I was sitting in our apartment in Glendale, California, but I may as well have been on another planet that day in 1993. My grandmother, helping me with a sixth-grade report, was vividly recalling the…

Governor Laura Kelly rolled out her proposed budget Jan. 11 for the 2025 fiscal year. Her priorities include an array of strategic initiatives including cuts to property and sales taxes, expansion of Medicaid, and increased…

I’m the office nerd when it comes to sports, which can be pretty isolating.  I never played team sports growing up and as a family I don’t remember following any professional teams. It just wasn’t…

In a short order issued Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 to overturn an injunction that had prevented Customs and Border Protection from removing concertina wire set by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott as part…

Dear editor, With recent coverage by the Iola Register of our elected legislative officials, particularly in relation to property tax burdens in regard to school bond issues, myself and the USD 257-Iola Board of Education…

Rural Kansas communities are critical to the future of our state. We know that for our communities to thrive, rural Kansans require core services to raise a family — access to early childhood services, high…

Humans cannot live on politics alone. That was my conclusion after a week that included ludicrous legislating, powerful poetry and sad news from my hometown of El Dorado. Yes, Kansas legislative leaders pandered to the…

It was probably inevitable: As the war in Gaza passed the 100-day mark, fissures have appeared in the united front between the Biden administration and Israel. Washington appears to have gotten the Israeli war cabinet…

Ron DeSantis ended his presidential campaign on Sunday, and the brutal post-mortems are already flying. His exit lets him avoid what was looking to be a distant third place finish in New Hampshire on Tuesday…

Relief is the immediate feeling in the wake of the Iowa caucuses by those involved: the frozen press corps, the campaigns trying to crack a hardheaded lot, and we residents who could use a respite…