KanCare officials showed a surprising but encouraging willingness to roll back unwelcome changes in mid-December in response to feedback. A new system of codes for formerly bundled services meant that Kansas pediatricians who see children…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A judge ruled Monday that Kansas cannot stop telemedicine abortions, thwarting the latest attempt by state lawmakers to prevent doctors from providing pregnancy-ending pills to women they see by remote video…

With the gavel yet to fall announcing the beginning of the 2019 Kansas legislative session, the mood feels challenging, if not outright ominous. Faced with a Democratic governor, Republican leaders are setting an obstructionist course…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A new study finds that Missouri and Kansas are spending only a fraction of their tobacco settlement proceeds on smoking cessation efforts, despite recommendations from federal health officials. Missouri is…

HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) — Over the past two years, the breadbasket of America has planted less and less wheat. Acres planted to wheat in 2017 and 2018 neared 100-year lows, with the 7.7 million wheat…

DESOTO, Kan. (AP) — A northeast Kansas businessman is opening a new academy to train farmers to grow industrial hemp now that its production is legal. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Joe Bisogno’s belief in…

If you’re 93 and live alone, what do you do on Christmas Day? For Neil Hartwig, whose wife, Hilda, died 22 years ago and his son, Neil Jr., lives in Mississippi, the answer is easy.…

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Storm chasers and meteorologists from across the country will be gathering next year in Wichita for a convention some see as an opportunity to gain recognition for the city as a…

Leaders of a religious group that moved to Iola on Jan. 17 in answer to “the call of the Lord,” have apparently moved away, leaving no clue as to their destination. Brother Don Kindhart, minister…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas must fix its troubled child welfare system now or more vulnerable children will suffer, a coalition of legislators and children’s advocates say in a report released Thursday. The group, Strengthen…