TOPEKA — Jodee Nickell, a Family and Consumer Sciences teacher at Humboldt High School, is being recognized for outstanding teaching. She is one of 32 educators from Kansas recognized with the 2024 Kansas Horizon Award, …

TOPEKA — Eight Kansas House Republicans introduced a bill crafted to implement a near-total ban on clinical abortions and forbid distribution of pharmaceutical drugs to end pregnancies, while also authorizing individuals to file lawsuits against…

“We’re losing people in Kansas,” said Mary Kay Heard. “In Allen County, for sure.” Attributing this to high property taxes, Mary Kay and her husband David were acknowledged during Gov. Laura Kelly’s State of the…

TOPEKA — Armed with beaded bracelets and signs, a coalition of sexual abuse survivors returned Wednesday to the Statehouse to push for changes in state law that would allow them to file civil lawsuits at…

TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly widened a well-defined agenda dedicated to public education, Medicaid expansion and broad-based tax reform Wednesday in the annual State of the State speech to highlight proposals for state investment in…

As millions of dollars flow into the state of Kansas from opioid settlement funds, local and statewide groups are vying for that money to address the growing opioid crisis in their communities. The money is…

TOPEKA — Kansas students face danger from cartel-manufactured opioids, a law enforcement official warned the state Board of Education on Tuesday. During the BOE meeting, Kansas Bureau of Investigation Director Tony Mattivi cautioned board members…

TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly and a bipartisan group of two dozen state legislators Monday proposed a $1 billion, three-year tax reform bill designed to provide every Kansan relief by reducing income, sales and property…

WICHITA — There were slightly fewer tornadoes reported in Kansas and only one tornado watch issued for the central portion of the state in 2023. Meteorologists at the National Weather Service office in Wichita are…

TOPEKA — The Kansas Chamber released a legislative policy agenda Thursday endorsing a proposed single rate state income tax, opposing expansion of Medicaid health coverage to 150,000 low-income Kansans and supporting investment of state tax…