Aug 08 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. Continue reading
Aug 07 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. Continue reading
Aug 06 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. Continue reading
Jul 20 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. Continue reading
May 04 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… Continue reading
Mar 03 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… Continue reading
Feb 05 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. Continue reading
Dec 07 Watch 10:02 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… Continue watching
Nov 25 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. Continue reading
Jul 01 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. Continue reading