GARDEN CITY, Kansas — Gov. Laura Kelly visited southwest Kansas Tuesday amid a measles outbreak to urge people in the region to vaccinate themselves and their children. State health officials have been racing to keep…

TOPEKA — Stark disagreements on the future of Evergy’s proposal to build two new natural gas plants in Kansas surfaced Monday during opening statements at the beginning of three days of Kansas Corporation Commission hearings.…

TOPEKA — Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of Commerce David Toland announced Tuesday the Kansas Department of Commerce has awarded $758,250 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding to Burlingame, Lyon County and Overbrook. According to…

TOPEKA — The Kansas Supreme Court reversed a district court by declaring separate husband-and-wife annuities created to settle legal claims after a man was catastrophically injured in an explosion must be considered marital property in…

TOPEKA — Approval of a last-minute addition to Kansas’ state budget took the gambling and sports betting sphere by surprise, leaving the future of the industry in the state uncertain. The Kansas Legislature Friday passed…

The measles outbreak in Kansas continued to grow over the past week, driven largely by unvaccinated children and teens, according to health officials. The Kansas Department Health and Environment reported Wednesday that there have been…

TOPEKA — The advocacy organization Kansas Appleseed marked the 10th anniversary of the HOPE Act by denouncing the legacy of a state law blamed for undermining food security and work of the late U.S. Sen.…

A district court judge has thrown out a challenge to the Kansas death penalty on procedural grounds, but said there are economic and psychological concerns about capital punishment in Kansas. Wyandotte County District Judge Bill…

TOPEKA — A new Kansas law adopts the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s working definition of antisemitism — a definition that has been criticized for conflating criticism of the state of Israel with antisemitism. The legislature…

TOPEKA — A major health insurance company lost out on a bid to continue its role as one of Kansas’ Medicaid providers, and the state Legislature passed a law to avoid a repeat. Aetna Better…