A picture began to emerge Thursday about the kind of qualities the community, business owners, faculty and staff want in Allen Community College’s next president. “What came across loud and clear today is that this…

Groups of Humboldt High School’s American Government and the eighth grade American History students formed their own governments Friday as part of a series of events to recognize National Constitution Day, which was Sept. 17.…

TOPEKA — The Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach’s office fined a rural, seven-member school board for repeatedly violating the Kansas Open Meetings Act. The Chautauqua County school district board, a 380-student district in southeast Kansas,…

WASHINGTON — A GOP measure barring accrediting organizations from requiring colleges and universities to adopt diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies as a condition of accreditation passed the U.S. House on Thursday, though its fate…

Allen Community College is redefining what it means to teach early childhood education and helping fill a labor shortage in the industry. “Any of us, in our work, are happier and more effective when we…

The Resource Center for Independent Living (RCIL) in Iola saw a silver lining when its lease was not renewed at their previous location. “We were wanting additional space anyway as well as a permanent home…

A Republican stopgap spending plan tied to a controversial measure to tighten voter registration rules failed Wednesday in the House of Representatives  as a government shutdown looms in less than two weeks. The GOP bill…

TOPEKA — Kansans are uninsured at a rate higher than the rest of the country for a third-straight year, but the effects of Medicaid “unwinding” have yet to be seen, recent U.S. Census Bureau data…

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — In the quiet corners of Springfield, Ohio — out of sight of the drumbeat of politicians and journalists, troopers and newly installed security cameras — the people who live here are…

WASHINGTON — Amid persistent child hunger and food insecurity in the United States, lawmakers and advocates on Wednesday stressed the importance of school meal programs during a U.S. Senate Agriculture subcommittee hearing. Hunger severely impacts…