Election Day is Nov. 5 when polls will be open 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Advance voting also has started. Residents can cast ballots from 8 a.m.-4:45 p.m. Monday through Friday at the Leavenworth County Courthouse. Advance voting ends at noon Nov. 4. Satellite voting also is available, including 10 ...
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 — Former Democratic U.S. Rep. Nancy Boyda and Libertarian-turned-Republican Michael Ogle filed Monday to expand to seven the major party candidates drawn to the 2nd District vacancy created by the decision of GOP Congressman Jake LaTurner to not seek reelection. Boyda, the Baldwin ...
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 ...
With the start of the 2024 Kansas legislative session, no issue is more important than resolving the tax burden currently imposed on the citizens of the state. There will be many ideas proposed, some good, some not so good. However, when the session concludes there must be a fair and ...
The Kansas Supreme Court has revived a challenge to a state law that caused advocacy groups to cancel voter registration drives. The justices ruled Friday that the Kansas Court of Appeals wrongly threw out a legal challenge. The new decision brings the lawsuit back to life after the lower ...
This year’s general election is still more than two months away, but there are some important dates to remember as the voting day draws closer. Sept. 23 is the deadline to transmit Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act ballots. There’s still time to register to vote, but ...
The 2023 general election is three months away. Primaries were Tuesday, though no local races required the runoff election. Sept. 23 is the deadline to transmit Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act ballots. There’s still time to register to vote, but the last day to ...
TOPEKA — Top Republican legislators in Kansas are focusing on helping conservative parents remove their children from public schools over what’s taught about gender and sexuality rather than pursuing a version of what critics call Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law. A proposal to allow ...
The general election is roughly a month away, but one race that was thought to be uncontested now has a challenger. Anyone driving through Tonganoxie and the surrounding area will notice political signs for a write-in campaign. Todd Lux, a longtime Tonganoxie business owner, started a ...
