Platte County leaders refused to enact a children's services fund. Now voters...
Platte County residents are suing the three-member commission for failing to implement a quarter-cent sales tax that voters passed in November. The tax would fund youth mental health services, which...
View ArticleFarmers' fertilizer costs will rise if tariffs on Canadian goods go forward,...
Farmers, politicians and agriculture experts are raising alarm about the impact of potential tariffs on Canadian potash, a key mineral needed for fertilizer.
View ArticleThousands of Kansas drivers lose licenses over traffic fines and court fees....
New reforms to Kansas’ suspended license rules went into effect at the start of 2025. It should help drivers avoid being stripped of driving privileges just because they can't pay the fines for a...
View ArticleWichita school leaders will await final tally on bond issue before deciding...
Unofficial results updated Wednesday by the Sedgwick County election office show bond issue opponents leading by just less than 300 votes, with potentially up to 4,000 mail and provisional ballots...
View ArticleKansas City could be on a fast track to slower buses and a stunted economy
The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority has struggled for years to provide fast and frequent bus service. Many suburbs have pulled their funding, which resulted in route cuts, and a feud between...
View ArticleA Midwest farmer was promised money for a new delivery truck. Then Trump...
Farmers, nonprofits and state agencies received almost $3 billion in grants from the Inflation Reduction Act in Missouri, Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska. But recent federal funding freezes have recipients...
View ArticleIf mass deportations hit southwest Kansas
Southwest Kansas communities are feeling the effects of intensifying anti-immigrant rhetoric in politics. Promises of mass deportations have caused anxiety to spike throughout the region, where...
View ArticleHaskell Foundation raising funds after Trump administration fires at least...
The nonprofit says staff and students are still reeling from a federal decision to fire 35 employees at Haskell Indian Nations University.
View ArticleFunding freeze leaves Kansas farmers unpaid for work they already completed
Many Kansas farmers are in limbo and waiting for promised payments under contracts they signed with the federal government. It comes after a federal directive from the Trump administration paused...
View ArticleKansas panel weighs discipline for prosecutors who listened to lawyer-inmate...
In an extraordinary hearing, a federal judge testified Wednesday about a years-long case of two attorneys accused of ethical violations for watching and listening in on visits between inmates and their...
View ArticleKU students protest housing changes they say will harm trans and nonbinary...
University of Kansas leaders say they won’t offer gender-inclusive living assignments at one dormitory beginning next academic year, and they will get rid of a gender-neutral bathroom there.
View ArticleAnte el temor por las amenazas de ICE, se insta a los negocios de Kansas City...
Después de una redada muy difundida en un restaurante mexicano en Liberty, Missouri, a principios de este mes, los defensores y abogados de inmigración se apresuran a educar a los dueños de negocios...
View ArticleEn garde! Kansas City’s fencing scene has roots in school desegregation
Kansas City’s fencing scene boasts elite coaches and athletes from around the world — a community that traces back to school desegregation efforts. Plus, how a Wichita book collector is keeping the...
View ArticleLeavenworth considers prison cells for Trump’s mass deportation plan
CoreCivic, through its Leavenworth prison, wants to hold up to 1,000 detained immigrants. The United States does not have enough prison cells to meet mass deportation promise.
View ArticleLawmakers debate whether voters should elect Kansas Supreme Court justices
Kansas currently has a merit-based system that doesn’t let voters have more say in the process.
View ArticleKansas senator's rural town hall meeting swamped by people mad at Trump...
Republican Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall ended a rural town hall meeting early after people angry about budget cuts, funding freezes and other actions by President Trump shouted the senator down.
View ArticleShould pregnant Kansans get child support for fetuses? State lawmakers will...
Kansas Republicans and anti-abortion groups are dismissing concerns that a child support bill is an effort to codify “fetal personhood” into Kansas law.
View ArticleWhat have Kansas lawmakers accomplished so far this session?
More than a month into its session, the Kansas legislature has passed a gender-affirming care ban for transgender youth and been unable to reach an agreement on tax reform. We'll have a mid-session...
View ArticleMissouri had the country's 2nd-highest job growth rate: 'We’re playing in a...
At 2.8%, Missouri had the second-highest job growth percentage of any state in 2024. Idaho had the first.
View ArticleMidwest light pollution kills migrating birds, but scientists know how you...
An ornithologist spent four decades tracking 40,000 bird deaths at a single building. His records paved the way to better scientific and public understanding.
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