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Chances Are Your Kansas County's Website Is Easy Pickings For Hackers

Nomin Ujiyediin 02/17/20

Almost All Vaping Flavors Would Be Banned Under Kansas Proposal

Celia Llopis-Jepsen 02/13/20

Kansas Could Be The Next State To Make More Evidence Public In Fatal Police Shootings

Daniel Caudill 02/11/20

Featured Stories

Kansas Tracks Ex-Convicts Like No Other State, But Lawmakers Wonder If They've Gone Too Far

Stephen Koranda 02/17/20

TOPEKA, Kansas — Kansas is unmatched in its tracking of ex-convicts , resulting in more than 21,000 people convicted of sex, drug or violent crimes...

Kansas Gov. Kelly Says Her Highway Plan Restores The State's Roads Without A Tax Hike

Jim McLean 02/17/20

TOPEKA, Kansas — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly’s transportation plan isn’t as bold as those that came before it. Since the 1990s, Kansas has spent tens of...

Kansas Medicaid Expansion Blocked, Supporters Frustrated And Lawmakers Considering 'Nuclear Option'

Stephen Koranda 02/15/20

TOPEKA, Kansas — The Kansas legislative session began with what seemed like a done deal for expanding Medicaid. Gov. Laura Kelly and a top Republican...

Two Patients Died After Surgery At An Overland Park Hospital — Their Families Want Answers

Dan Margolies 02/13/20

On Feb. 6, 2018, Travis Claussen had his right hip replaced at Blue Valley Hospital in Overland Park. The 40-year-old resident of Lawson, Missouri, had...

Kansas City Star Parent Files For Bankruptcy Protection

Staff and wire reports 02/13/20

This is a developing story and will be updated. The parent company of the Kansas City Star has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in New York....

Surprise Medical Bills Leave Kansans Struggling To Pay. Lawmakers Say These Ideas Would Help

Celia Llopis-Jepsen 02/12/20

TOPEKA, Kansas — A flurry of proposals in the Kansas Statehouse this session take aim at rising medical costs, including one that may be the state’s...

As Wichita Considers Regulating Plastic Bags, State Bill Would Prevent A Ban

Nadya Faulx 02/11/20

Call it a ban on plastic bag bans. A new bill introduced this week in the Kansas House Commerce Committee would pre-emptively prevent state...

Wichita State's New President: 'We Have To Be More Entrepreneurial'

Stephan Bisaha 02/10/20

Nervous liberal arts professors. Stagnant enrollment. Costs rising faster than state funding. These are the challenges Kansas’ universities must decide...

Abortion Vote Fails, And A Look At The Kansas DOT

Jim McLean 02/08/20

The Kansas House of Representatives has stopped — at least temporarily — an all-out push by anti-abortion groups for a constitutional amendment that...

Four Kansas Republicans Stopped Their Party's Anti-Abortion Bill, But GOP Says It's Not Over

Stephen Koranda 02/07/20

TOPEKA, Kansas — The Kansas House narrowly rejected a constitutional amendment Friday that would have said there’s no right to abortion in the state...

Video Chatting With A Doctor Could Boost Rural Kansans' Health Care, But Adoption Is Slow

Corinne Boyer 02/07/20

GARDEN CITY, Kansas — When Christi Graber checked into the St. Catherine Hospital emergency room late last year, she thought she was having a heart...

Hedge Fund Pushes Kansas Utility Away From Coal, Toward Wind And Solar

Brian Grimmett 02/07/20

TOPEKA, Kansas — Curtis Sneden remembers what impatient investors did to Topeka-based Payless Shoes. Pressure for profits now and the bankruptcy that...

New Immigrant Visa Restrictions May Prevent More Refugees From Relocating To Kansas

Corinne Boyer 02/06/20

GARDEN CITY, Kansas — Rohingya refugees have made southwest Kansas home, but now a pipeline for family reunification could get cut off. Myanmar is one...

Kansas Professors Earn Thousands Less Than Faculty At Similar Colleges

Stephan Bisaha 02/06/20

WICHITA, Kansas — Faculty at state colleges in Kansas find themselves armed with fresh ammunition in their ongoing plea for more pay.

While Kansas Fights Over Abortion Again, Here's What The State's Laws Allow Today

Celia Llopis-Jepsen 02/05/20

TOPEKA, Kansas — Kansans will likely vote this August on whether to become the fourth state to enshrine in their constitution that abortion isn't a...

Kansas GOP Senate Candidates Vie For Title Of Trump’s Top Ally In First Debate

Jim McLean 02/01/20

OLATHE, Kansas — Candidates determined to keep Kansas’ U.S. Senate seats in Republican hands quarreled Saturday over immigration, health care and...

High School Graduates With Disabilities Want To Work, But Kansas Is Short On Help They Need

Stephan Bisaha 01/31/20

MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kansas — Nikki Heiman was excited to learn that the state was sending a job counselor to work with her son, Trenton, a high...

Abortion, Sports Gambling And Rural Kansas

Jim McLean 01/31/20

Kansas lawmakers are nearing decisions on two big issues — Medicaid expansion and a constitutional amendment on abortion. They’re also talking about how...

How Medicaid Expansion Would Shift The Cost Of Health Care In Kansas Prisons and Jails

Nomin Ujiyediin 01/31/20

TOPEKA, Kansas — The new Medicaid expansion bill, the product of a compromise between Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly and some Republican leaders, would...

Spirit To Resume 737 Max Production, But At A Reduced Pace

Tom Shine 01/30/20

Spirit AeroSystems said Thursday it has reached an agreement with Boeing to resume production of the 737 Max, but at reduced levels.

Kansans Can't Bet The House On Super Bowl LIV, But LV Is A Possibility

Stephen Koranda 01/29/20

TOPEKA, Kansas — Kansans thinking about wagering a few bucks on the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl appearance this weekend would have to go to one of 14...

What Kansas' Katie Sowers Says About Being The First Woman To Coach In The Super Bowl

Greg Echlin 01/29/20

Katie Sowers’ childhood passion for football has carried her from Hesston, Kansas, to Miami — and the Super Bowl, where she’ll be the first woman to...

Featured Stories

Kansas Tracks Ex-Convicts Like No Other State, But Lawmakers Wonder If They've Gone Too Far

Kansas Gov. Kelly Says Her Highway Plan Restores The State's Roads Without A Tax Hike

Kansas Medicaid Expansion Blocked, Supporters Frustrated And Lawmakers Considering 'Nuclear Option'

Two Patients Died After Surgery At An Overland Park Hospital — Their Families Want Answers

Kansas City Star Parent Files For Bankruptcy Protection

Surprise Medical Bills Leave Kansans Struggling To Pay. Lawmakers Say These Ideas Would Help

As Wichita Considers Regulating Plastic Bags, State Bill Would Prevent A Ban

Wichita State's New President: 'We Have To Be More Entrepreneurial'

Abortion Vote Fails, And A Look At The Kansas DOT

Four Kansas Republicans Stopped Their Party's Anti-Abortion Bill, But GOP Says It's Not Over

Video Chatting With A Doctor Could Boost Rural Kansans' Health Care, But Adoption Is Slow

Hedge Fund Pushes Kansas Utility Away From Coal, Toward Wind And Solar

New Immigrant Visa Restrictions May Prevent More Refugees From Relocating To Kansas

Kansas Professors Earn Thousands Less Than Faculty At Similar Colleges

While Kansas Fights Over Abortion Again, Here's What The State's Laws Allow Today

Kansas GOP Senate Candidates Vie For Title Of Trump’s Top Ally In First Debate

High School Graduates With Disabilities Want To Work, But Kansas Is Short On Help They Need

Abortion, Sports Gambling And Rural Kansas

How Medicaid Expansion Would Shift The Cost Of Health Care In Kansas Prisons and Jails

Spirit To Resume 737 Max Production, But At A Reduced Pace

Kansans Can't Bet The House On Super Bowl LIV, But LV Is A Possibility

What Kansas' Katie Sowers Says About Being The First Woman To Coach In The Super Bowl

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