Tag: Kansas

A former U.S. Attorney for Kansas is hoping to ride a recent wave of Democratic Party success, should he choose to throw his hat in the ring for a potential U.S. Senate bid. Barry Grissom,…

KwiKom Communications, which provides wireless provider of internet and digital phone service, has acquired  Seamless Data Systems, an Emporia-based internet technology company that provides computer repair and networking support to Emporia and the surrounding area. …

SALINA, Kan. (AP) — An Iowa airplane maintenance company is planning to open a facility in Salina, bringing 50 new jobs this year and up to 450 employees within three years. Officials with 1 Vision…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas will allow transgender people to change their birth certificates so the documents reflect their gender identities under a legal settlement that Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s young administration and LGBTQ-rights advocates…

EUDORA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas residents and environmentalists are calling on oil and gas regulators to address the growing number of abandoned wells over the past five years. The state is home to 22,000 deserted…

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A new government report shows just how far behind the Kansas winter wheat harvest is from normal. The National Agricultural Statistics Service reported Monday that just 5% of the wheat in…

A state health alliance is offering an opportunity to learn more about possible Medicaid (KanCare) expansion in Kansas. A community meeting, “Break Down and Bounce Back Tour,” will be offered from 5:30 to 7 p.m.…

HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) — This spring’s heavy rain and flooding will cause significant economic losses at many of the state’s 28 parks, both from damage and from closures and refunds to disappointed campers, state parks…

Only a few months ago the court battle over school funding was a central issue of legislative concern and media reports. Now triumphant, school districts are deciding ways to implement the approximately $500 million of…

The way Westar Energy runs its coal plants in Kansas unnecessarily costs consumers millions of dollars a year through an obscure, if common, practice known as self-committing generation. The company essentially runs its coal plants…