Tag: Kansas

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Even as Kansas recorded another record spike in COVID-19 cases, Lawrence health officials were hit with a lawsuit over an emergency health order that limits bar hours in an attempt to…

Politicians you send to Topeka this November will slice and dice the entire state—into congressional and state legislative districts.  Gerrymandering is when politicians manipulate district boundaries for political gain: maximizing the seats that their side…

TOPEKA — A coalition of health organizations responded to Kansas’ drop in child immunizations during the pandemic Thursday by urging families to maintain pediatric appointments and stay current on vaccinations for influenza and other preventable…

TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly elevated the administration’s commitment to improving access to quality internet service in Kansas by establishing Thursday an office of broadband development in the state Department of Commerce. “Achieving universal broadband…

Let’s face it: Voting in a state like Kansas can sometimes feel a bit anticlimactic. Yes, we have important state and local races on the ballot, and this year we’re seeing some exciting U.S. Senate…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Top Republican legislators signed off Wednesday on Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s request to extend a state of emergency for the coronavirus pandemic as the state set another record for COVID-19-related hospitalizations.…

TOPEKA — A U.S. District Court judge dismissed a lawsuit challenging a Kansas law prohibiting people from engaging in electioneering within 250 feet of a polling station, the attorney general said Wednesday. Attorney General Derek…

TOPEKA — More than twice the number of advance by-mail ballot applications have been processed in Kansas compared to the 2016 and 2018 general elections, sparked primarily by pandemic concerns. As of Oct. 1, election…

A deluge of mail ballot applications sent to Kansans from out of state is causing unprecedented work for election officials and confusion for voters. Here’s what those voters who want to vote by mail need…

TOPEKA — Five governors and the Kansas Legislature have collaborated for more than a decade to ignore state law requiring allocation of $8 million annually to support policy and programs aimed at maintaining the state’s…