Suddenly lawmakers in several states are rushing to relax child labor laws to make it easier for teenagers to work longer hours, later hours and more dangerous jobs. In Arkansas, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed…

Monday morning, the Kansas Supreme Court heard arguments in two cases testing the limits of abortion rights. It did not appear to go well for the state’s attorney who sought to undermine a woman’s right…

As we near the end of the Kansas Legislative session it strikes me how different our state could be with different legislative leadership.  I don’t like to be partisan, however, it is important to point…

For many years, it was good to be inclusive, by which I mean it was good to appreciate diversity and to acknowledge cultural biases. Now, it could become illegal. Arizona’s Senate passed legislation that would…

TikTok Chief Executive Shou Zi Chew did not have a successful appearance before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Thursday. He did not assuage skeptical members of Congress that his enormously popular social media…

Kansas is officially a Home Rule state. It has been since 1961, when an amendment to the Kansas state constitution officially declared that Kansas cities are “empowered to determine their local affairs…except when” such actions…

Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin ended their Moscow summit this week by showcasing economic help and diplomatic support China will provide the now supplicant banana-less republic that is Putin’s Russia today. But even more importantly,…

Dear Members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, I am writing to express my support for designating Lehigh Portland as a Kansas state park.   I was born and raised in Iola. Growing up, my…

Dear Chairwoman Renee Erickson and members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, I  am writing to express my support for HB2331, creating Lehigh Portland State Park.  I have moved all over the world and throughout…

Ron DeSantis’ first foray into world affairs as a potential presidential candidate hasn’t gone well. DeSantis’ dismissive description of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as “a territorial dispute” that doesn’t merit U.S. attention spawned a gale…