TOPEKA — Rural Kansas needs around 4,000 new homes per year to meet a growing population’s housing needs and address the state’s housing crisis.  From legislation enabling zoning reform at the local level to boosted…

TOPEKA — A Republican-led interim committee of the Kansas Legislature and out-of-state deregulation lobbyists endorsed Tuesday introduction of a new bill allowing exemption of businesses from state laws, rules or regulations hindering delivery of products…

TOPEKA — Kansas is expected to take in about $72 million less in tax revenue next year than initial estimates projected, officials said. The revised state revenue estimate announced Friday is the first since Gov.…

Southern Coffey County High School recently organized a Walk-A-Thon for elementary and middle school students to raise funds to support the Honor Flight program. The students raised $5,880.50.

The falling temperatures also signal the thick fog of flu season. But in rural areas of Kansas, people are less likely to get vaccinated for the flu. This year, that has health care professionals worried,…

TOPEKA — Kansas school districts showed caution in allowing transfers through a new open enrollment option that lets students attend school outside their home district, data presented Wednesday to the Kansas State Board of Education…

TOPEKA — The state suicide and crisis hotline received a record number of calls a day following the election, with LGBTQ+ and Spanish-speaking lines seeing especially high traffic. Vibrant, the mental health company that administers…

TOPEKA — A Topeka man who blocked officers on Jan. 6, 2021, during an attack on the U.S. Capitol building asked a federal court to delay his trial after Donald Trump won the presidency. In…

WICHITA, KANSAS (AP) — Sobs of relief broke out in a federal courtroom in Kansas last week as dozens of people whose life savings had been embezzled by a bank CEO learned that federal law…

During most honey harvests, Robert Burns said he’s able to pull at least 23 gallons from the honeybee colonies he manages at Mitzvah Garden KC in Overland Park, Kansas. But these past seasons haven’t been…