State News

TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly signed legislation expanding a Kansas tax credit to incentivize purchase of services or goods from vendors employing individuals with disabilities and creating a program to help businesses make the transition…

TOPEKA — Mary Snipes is mad. She’s been mad since 2018, when her son was shot and killed in Junction City. “I became the maddest person ever. I am still a mad mom,” Snipes said…

TOPEKA — After 10 years of operation, the Care Arc Health Clinic in Eureka will close its doors at the end of February.  The clinic’s closure follows a trend of teetering rural health services in…

TOPEKA — U.S. Rep. Jake LaTurner characterized as ludicrous Thursday an effort by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals to convince a Wichita company to stop building amusement rides featuring animal characters because the…

LAWRENCE — Butterfly enthusiasts in the eastern half of North America will have to look harder this spring and summer to spot the winged migrants that have become an international symbol of insect conservation. At…

TOPEKA — The Kansas Supreme Court issued a two-page order Tuesday releasing jurisdiction of the Gannon v. State school finance case after concluding the Legislature complied with mandates to resolve violations of the Kansas Constitution…

PAOLA — On a Monday afternoon, Rockers Pharmacy is hopping. The pharmacy sits on the edge of a large parking lot off Baptiste Drive, the main drag in Paola, Kansas. The building used to be…

TOPEKA — Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach returned to the Statehouse to once again urge the Kansas Legislature to ban foreign land purchases in the state under the assumption countries such as China are attempting…

A bill in the Kansas Legislature is aimed at stopping people from using artificial intelligence to create false political attack ads. The bipartisan bill would prohibit political campaigns from using AI-generated media to create “false…

TOPEKA — Andover school superintendent Brett White said a Kansas House bill laying the groundwork for damaging assaults on accreditation of Kansas public schools was based on the false assumption districts intentionally operated in violation…