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If you’ve been to the grocery store since the new year you may have noticed that state sales tax on grocery items dropped to 0%. In 2022, the Kansas Legislature passed a bill that gradually…

President Vladimir Putin of Russia appalled the world with his full-scale invasion of Ukraine almost three years ago. He planned to topple Ukraine’s democratically elected government, install a Kremlin puppet regime and expose the West…

On the first Thursday of this frosty new year, Joe Biden named 20 recipients of the Presidential Citizens Medal, an honor for those “who have performed exemplary deeds of service for their country or their…

Currently (excuse the pun), electric vehicles make up only about 1% of the car and light truck market in Kansas — but that will change. Even the climate denialism of President-elect Donald Trump cannot stop…

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has decided that as owner of the social networking sites Facebook and Instagram, he is tired of being responsible for their accuracy. Instead, Zuckerberg announced Tuesday, he’s dropping his companies’ fact-checkers…

Just five months after giving birth to our third (and final) child in 2015, my wife experienced something odd: Her smile became crooked. Appearance didn’t matter, of course. This was just different enough to be…

And just like that, the race for Kansas governor is on.  Scott Schwab, the Kansas secretary of state, on Wednesday announced he is throwing his hat in the ring for the GOP nomination to replace…

In less than two weeks, Donald Trump will become our 47th president. Among a number of priorities about which the soon-to-be president has mused publicly — going after undocumented workers, going after Liz Cheney, going…

The start of a new year is a time for many to set their intentions by making annual resolutions.  The Kansas Legislature also has this opportunity as it begins its 2025 session with a new…

The ripple effects of the brawl that broke out between Ohio State and Michigan football players in late November are still spreading. A massive scrum ensued when celebrating Michigan players tried to plant a team…