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Kansas Democrats pick Sharice Davids, a Native American and gay nominee, for House race

By John Hanna, Associated Press

Sharice Davids shattered the mold for a congressional primary winner from ruby red Kansas on Wednesday, becoming the state's first Native American and gay nominee for Congress.

Kansas man sentenced to life in prison for 2017 shooting that targeted Indian men

By Joshua Barajas

The white man who fatally shot Indian national Srinivas Kuchibhotla and wounded two other men at a bar in northeastern Kansas last year targeted them "because of their race, color, and national origin," federal prosecutors said.

4 primary races to watch Tuesday

By Jessica Yarvin

Tuesday’s primaries in Missouri, Michigan, Kansas, and Washington will shape several high-profile general election contests.

Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez to rally Democrats in deep-red Kansas

By Thomas Beaumont, John Hanna, Associated Press

Two luminaries in the democratic socialist movement — one its national leader, the other its new star — are descending on solidly Republican Kansas on Friday, taking their liberal message to an unlikely area before next month's congressional primaries.

Kansas, Oklahoma approve religious veto on LGBT adoptions

By Mitchell Willetts, Associated Press

State lawmakers in Kansas and Oklahoma have approved legislation to grant protections to faith-based adoption agencies that cite their religious beliefs for not placing children in LGBT homes. Supporters of such measures argued that the core issue is protecting a…

Kansas voting rights trial has national implications

By Roxana Hegeman, Associated Press

A conservative Republican who has supported President Donald Trump's unsubstantiated claim that millions of illegal votes cost Trump the popular vote in 2016 will have to prove Kansas has a problem with voter fraud if he's to win a legal…

New Kansas governor to require annual sexual harassment training

By John Hanna, Associated Press

In his first executive order since taking office last week, Gov. Jeff Colyer announced Monday that all employees and interns working for Kansas executive branch agencies will be required to undergo annual sexual harassment training.

Do tax cuts spur growth? What we can learn from the Kansas budget crisis

By PBS News Hour, Frank Carlson

Four years ago, businesses in Kansas went from paying over 6 percent taxes to paying nothing at all, as part of a Republican experiment to boost the limp state economy. But when the massive drop in tax revenue destabilized the…

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Drilling reawakens sleeping faults in Texas, leads to earthquakes

By Anna Kuchment, Scientific American

For 300 million years faults showed no activity, and then wastewater injections from oil and gas wells came along.

State laws will expand concealed guns to public facilities

By David A. Lieb, Associated Press

Starting Saturday, concealed guns will be permitted at college campuses in Georgia and Kansas, more public areas in Tennessee, and at the Iowa state Capitol.