Jun 21, 2024 · TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly said Friday she signed a bill reducing state taxes by $1.2 billion over three years that was approved with broad bipartisan support of legislators during a one-day special session.

Jan 28, 2025 · Aquifer levels in parts of western Kansas that rely on groundwater for everything from drinking to irrigation fell more than a foot last year, Kansas Geological Survey scientists said Tuesday.

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On Dec. 24, Amazon Prime released “ Chiefsaholic: A Wolf in Chiefs Clothing,” charting the fame of Xavier Babudar, who rose to celebrity as a Kansas City Chiefs fan costumed each game as a wolf, before being arrested for bank robbery. The story became only more bonkers after his arrest: allegations of serial bank robberies on the way to Chiefs away games, an escape from law enforcement and ...

Oct 21, 2024 · TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly expressed optimism a group of quality Democratic candidates and influence of her $2 million political action committee would break in the Nov. 5 election the partisan supermajorities held by Republicans in the both the House and Senate.

Jan 28, 2025 · TOPEKA — The Kansas secretary of state and Republican legislators endorsed Tuesday a bill nullifying the state attorney general’s decision to invalidate on a technicality passage of a $4.6 million bond issue for Greeley County public schools.

5 days ago · ICE awards $1B contract to private prison firm for major immigrant detention center BY: Ariana Figueroa - February 27, 2025 WASHINGTON — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has awarded a private prison company a 15-year contract worth $1 billion to detain up to 1,000 immigrants in New Jersey, the first expansion of an immigrant detention center amid the Trump administration’s plans ...

Jan 23, 2025 · Sen. Mike Thompson, the Republican chairman of the Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee, said it was unlikely a bill moving Kansas permanently to standard time, rather than switching to daylight saving time, was unlikely to advance this legislative session.

Dec 2, 2024 · Sherman Smith is the editor in chief of Kansas Reflector. He writes about things that powerful people don't want you to know. A two-time Kansas Press Association journalist of the year, his award-winning reporting includes stories about education, technology, foster care, voting, COVID-19, sex abuse, and access to reproductive health care.

Sherman Smith is the editor in chief of Kansas Reflector. He writes about things that powerful people don't want you to know. A two-time Kansas Press Association journalist of the year, his award-winning reporting includes stories about education, technology, foster care, voting, COVID-19, sex abuse, and access to reproductive health care.