Morgan Chilson

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...

TOPEKA — The federal government accused the Kansas City, Kansas, public school district of secretly transitioning children’s gender identity at school without their parents’ knowledge or consent in a lawsuit filed Tuesday. The lawsuit says district policies keep information from...

TOPEKA — Kansas tax collections trended upward in the first two months of fiscal year 2027 coming in 6.5% above estimates, the state reported. Total Kansas receipts, including taxes and other revenue, such as interest, for July and August were...

TOPEKA — An Army National Guard employee who accused a Kansas agency of eliminating her job because of an upcoming military deployment will receive $35,000 in a settlement agreement announced Tuesday. The U.S. Department of Justice sued the Kansas Department...

TOPEKA — Cases of COVID-19 are increasing in 48 states, although emergency department visits are still low, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In Kansas, which the CDC ranks as “likely growing” in its number of...

TOPEKA — A Lawrence pharmacy is losing revenue under a bipartisan law that holds the pharmacy industry to new standards of transparency. That is what Will Anderson, owner of Orchards Pharmacy, expected when he fought for the passage of Senate...

OLATHE — Candidates for governor fielded business and economic questions Thursday, exchanging barbs about the “property tax crisis,” encouraging economic growth and steps to filling workforce needs. The Kansas Chamber hosted the forum, giving candidates seven minutes to answer questions...

TOPEKA — Kansas communities exploring data center development must put policies in place to protect residents, the environment and long-term economic growth before building begins, national experts say. Mike Turner, a Loudoun County, Virginia, county official, learned about holding data...

TOPEKA — Local government officials consider hyperscale data center development with an eye toward economic benefits and property tax revenue that would allow them to meet Kansas residents’ demands to lower taxes. But in Kansas and nationally, an outcry against...

TOPEKA — A west-central Kansas school superintendent faces 10 charges including misuse of public funds, contributing to child misconduct by encouraging commission of a felony, and witness intimidation. Jeff Michael Jones, of Ransom, was arrested at 1 p.m. Friday and...

TOPEKA — Charter Communications finalized its $34.5 billion deal to acquire Cox Communications on Thursday, and Kansans will soon see their Cox products marketed under Charter’s Spectrum brand. Along with its Cox transaction, Charter announced completion of its purchase of...

TOPEKA — The $1.25 billion biocontainment facility in Manhattan developed for cutting-edge research on the most dangerous animal diseases is not fully operational three years after its ribbon-cutting, a federal report determined. The Office of Inspector General published a July...