TOPEKA — Kansas’ 2.9% unemployment figure in November — identical to November 2022 — mirrored stability in joblessness reports emerging from 38 states, state and federal officials said. The Kansas Department of Labor said preliminary…

TOPEKA — Mollea Wainscott and Matt Gillam grapple with the state’s shortage of affordable, quality housing from vantage points in the rural hub of Ford County and the congested urban center of Johnson County. Geography,…

PAOLA — Cartons of Mexican artifacts, which could be priceless, worthless or somewhere in the middle, sit in storage at a rural museum in Kansas, waiting to be picked up. The museum in Paola began…

Kansas health care professionals say more education is needed regarding the vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV. Kansas Health Institute hosted a virtual forum earlier this month to discuss the types of immunizations older…

TOPEKA — Biologists at Kansas State University are responding to a persistent 15-year decline in the state’s wild turkey population by launching a $1.8 million study of bird habitat, nesting, reproduction and survival to refine…

TOPEKA — Top priorities of Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly and Republican Senate President Ty Masterson collide in January when the Kansas Legislature convenes for the 2024 session. Kelly left no doubt her central objective would…

TOPEKA — Seventy percent of the 300 Kansas business owners and executives surveyed said state and local taxes were too high and three-fourths agreed the state’s economy would expand once tax obligations were reduced, the…

TOPEKA — A Kansas businessman faces up to 25 years in prison after conspiring to sell and export aviation-related equipment to Russia, a scheme that allegedly began in 2020 and continued through Russia’s invasion of…

TOPEKA — Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach issued a nonbinding legal opinion arguing state law required officials engaged in postelection audits to rely on original paper ballots instead of making use of optically scanned images…

TOPEKA — Stars, wheat, or sunflowers? How about none of the above? Gov. Laura Kelly on Monday announced the results of the public vote for a new license plate design. The winner: A design that…