WICHITA — A former Kansas Board of Regents member who made the motion to hire Wichita State University President Richard Muma says concerns over plagiarism in Muma’s doctoral dissertation illustrate the need to thoroughly evaluate…

TOPEKA — A new survey shows most Kansans believe former Marion Police Chief Gideon Cody should be prosecuted for raiding a newspaper office, editor’s home and a city councilwoman’s home last year. When asked to…

FRONTENAC — A 19-year-old man remained in custody last weekend on suspicion of murder in the fatal shooting Friday night of a neighbor in Frontenac, according to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation. Frontenac police received…

OVERLAND PARK — Real estate agent Natalie Moyer has helped Kansas residents purchase homes for the past 16 years. But the housing market is so tight right now, it’s been very difficult for first-time homebuyers…

U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids, Kansas’ only Democratic member of Congress, signed onto bipartisan legislation introduced Tuesday meant to protect vanishing grassland habitats.  Davis is co-sponsoring the North American Grasslands Conservation Act with a bipartisan group…

LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas placed a lecturer on administrative leave Wednesday after a video surfaced of him suggesting men who refuse to vote for a woman president solely because she is a woman…

TOPEKA — A Shawnee County judge rejected a lawsuit from Aetna Better Health of Kansas, which sued the state earlier this year after it was passed over as one of Kansas’ three Medicaid insurance providers.…

MARION — Former Marion Police Chief Gideon Cody returned Monday to the town where he raided a newspaper to face a dozen journalists along with a felony charge for his actions after the raid. Cody…

Customers of Kansas’ largest natural gas utilities will see their bills rise slightly next month after regulators approved a rate increase Thursday. Kansas Gas Service, which serves almost 650,000 residential customers, filed a request with…

TOPEKA — Lawmakers’ plans to take control of the state’s budget-writing process could be rocky upon rollout, Republican leadership warned Wednesday as outside groups weighed in. The new approach positions the Legislature as the state’s…