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“I am a father, a loving husband, and dedicated civil servant. … I am tired from weeks of being bullied and censored by billionaires. “I am tired of waking up every morning at 2am wondering…

TOPEKA — A familiar proposal encouraging Kansas legislators to limit the federal government’s influence returned Monday to the Statehouse. Senate Concurrent Resolution 1604 addresses a desire to impose term limits on federal officials, concerns over…

TOPEKA — The Kansas State Department of Education advised school districts to follow laws protecting students’ constitutional rights in wake of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s reversal of a policy forbidding immigration authorities from…

(AP) — The Trump administration has put a freeze on many federal health agency communications with the public through at least the end of the month. In a memo obtained by The Associated Press, acting…

U.S. farmers will receive about $31 billion in economic and disaster relief payments in the coming months. About $21 billion is for disaster relief, which will mostly go toward recovering economic losses from natural disasters…

TOPEKA — Republicans and Democrats in the Kansas congressional delegation took a partisan approach to voting Thursday on the failed U.S. House bill that would have averted a federal government shutdown. That package endorsed by…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors sidestepped some Justice Department rules when they seized the phone records of reporters as part of media leak investigations during the Trump administration, according to a new watchdog report being…

Rutgers University’s Institute for Translational Medicine and Science has received a $47.5 million federal grant to develop practical applications for scientific discoveries, the university announced last week. The funding will support the institute’s work to…

Two former Wichita chiropractors and brothers have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud that resulted in federal payments of $3.7 million. Bradley Eck, 54 and Todd Eck 58, both from Wichita, are alleged…

WASHINGTON (AP) — General Motors will pay nearly $146 million in penalties to the federal government because 5.9 million of its older vehicles do not comply with emissions and fuel economy standards. The National Highway…