Life and health exemptions to abortion bans are complex. With the legality of abortion effectively on Tuesday’s Aug. 2 ballot, Kansans should understand how looming government regulations might affect women’s health. If the abortion amendment…

Before I left for a short May trip to Massachusetts, our historic Topeka neighborhood sported four “Vote Yes” signs for the proposed “Value Them Both” amendment to the Kansas Constitution, on the ballot Aug. 2.…

Everyone is familiar with 911. But another three-digit code could soon enter Americans’ normal lexicon: 988. As of July 16, that is the new number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Anyone experiencing a mental…

Dear editor, As a lifelong Kansan I do not want our state to have abortions performed for almost any reason. That is where we seem to be going since the Kansas Supreme Court decision in…

Tust me, I’m from the government. Who would have thought conservatives would rally around that statement, but it appears many are. Conservatives who are urging passage of an amendment to remove the right to an…

When the national chapter of the Sigma Chi fraternity suspended the organization’s University of Kansas chapter indefinitely last week it did just what every Greek letter organization should do with their rule-breaking chapters: Get rid…

I have read articles concerning abortion rights and I am still on the fence about allowing women in Kansas to continue to get abortions.  Would I abort a child of mine, no. However, I can…

It’s been six years since Allen County, Iola or Humboldt has increased their funding for economic development provided by Thrive Allen County.  In the year so far, Thrive has brought about $5 million this area’s…

Dear editor, I have contemplated responding to the editorial of July 5 and decided a few points need to be made. Treatment of an ectopic pregnancy or miscarriage is not an abortion. Even the conservative…

There’s nothing new about sports stars preening and prancing and doing everything they can to selfishly draw attention to themselves while they’re supposedly trying to uplift their team. Selfishness in professional sports is almost to…