Defense spending is vital to ensure the nation’s security. But that doesn’t mean the Pentagon should be above budget scrutiny. Far from it, as a recent audit reveals. Last week, the Government Accountability Office concluded…

Conservative culture warriors have declared a new front in Lee’s Summit, Missouri. Over two days, officials in the Lee’s Summit School District received more than 200 complaints targeting close to 60 books in school libraries,…

Visit a faculty break room on a college campus these days. Or gather a group of university professors together for a Friday afternoon cocktail. Or call one on the phone to ask how classes are…

Like the hockey-masked villain in some cheesy horror flick, the GOP’s debt ceiling caucus just keeps coming back. Once again, the party’s more radical members are threatening to hold America’s full faith and credit hostage…

The 2022 legislative session saw some significant policy advances, particularly putting Kansas on the path to eliminating the regressive sales tax on food. But far too much time in the legislature was spent on hot…

Managing editor’s note: Judy Works called the Register office this morning marveling at how history repeats itself. She referenced the editorial below, which we gladly reprint. The circumstances are uncannily similar: Fred and Abby Works…

The ugly messages of bigotry happened on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.  On Monday, a day revered and celebrated for civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr., we were reminded why racism and hate are…

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are both being investigated over their handling of classified materials. While publicly disclosed information reflects that the cases are clearly different, the investigatory processes should not be.…

The biggest story of the year — the story we should all be paying attention to — is the increasing power of artificial intelligence. Computer code can write itself, chatbots can generate academic papers, and,…

If we are going to save democracy in this country — and make no mistake, that fight is being waged right this very minute — voters must have faith in the election system. And there’s…