Tag: women

In a landmark case — one judge called it “the most significant and far-reaching decision this court has ever made” — a clear majority said Friday that the Kansas Constitution fundamentally protects the right to…

A recent article in The Atlantic, titled “The Invisibility of Older Women,” by Akiko Busch, struck a deep chord. Having turned 65 last month, I have been welcomed, on more than one occasion, to the…

CHICAGO — Chicago will elect its first African-American woman as its next mayor, after former federal prosecutor Lori Lightfoot and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle moved on to an April runoff amid a record…

(Editor?s note: This is part two in a Kansas News Service series on college and careers) Life is expensive. Rent, health care, raising a family, saving for retirement ? it adds up. But so does…

In an act of desperation, a young Saudi woman broke free from what she described as an abusive family by barricading herself in a hotel room until authorities granted her safe passage to a country…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Fewer women won seats this election for the Kansas Legislature at a time more women captured legislative seats nationwide. The Wichita Eagle reports Kansas had been above the national average in…

LEE’S SUMMIT, Mo. (AP) — With a scent machine that wafts grapefruit and vanilla fragrances through the air, guns displayed in cases similar to those found in jewelry stores and a high-end women’s fashion boutique,…

Allen Community College men’s and women’s basketball traveled west to Garden City over the weekend and came away with two very different outcomes. The Red Devil men continued their dominant run, beating the Broncbusters 80-61…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats seized the House majority from President Donald Trump’s Republican Party on Tuesday in a suburban revolt that threatened what’s left of the president’s governing agenda. But the GOP gained ground in…