Initial state-level data from the 2020 Census are out. What do these numbers show for Kansas and why do they matter?  The U.S. population grew 7.4 percent from 2010 to 2020, the second lowest growth…

Hackers pose a growing threat to nearly any network, including the power grid that lets you reliably turn on the lights. Experts say utilities offer an attractive target: operations with money to extort and that…

This summer marks the third year that Kansans have grown hemp for industrial uses. Yet growing the less sexy cousin of the plant associated with getting high and some medicinal uses has proven riskier and…

TOPEKA — Community health care providers across Kansas will soon receive $900,000 in state grant funds to help with local COVID-19 vaccination efforts, Gov. Laura Kelly announced Tuesday.   The Kansas Department of Health and…

Moral panics don’t produce good policy. Neither does banning things. The current fracas about critical race theory on the right is just such a panic, and if legislators don’t stand up for common sense, they…

Psychiatric facilities across Kansas added enough beds last year to potentially dramatically cut the number of children waiting for intensive mental health care. But about 100 of those spots remain empty — in large part…

TOPEKA — New federal legislation to make pandemic-based telehealth allowances permanent has researchers, broadband advocates and lawmakers talking about the importance of bridging the digital divide in rural Kansas. The Protecting Rural Telehealth Access Act…

TOPEKA — Rep. Brenda Landwehr says she cried when the House passed legislation to certify and fund community behavioral health clinics. The Wichita Republican, who chairs the health committee, had worked to pass some sort…

This month, cities across Allen County will receive  stipends from the recently enacted American Rescue Plan Act. In alphabetical order, here are their amounts: Bassett, $3,186, population 21; Elsmore, $10,164, population 67; Gas, $76,005, population…

TOPEKA — Waldron Mayor Shirley Nelson was happy to learn her tiny south-central Kansas community is slated to receive $1,517.07 in federal pandemic relief. State officials on Wednesday revealed the list of 614 small communities…