TOPEKA — Purchasing soda and candy with food stamps would no longer be permitted under a proposed Kansas bill, but whether the federal government would accept the move is unclear.  Previous efforts to request waivers…

Researchers at Kansas State University say the number of cases of an allergic reaction to red meat tied to tick bites is increasing across the state. Priscilla Brenes, K-State Research and Extension nutrition and wellness…

TOPEKA — The Kansas Board of Regents is playing defense against cyberattacks on campuses, catch-up on employee salary increases and offense to secure a hike in need-based student aid. This $67 million package of enhancements…

At the June 27, 2024, meeting of the Wyandotte County Board of Commissioners, community members in attendance were upset for at least two reasons. First, the commissioners were late to their own meeting. One commenter…

TOPEKA — A familiar proposal encouraging Kansas legislators to limit the federal government’s influence returned Monday to the Statehouse. Senate Concurrent Resolution 1604 addresses a desire to impose term limits on federal officials, concerns over…

LAWRENCE — A child sex abuse survivor and advocate thinks it’s “more than a coincidence” that three men accused of child sex crimes died by suicide in December. Survivors of the three men are now…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas has a new mural in its Statehouse honoring women who campaigned for voting rights for decades before the 1920 ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted those…

TOPEKA — The Kansas Senate approved with a bipartisan supermajority a bill prohibiting health professionals from providing gender-affirming care to minors and enforcing that statewide ban with civil, financial and regulatory sanctions for violators. The…

PITTSBURG — Pittsburg schools tamped down rumors of spontaneous raids by immigration officials Wednesday by issuing a mass communication saying those with the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency have not entered public schools, according…

HALSTEAD — The Halstead Planning and Zoning Board is continuing to draft a policy to allow a battery energy storage system, BESS, be constructed in its industrial park, according to the newspaper Harvey County Now.…