By Abigail Censky At the mid-May Shawnee Mission School Board meeting, state Sen. Mike Thompson, a former Kansas City television meteorologist, showed up to protest the district’s mask policy. Thompson,
By Abigail Censky At the mid-May Shawnee Mission School Board meeting, state Sen. Mike Thompson, a former Kansas City television meteorologist, showed up to protest the district’s mask policy. Thompson,
By Abigail Censky and Stephen Koranda Kansas lawmakers abruptly decided to end the state’s COVID-19 disaster declaration Tuesday. Republicans on the Legislative Coordinating Council canceled a meeting where they’d been
By Abigail Censky and Stephen Koranda Kansas lawmakers abruptly decided to end the state’s COVID-19 disaster declaration Tuesday. Republicans on the Legislative Coordinating Council canceled a meeting where they’d been
By David Condos New survey results show that reluctance to get COVID-19 vaccinations has dropped in Kansas. At the same time, worries about vaccine side effects seem to be increasing.
By David Condos New survey results show that reluctance to get COVID-19 vaccinations has dropped in Kansas. At the same time, worries about vaccine side effects seem to be increasing.
By Suzanne Perez What does it cost a school district to change an offensive mascot? Some Kansas schools are starting to find out. Wichita school board members voted in February to get
By Suzanne Perez What does it cost a school district to change an offensive mascot? Some Kansas schools are starting to find out. Wichita school board members voted in February to get
By Abigail Censky and Stephen Koranda After ousting moderates and electing more conservatives in the 2020 elections, Kansas Republicans road-tested their brawny supermajority at the end of the 2021 legislative session. That
By Abigail Censky and Stephen Koranda After ousting moderates and electing more conservatives in the 2020 elections, Kansas Republicans road-tested their brawny supermajority at the end of the 2021 legislative session. That
By Abigail Censky Even as Kansas remains far from reaching the coveted public health standard of herd immunity against COVID-19 — essentially starving off the virus because it runs out
By Abigail Censky Even as Kansas remains far from reaching the coveted public health standard of herd immunity against COVID-19 — essentially starving off the virus because it runs out
By Stephen Koranda Kansas stands among a shrinking handful of states that makes cannabis an outlaw drug, even as a medical tool. Lawmakers trying to overcome resistance to any legalization are looking
By Stephen Koranda Kansas stands among a shrinking handful of states that makes cannabis an outlaw drug, even as a medical tool. Lawmakers trying to overcome resistance to any legalization are looking
By Celia Llopis-Jepsen After the pandemic hit, the largest school district in Kansas set to calculating how much outdoor air it should pull into its buildings. Wichita Public Schools turned
By Celia Llopis-Jepsen After the pandemic hit, the largest school district in Kansas set to calculating how much outdoor air it should pull into its buildings. Wichita Public Schools turned
By Stephen Koranda Kiley Klug, flanked by her 13-year-old son, Owen, in a wheelchair, stood before Kansas lawmakers last month and pleaded to let her treat her son’s hundreds of
By Stephen Koranda Kiley Klug, flanked by her 13-year-old son, Owen, in a wheelchair, stood before Kansas lawmakers last month and pleaded to let her treat her son’s hundreds of
By Stephen Koranda The 2021 Kansas legislative session is underway and fights between Republican lawmakers and the Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly — over new taxes and her power to shut
By Stephen Koranda The 2021 Kansas legislative session is underway and fights between Republican lawmakers and the Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly — over new taxes and her power to shut
By Celia Llopis-Jepsen COVID-19 poses such dire risks to older people in nursing homes that even vaccines won’t guarantee a quick end to their pandemic isolation. Tens of thousands of
By Celia Llopis-Jepsen COVID-19 poses such dire risks to older people in nursing homes that even vaccines won’t guarantee a quick end to their pandemic isolation. Tens of thousands of
By Brian Grimmett The number of Kansans who have died from COVID-19 topped 2,000 on Friday after the state announced 131 new deaths. How quickly the state passed that milestone
By Brian Grimmett The number of Kansans who have died from COVID-19 topped 2,000 on Friday after the state announced 131 new deaths. How quickly the state passed that milestone
By Brian Grimmett The first of potentially several COVID-19 vaccines could get emergency approval by the end of the week. But that major milestone is just the beginning of the
By Brian Grimmett The first of potentially several COVID-19 vaccines could get emergency approval by the end of the week. But that major milestone is just the beginning of the
By Stephen Koranda Republican legislative leaders will likely keep their sometimes combative relationship with Democratic Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly. Conservative Republicans maintained their grip on top jobs in the Kansas
By Stephen Koranda Republican legislative leaders will likely keep their sometimes combative relationship with Democratic Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly. Conservative Republicans maintained their grip on top jobs in the Kansas
By Celia Llopis-Jepsen If you’re buying health insurance on the Affordable Care Act exchange in Kansas, for 2021 you’ll have more options than ever — including a big player that
By Celia Llopis-Jepsen If you’re buying health insurance on the Affordable Care Act exchange in Kansas, for 2021 you’ll have more options than ever — including a big player that
