13+ hour, 32+ min ago   (870+ words) HUTCHINSON — Candidates for governor engaged in a veritable bare-knuckle brawl when they took the stage Saturday at the Kansas State Fair for a debate punctuated by the chants and jeers of an enthusiastic crowd of dueling supporters. Kansas Senate President…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (638+ words) TOPEKA — The first political debates of the election season come to the Kansas State Fair on Saturday, putting candidates vying for governor and the U.S. Senate on stage along with the normal fair gigs of wood carvers, pig races and…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (46+ words) President Trump issued federal disaster declarations on Sept. 2 to assist Kansas communities in repairing infrastructure damaged by severe storms earlier this year. President Trump issued federal disaster declarations on Sept. 2 to assist Kansas communities in repairing infrastructure damaged by severe…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (285+ words) WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Rep. Tracey Mann of Kansas and Democratic candidate Lauren Reinhold will face off in the November general election for the state's 1st Congressional District seat. Both candidates advanced after winning their respective primaries on Tuesday. Libertarian candidate Steve…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (437+ words) Kansas voters rejected a ballot measure that would have made members of the state's Supreme Court electable by popular vote — a seemingly technical issue that had become a proxy battle for the future of abortion rights in the state, Decision…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (922+ words) The fight over data centers has suddenly become a defining battle in the race to run Kansas — on both sides of the aisle. Gubernatorial hopefuls are trying to leverage the issue to weaken their rivals in the final stretch before…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (960+ words) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Three Democratic candidates vying for the role of Kansas governor appeared on the debate stage Friday night at FOX4. The debate, hosted and streamed by FOX4, lasted about one hour and featured three Democratic candidates hoping to take over…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (304+ words) This story originally appeared on The Advocate. Kansas has dropped charges against a transgender woman who faced jail time for driving with a license that she had been forced by state law to use. Related: Kansas law voids some transgender…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (559+ words) TOPEKA — President Donald Trump’s U.S. Department of Justice sued the state of Kansas on Wednesday, asking a federal judge to tear down the law that allows college students without lawful immigration status to receive in-state tuition. The DOJ argued…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (92+ words) The Kansas Turnpike has reopened the southbound lanes of Interstate 35 between Wellington and South Haven after flooding closed the highway. WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – The Kansas Turnpike has reopened the southbound lanes of Interstate 35 between Wellington and South Haven after flooding…...