A thank you to Bob Johnson for his very public comments on 9th District representative Bill Otto of Le Roy in the April 17 Iola Register.I have lived all over the state and outside, too,…

Reflecting on the Oklahoma City bombing of April 19, 1995, former President Bill Clinton warned that the anti-government tone struck by the so-called militias of that day reminds him of the angry words being used…

UnitedHealth Group, one of the largest health insurance companies in the country, has launched a new program in conjunction with the YMCA and Walgreens drug stores aimed at reducing the incidence of Type 2 diabetes.…

On April 28 the Kansas Legislature will have another try at passing a budget for the coming fiscal year. The lawmakers took their spring break before agreeing on a fiscal 2011 budget because they couldn’t…

The Frito-Lay plant in Topeka now boasts a Gold Certificate for “going green.” It has slashed its use of water and energy to become only the second food manufacturing facility in the United States to…

Do a majority of Iola’s registered voters really believe in democracy?Well, of course they do — but it isn’t a silly question. The Register printed 3,000 ballots for last Tuesday’s advisory vote on the size…

Iola’s new city government will be designed in a charter ordinance written by current city commissioners under the home rule amendment to the Kansas Constitution ap-proved by the state’s voters, 55 percent in favor, 45…

“Kansas Politics and Government” traces the evolution of our state’s government and its be-ginnings as an anti-slavery state. Anti-slavery sentiments led naturally to the domination of Abraham Lincoln’s philosophy and his Republican Party. The book…

The state’s revenue rose about $14 million in March over anticipated collections — and across the nation retail sales continue to show gains over last year. Unemployment has stopped growing. Employers are back in the…

Three KU starters, Sherron Collins, Cole Aldrich and, as of Tuesday, Xavier Henry, are off to the NBA, leaving coach Bill Self with a king-sized recruiting challenge. The nation’s best university basketball and football teams…