Four candidates filed for Kansas House races in the area close to the June 1 deadline, including a Tonganoxie Democrat. In addition, two of those filings have turned uncontested general election races into contested ones. Every seat in the Kansas House is up for election this year, and some ...
TOPEKA — A coalition of federal lawmakers from Kansas introduced in the U.S. House last week a bipartisan bill that could offer interest-free loans to rural hospitals “hanging on by a thread.” U.S. Reps. Sharice Davids and Tracey Mann of Kansas and representatives from Alabama, ...
TOPEKA — The Kansas House budget committee continued adjusting a bare-bones state government appropriations bill that deleted more than $540 million from agency requests for program enhancements, salary adjustments and hiring new employees. Subcommittees of the House Appropriations Committee ...
TOPEKA — U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids and U.S. Rep. Derek Schmidt of Kansas expressed various shades of alarm about fatal shootings of U.S. citizens by federal agents taking part in an aggressive immigration crackdown in Minneapolis. The death Saturday of Alex Pretti, who ...
There are three local residents who have filed for the Leavenworth County Commission race for the Fifth District. Cody Reynolds, David Todd and Tim Kates will be running in the race. Commissioner Mike Stieben recently announced that he would not be seeking re-election. He was named commission ...
A challenger had the highest vote total in Tuesday’s Tonganoxie City Council race, while a current school board member nabbed the highest total in the USD 464 race. Rev. Matthew Wilke won one of three seats on the Tonganoxie City Council. The Tonganoxie United Methodist Church pastor ...
The Kansas GOP said the Kansas Young Republicans organization is inactive as of Tuesday after leaked messages showed the group’s leaders making racist and antisemitic remarks. Politico obtained thousands of pages of chats among leaders of Young Republican chapters across the country. ...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced Friday that he has ordered the declassification and public release of all government records about aviator Amelia Earhart, noting that her disappearance in 1937 as she attempted to fly around the world has “captivated millions.” Trump called ...
TOPEKA — Relying on a legal opinion issued by the attorney general, the Kansas secretary of state on Friday removed Republican Doug Billings from the roster of candidates running for governor. Attorney General Kris Kobach’s nonbinding opinion pointed to state law requiring governor and ...
TOPEKA — Kansas House Speaker Dan Hawkins said the 2026 Legislature would strive to slash $200 million from the state government’s budget and seek to reduce expenditures on the Medicaid program delivering health care to low-income adults and children. Hawkins, a Wichita Republican who has ...
