This election season, Gov. Laura Kelly and her allies have relentlessly worked to tie her opponent Derek Schmidt to former Gov. Sam Brownback, particularly the unpopular  cuts to education funding.   Yet far more can…

Kansas and all of the United States teeter on the edge of a treacherous canyon. If we drop into that vast gulf, climbing out again will take years if not decades. Yet nearly half of…

Chris Mann always felt called to serve the public. It just didn’t turn out the way he expected. Mann, Democratic candidate for Kansas attorney general, met with about 20 people on Sunday afternoon at the…

Kris Kobach says the abortion issue is not over, and I believe him. If Kobach is elected as our next Kansas attorney general, he wants to see our state supreme court filled with anti-abortion justices…

Just when you’re ready to swear off politics, someone gives you pause.  That would be Chris Mann, the Democrat running for Kansas Attorney General, who is “turning my pain into purpose,” in his first-time quest…

OVERLAND PARK, Kansas — The final challenge for Republican Kris Kobach’s political rebound may depend on how strongly Kansas voters feel about national Democrats and how much they fear a liberal agenda seeping into their…

Meet the new Kris Kobach.  Is he the same as the old Kris Kobach?  Before Kobach narrowly won the Republican primary for Governor in 2018, an independent group supporting then-Governor Jeff Colyer ran an ad…

It’s a strange sensation sitting in a room watching a politician try to backpedal from the biggest thing he ever did in office.  I had that experience this week while attending a campaign debate for…

TOPEKA — Republican and Democratic candidates for Kansas attorney general clashed on immigration issues, women’s rights and voting laws during their first debate Thursday, held at the Wichita Crime Commission Forum.  Both candidates said the…

TOPEKA — Democrat Chris Mann looks at the job of Kansas attorney general through the lens of personal experience as a law enforcement officer, crime victim, prosecutor and defense lawyer. Mann, competing against Republican nominee…