A Kansas Court of Appeals panel heard arguments Tuesday at KU about whether a disgraced KCK police detective’s involvement in a 1997 murder case should result in an overturned conviction.
An annual, independent review of Kansas’ foster care system shows it fell short for the third year in a row of improvements to housing instability and mental health care delays.
Spending on Kansas’ cash assistance program for low-income families has dwindled by nearly 40% in the past 14 years while lawmakers limited eligibility and inflation surged, according to a new audit.
The Kansas secretary of state said approximately 1,000 August primary voters were disenfranchised because ballots mailed before Election Day arrived in county offices more than three days after the deadline or without an essential postmark.
Candidates running for U.S. Congress in Kansas offered their views on some of the country’s greatest ongoing debates on Wednesday at a forum hosted by the Kansas Chamber in Topeka.
A rural Kansas prosecutor apologized for his shortcomings and committing misdemeanor crimes before being escorted to jail Wednesday after years of investigation into allegations of more serious misconduct.
As the Kansas and Missouri medical communities prepare for respiratory illness season, health officials grapple with an early COVID-19 infection spike and higher-than-normal tuberculosis infections in Wyandotte County.
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A Kansas hog farmer’s campaign to convince the courts he had a right to install a livestock sewage pipeline along a public road in the right-of-way on neighbors’ property without permission has come to an end in state courts.
More than 100,000 Kansans have lost health care coverage through the state’s Medicaid program since April 2023 after the rocky “unwinding” of pandemic-era protections, but the agency in charge of the review has seen progress recently based on incremental changes.
Three major questions will determine Democratic Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto power in her last two years. Her ability to block Republican priorities will depend on a handful of key Statehouse races.
