Tonganoxie City Council approved a temporary use lease for Tonganoxie Water Park for Gretchen Meitler. The request passed, 3-0. Council Members Loralee Stevens and Chris Donnelly were absent. Council members Jake Dale and Jennifer McCutchen were present and fellow Council Member Matt Partridge ...
TOPEKA, Kan. — Campgrounds, boat ramps and other facilities in at least 30 locations at federal lakes and reservoirs in six states will be closed or have their hours curtailed as of mid-May as the Trump administration tries to rapidly shrink the U.S. government. Officials at the U.S. Army ...
A bill awaiting the governor’s signature could phase out a key affordable housing tax credit in Kansas, raising concerns that it will make it harder to build and access housing for low-income families. The bill – House Bill 2289 – will change how Kansas supports affordable housing ...
An annexation of roughly 82 acres of land between U.S. Highway 24-40 and 222nd Street west of Tonganoxie Business Park, which first was proposed in fall 2023, came one step closer to reality Monday night. The council OK’d a proposed new ordinance, 4-0, after months of back and forth on a ...
OMAHA, Neb. — Heading into this year, most U.S. farmers were hoping to break even or maybe record a small profit if they could find a way to limit their sky-high costs. But now they are faced with losing the biggest export market for many of their crops after China retaliated against ...
TOPEKA — The leader of a small group of self-described satanists and three other people were arrested Friday following a scuffle inside the Kansas Statehouse arising from an effort by the group’s leader to start a Black Mass in the rotunda. About 30 members of the Kansas City-area Satanic ...
TOPEKA — Two tax bills will head to the Kansas governor’s desk after clearing the Senate Thursday, but Republicans and Democrats differed on whether the tax relief made good on their campaign promises to Kansans. Senate Democrats condemned the legislation in back-to-back debates as ...
TOPEKA — Politicians elected to serve in the Kansas House in the 2025 legislative session endorsed Monday retention of three top Republicans in leadership posts and the nomination of a Democrat to assume responsibility for shepherding the minority party. Returning House members and ...
TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly said state government tax revenues in August were nearly $23 million above projections, reflecting collections of personal income tax and retail sales tax greater than last year’s. Kelly, a Topeka Democrat, said total state revenue for the month hit $665 million, ...
TOPEKA — Republican legislators in Kansas have revived a proposal to stop giving voters three extra days after polls close to return mail ballots after making key concessions in a bid to get enough votes from rural GOP lawmakers to overcome the Democratic governor’s potential ...
