolled out her proposed budget Jan. 11 for the 2025 fiscal year. Her priorities include an array of strategic initiatives including cuts to property and sales taxes, expansion of Medicaid, and increased…

I’m the office nerd when it comes to sports, which can be pretty isolating.  I never played team sports growing up and as a family I don’t remember following any professional teams. It just wasn’t…

Rural Kansas communities are critical to the future of our state. We know that for our communities to thrive, rural Kansans require core services to raise a family — access to early childhood services, high…

Humans cannot live on politics alone. That was my conclusion after a week that included ludicrous legislating, powerful poetry and sad news from my hometown of El Dorado. Yes, Kansas legislative leaders pandered to the…

Relief is the immediate feeling in the wake of the Iowa caucuses by those involved: the frozen press corps, the campaigns trying to crack a hardheaded lot, and we residents who could use a respite…

My daughter Louise and her family were under a boil water advisory in Topeka from Tuesday through Thursday because of a broken pipe at its water treatment plant. “It’s scary how we take clean water…

A recent Gallup survey showed a record-high 43 percent of Americans see themselves as politically  independent. And a record-low identified as Democrat, 27 percent, matching Republican identification at 27 percent.  Kansans are also declaring independence.…

What was your experience like the last time you visited a natural area in Kansas? Did you hike at a state park? Boat or fish at a reservoir? Paddle the Kaw or the Arkansas River…

The United States has just experienced one of the biggest collapses in consumer inflation in modern history. In June 2022 consumer prices had risen 9.1 percent over the previous year. By December 2023 the rate…