TOPEKA — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly and top House and Senate Republicans in the Legislature said Thursday negotiations produced a compromise tax reform bill that would be considered by lawmakers during the upcoming special session.…

WICHITA — Lindsay Strader says she began to feel the effects of surgery’s gender imbalance as a resident. “I felt frustrated, but I didn’t have any kind of resource that I could go to,” she…

FORT SCOTT — Freeman Health Systems announced Thursday it will open emergency services at Fort Scott’s Mercy Hospital, according to a report from the Parsons Morning Sun. Once part of the Mercy Health System, the…

TOPEKA — Chief Justice Marla Luckert retained a lonely position as the only member of the Kansas Supreme Court convinced appeals of criminal convictions shouldn’t be allowed to proceed through the judicial system after the…

TOPEKA — As the dust settles on the state’s bumpy large-scale review of Medicaid eligibility, numbers show approximately 47% of Kansans kicked off of state health insurance coverage are 18 or younger. Heather Braum, senior…

TOPEKA — The Kansas Department of Commerce confirmed Monday the director of the agency’s broadband development for the past two years in the administration of Gov. Laura Kelly was forced out. Jade Piros de Carvalho,…

TOPEKA — Democratic U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids of Kansas and Republican South Dakota U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson created a special-interest congressional caucus dedicated to integration of new technology into the aviation industry to promote financial…

The leading candidates to be Missouri’s next governor disagree on whether the state should offer incentives to keep the Kansas City Chiefs from relocating to Kansas. On Tuesday, the top Republican lawmakers in Kansas announced…

Top Republicans in Kansas are officially inviting the Kansas City Chiefs to relocate across state lines. Kansas Senate President Ty Masterson and House Speaker Dan Hawkins, both Republicans, sent a letter Tuesday evening to the…

TOPEKA — The national chief strategist for No Labels says Kansas GOP political operative Kris Van Meteren is unaffiliated with the party and “fraudulently misrepresented himself” when he filed nominations under the party’s name. Those…