A new temporary substitute license does away with a previous requirement that subs have at least 60 hours of college coursework.

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly unveiled a budget that proposes cutting the food sales tax, freezing tuition and sending $250 payments to Kansas taxpayers.

New legislation in Kansas will reduce rape kit backlogs. Advocates say it's another step in the right direction.

Gov. Laura Kelly delivered a State of the State speech Tuesday that called for cutting sales taxes on groceries, freezing public university tuition and eliminating partisan squabbling.

Monday's meeting ended before it began because three new board members and some audience members refused to wear face masks.

Diane Albert, Kathy Bond and Hazel Stabler, who were elected in November and started their terms Monday, sat at the board table without masks.

Teachers union officials say reducing requirements for substitutes could hurt the education students get.

The Supreme Court cited a doctrine known as “constitutional avoidance,” which counsels against ruling on the constitutionality of a law if there are other grounds to resolve a case.

Transgender inmates say they were targets of harassment by staff and inmates that put them in danger.

Kansans charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol include alleged members of the Proud Boys, a Topeka City Council candidate and others who've since expressed regret for their actions.

County health officials say many residents still are skeptical of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Health experts in Kansas and Missouri said hospitals may soon have to institute crisis standards designed for catastrophic public health events.

Community organizers made several demands in the ongoing investigation of Cedric Lofton’s death at the Sedgwick County juvenile facility.

An autopsy says Cedric Lofton suffered a cardiopulmonary arrest while being restrained at the county's juvenile facility last fall.

Extreme winds and drought fueled widespread grass fires across western and central Kansas earlier this month. Now, the ranchers, farmers and communities who lost so much begin to pick up the pieces.

Generally, teachers will “gut it out for the kids” until the end of the year. But a notably different tenor this fall has some Kansas educators speaking out against what they say is a toxic environment.

Over the past two years, Kansas has become an unlikely sanctuary for people across the Midwest and South who need abortions. But whether it remains a refuge will largely depend on decisions the U.S. Supreme Court and Kansas voters make next summer.

Oracle said it intends to “maintain and grow Cerner’s community presence, including in the Kansas City area” and use Oracle’s global footprint “to reach new geographies faster.”

Tyson Foods plans to spend $1.3 billion over the next three years to automate parts of its processing, largely chicken deboning lines. That'll eliminate a little over 3,000 roles.

A vaccinated person in Franklin County is the first confirmed Kansas case of the COVID-19 omicron variant.

Wednesday's high winds kindled fires and left crews across the state struggling to manage blazes that scorched the plains and burned down homes.

A new school for osteopathic medicine in Wichita has received pre-accreditation status, giving it the green light to begin recruiting students.