TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A former Marion police chief who led a raid last year on the town’s weekly newspaper has been charged with felony obstruction of justice and is accused of persuading a potential…

TOPEKA — The next personalized license plate will feature the Flint Hills design after more than 30,000 Kansans voted among five potential designs. Kansas Department of Revenue spokesman Zach Denny said the design was the…

TOPEKA — Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach filed a lawsuit Thursday on behalf of 15 states in an attempt to stop President Joe Biden from expanding health care access to DACA recipients by making them…

TOPEKA — A record 171,000 Kansans enrolled this year in the subsidized health insurance marketplace under the Affordable Care Act, an increase more than 60,000 over the past two years. The nonprofit, nonpartisan Kansas Health…

This story is part of a series by Kansas Reflector and The Handbasket to examine the one-year anniversary of the raid on the Marion County Record.  MARION — When police raided the Marion newspaper office…

Republican Derek Schmidt easily won his party primary election on Tuesday for Kansas’ 2nd District in Congress, while Democrat Nancy Boyda took a narrow victory for her party’s nomination. The primary wins set up a…

OLATHE, Kan. — In the Johnson County Republican primary for sheriff, Sheriff Calvin Hayden was defeated by former undersheriff Doug Bedford. Hayden was behind all night in the race. Bedford is a former U.S. Navy…

TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly will transition to chair of the Democratic Governors Association to complete the term of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who complied with the organization’s rules by resigning after chosen to be…

TOPEKA — The Kansas Legislature’s bipartisan auditing committee voted to issue a subpoena to compel the Ford County clerk to cooperate with the state’s security examination of voting-related documentation and equipment used in the 2022…

Labette Health expands in Independence INDEPENDENCE  — A new $7.9 million expansion and renovation at Labette Health was celebrated last week, according to the Parsons Sun. Gov. Laura Kelly spoke at its groundbreaking. “The Independence…