WASHINGTON (AP) — The fate of the United States presidency hung in the balance this morning, as President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden battled for three familiar battleground states — Wisconsin, Michigan and…

Civility in politics is now sufficiently rare that when Utah’s gubernatorial candidates appeared in a joint ad to urge Republicans and Democrats to treat one another with respect, it was considered news from coast to…

For many of us, next Tuesday’s election can’t come soon enough. The country has been locked in a seemingly eternal presidential campaign for close to two years now. It’s been a particularly nasty campaign season.…

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Trading barbs through plexiglass shields, Republican Mike Pence and Democrat Kamala Harris turned the only vice presidential debate of 2020 into a dissection of the Trump administration’s handling of the…

Mike Bruner wants voters to have choices. And when it comes to the 12th District Kansas Senate race, he says the differences between the candidates couldn’t be more clear.  Bruner, a Democrat from Humboldt, is…

There has long been an east-west tension in Kansas. It’s not as obvious as the partisan hostility that plagues our politics, but it’s been a factor in Kansas’ government — and has helped define our…

Some parents in Neosho, Mo., on the western edge of the Ozarks, were all for Newton County’s ongoing “experiment” of letting kids who’d been exposed to COVID-19 go back to class and even play sports…

The fog started more than five months ago as the pandemic descended on the nation. For a few weeks it felt like the polarization in our society would give way to collaboration. Public officials worked…

The August primary elections produced sobering results for all Kansas politicians and, for the matter, all Kansans.  Sometimes important elections, like the presidential contest of 2020, easily display their importance. Others, however, may seem quite…

A controversial Iola High School parking lot painting in support of President Trump that included white supremacist symbols continues to draw fire over social media.  A city code enforcement officer also said the painting violated…