Sherman Smith

TOPEKA — The attorney who worked out a plea deal for a woman who is now seeking clemency for killing her abuser says a Washburn University Law Clinic report is filled with false allegations about him. The law clinic sent...

TOPEKA — The new governor and lawmakers will enjoy an improved budget forecast when they take office in January, based on a revised estimate of state tax collections and expenditures. Forecasters revealed the latest “consensus revenue estimate” on Thursday, based...

TOPEKA — With Democrat Cindy Holscher holding a narrow lead in the Kansas governor’s race, Republican Ty Masterson said Wednesday the results warrant “another look.” Holscher declared victory, even though the race was too close to call, as election offices...

TOPEKA — All four U.S. House members from Kansas held onto their seats Tuesday, including three Republicans who saw their margins of victory shrink considerably from two years ago. U.S. Reps. Tracey Mann, Derek Schmidt, Sharice Davids and Ron Estes...

LINDSBORG — Sarah Gonzales-McLinn, serving a life sentence for killing her abuser, cried when she talked about the advocates and legal aides who are trying to convince the governor to grant her clemency. For years, advocates have argued Gonzales-McLinn didn’t...

TOPEKA — In the race to become the state’s top elections officer, Kansas voters can pick from a Democrat who spent five months in the Legislature five years ago, a former Republican who is trying to establish an alternative party...

Traducido por Claudia Amaro. TOPEKA — La gobernadora Laura Kelly sigue siendo la política más querida de Kansas, mientras el apoyo público se desmorona para el senador estadounidense Roger Marshall, el presidente Donald Trump, los partidos Republicano y Demócrata y...

TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly remains the most-liked politician in Kansas, as public support crumbles for U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall, President Donald Trump, the Republican and Democratic parties, and politics at large. The Docking Institute of Public Affairs at Fort...

TOPEKA — A former state employee sued Kansas Senate President Ty Masterson and two other Republican legislators for demanding she be fired over a comment she posted to Facebook when Charlie Kirk was killed in September 2025. Katie Allen, who...

Former Kansas Rep. Larry Hibbard, a Greenwood County farmer and rancher who served in the House from 2013 to 2019, died Sunday. He was 81. A moderate Republican from Toronto, he helped overturn Republican Gov. Sam Brownback’s state income tax...

TOPEKA — Democratic U.S. House candidate Lauren Reinhold says she has found a way to connect with disaffected Republicans and independent voters. She has traveled more than 35,000 miles as she campaigns in the 1st District, which thanks to GOP...

LAWRENCE — Democrat Adam Hamilton says reporting by Kansas Reflector and MS NOW warrants an ethics investigation into whether his opponent, U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall, misused government resources to support his campaign. The reporting looked at audio recordings, photos, videos...