Gov. Laura Kelly enters a second term in office Monday committed to a centrist philosophy of governing capable of irritating Republicans and at times frustrating Democrats.
A group of education deans from public universities in Kansas say the state needs to raise teacher pay, elevate the profession and offer student teachers a paycheck — rather than just another tuition bill — while they work in classrooms.
The KBI found that the Catholic church minimized child rape with euphemisms, protected priests accused of rape and supported clergy financially after they had been implicated in sexual assault.
The KBI’s four-year inquiry into alleged child sexual abuse in four Catholic dioceses and a breakaway Catholic sect in the state resulted in referral of 30 cases to county prosecutors targeting 14 members of the clergy, state officials said Friday.
Two years have passed since the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. The legal cases of hundreds of people charged in connection with the insurrection are still winding their way through the courts.
State legislators and the governor approved a $10,000 settlement of a lawsuit filed by a former Kansas prison inmate stabbed repeatedly by white supremacists when placed in the general population at El Dorado Correctional Facility despite known threats to his safety.
Sedgwick County farmer Mick Rausch said he kept shoving aside the reality of compounding stress and strain. He dodged his wife’s inquiries. He didn’t want to utter three powerful words: I need help.
Crews will reroute Mill Creek to avoid the site of the Keystone Pipeline’s largest-ever oil spill, the oil pipeline’s parent company announced Tuesday.
Gov. Laura Kelly has appointed her budget director to serve as secretary of the Department of Administration as she kicks off her second term.
Despite Democrats flipping three Kansas House seats in Johnson County — the state’s most populated area — Republican strength in rural communities remains as strong as ever. That gives rural lawmakers more say in important budget and policymaking discussions.
