Tag: Kansas

So now that it’s been documented that vaping is dangerous to your health, the next step to follow is for health insurance companies to charge more for those who take up the nasty habit.  …

The Congressional Budget Office is sounding alarms, but it’s unclear whether anyone is listening. This year, the budget deficit will likely hit $960 billion — nearly a trillion. Over the next decade, the deficit is…

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas health officials have confirmed the first death in the state related to an outbreak of a lung disease linked to vaping. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment said in…

It’s refreshing to see the U.S. Chamber of Commerce put partisan politics aside for the sake of our national economy. This summer, C of C members have been wooing Senate and House leaders to raise…

Allen County commissioners are giving serious consideration to pulling out of a consortium with the Girard Juvenile Detention Center because of a new law that severely restrict the kinds of instances that puts a youth…

Folks in the Hutchinson region recently experienced unsettling jolts in a series of earthquakes, the worst of which was a magnitude 4.2. With an epicenter about three miles from Hutchinson, that quake was felt as…

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas and Missouri affiliates of the American Civil Liberties Union have sued the Federal Bureau of Prisons on behalf of an inmate they claim could die without a drug used…

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Republican leaders in Nevada, South Carolina and Kansas have voted to scrap their presidential nominating contests in 2020, erecting more hurdles for the long-shot candidates challenging President Donald Trump. “What is…

Southwind Extension District 4-H members from Allen and Neosho counties competed Sunday at the Kansas State Fair Photography Judging Contest. The senior team of Jenni Armstrong, Megan Kueser, and Zoi Yoho placed third. Yoho came…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Western Kansas’ congressman launched a Senate campaign on Saturday, pitching himself to fellow Republicans as a pragmatic conservative who can keep the seat in GOP hands by thwarting immigration hardliner Kris…