Kansas AG Kris Kobach filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the parent company of social media platform Snapchat, accusing the app’s creators of designing it “with manipulative features that prey on the mental health of our children.”
The federal government’s plan to withhold $10 million from a Kansas food assistance program won’t affect recipients and will be delayed while the state files an appeal, the Kansas governor’s chief of staff said Monday.
Kansas farmers are hurting after China’s retaliatory tariffs on the United States closed a major market for the state’s biggest crop. Despite a productive year, farmers across Kansas may not break even.
The Kansas Board of Regents paused review of a proposal from K-State to offer a bachelor’s degree in uncrewed aircraft systems that necessitated waiver of state policy mandating 120 hours of course credit to earn an undergraduate degree.
A lawsuit filed by Attorney General Kris Kobach to force Kansas leaders to turn over data requested by the federal government heated up this week with sharply worded filings.
Two tax credit program audits were met with skepticism from the Legislative Post Audit committee, one because it lacked data about usage and the other about concerns the state will lose as much as $1 billion in income tax in the coming years.
In dry years, Tuttle Creek Lake and other reservoirs keep the Kansas River flowing strong enough to provide drinking water for hundreds of thousands of people. But these manmade lakes are disappearing.
The Kansas Board of Regents answered political pressure to avoid aggressive 2026 budget requests for public universities and colleges by endorsing a plan calling for a $4.6 million cut from the current year’s state appropriation.
The Kansas Supreme Court swore in a new justice, Larkin Walsh, on Wednesday, marking Gov. Laura Kelly’s fourth appointee to the bench.
Retired District Judge Merlin Wheeler during a hearing Monday admonished the state’s public defense agency for allowing “pretty, petty” infighting to disrupt a capital murder case.
