State News

COFFEYVILLE — An investigation is underway following the death of an employee at a Coffeyville refinery. The Parsons Sun said an employee at Coffeyville Resources, which is owned by Texas-based CVR energy, was undergoing maintenance…

GIRARD — A two-vehicle head-on collision in Crawford County claimed the life of an Arizona woman and left another with serious injuries. The Pittsburg morning Sun said Judith E. Keener of Kayenta, Ariz., died after…

MOUND CITY — The Mound City Historical Park is getting an upgrade. The Linn County News reported that the community’s historical society was revived last summer, with efforts being done to restore all of the…

HILL CITY, Kan. (AP) — The remains of a Kansas man who died during World War II in Germany have been identified and will be returned to his native state for burial later this year.…

TOPEKA — A three-judge panel of the Kansas Court of Appeals issued an opinion Friday declaring voting a foundational constitutional right potentially undermined by state law mandating election volunteers verify signatures on advance ballots and…

The Kansas Court of Appeals ruled Friday that voting is a fundamental right and that restrictions on it must clear the highest possible bar, in an opinion drawing upon a prior ruling that upheld abortion…

TOPEKA — Intersex women and those born with sexual development conditions would be classified as disabled and required to use separate bathrooms and locker rooms from both women and men under legislation being considered by…

TOPEKA — The dustup in the Senate over a bill delivering voucher-like funding to Kansas private schools featured zinger one-liners, rival interpretations of an obscure parliamentary rule and allegations Republican leadership engaged in abuse of…

TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly for the third straight year has vetoed model legislation that would ban transgender girls from playing school sports with cisgender girls. The Democratic governor said Friday the annual attack on…

TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly and the Legislature’s Republican and Democratic leadership appealed Thursday to Congress for increased federal appropriations to special education programs and for adherence to financial commitments made decades ago to the…