Kansas

Mass shootings are already far ahead of last year's pace

By Laura Santhanam, Megan Crigger

So far in 2016, 49 mass shootings in the United States have left 73 people dead and 178 wounded, according to data collected from a Reddit thread that chronicles gun violence through crowdsourcing news reports.

Authorities identify man who went on shooting spree in Kansas

By Joshua Barajas

Authorities have identified a man who went on a shooting spree in south-central Kansas on Thursday, killing three people, as 38-year-old Cedric Ford.

New warning to states: reject Medicaid expansion, risk losing federal funds

By Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News

Add Tennessee and Kansas to the list of states that have been warned by the Obama administration that failing to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act could jeopardize special funding to pay hospitals and doctors for treating the poor.

New Kansas law would limit how welfare recipients can spend their benefits

By John Hanna, Associated Press

TOPEKA, Kan. -- A new Kansas law tells poor families that they can't use cash assistance from the state to attend concerts, get tattoos, see a psychic or buy lingerie. The list of don'ts runs to several dozen items.

States to test ways to get food stamp recipients back to work

By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Ten states will test new ways to get food stamp recipients back to work, using Agriculture Department grants aimed at helping some of the 46 million Americans who receive benefits move off the rolls.

Kansas may be the first state to ban common abortion procedure

By Marina Lopes

Kansas’ state senate on Friday approved a bill banning an abortion method commonly used to terminate pregnancies in the second trimester, a victory for anti-abortion activists in what could become the country’s first ban of the procedure.

Supreme Court lifts hold on same-sex marriage in Kansas

By Associated Press

The Supreme Court says same-sex marriages can go ahead in Kansas.

Federal judge rules Kansas' same-sex marriage ban is unconstitutional

By Nora Daly

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that Kansas’ ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. The judge ordered the state to begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples on Nov. 11.

Could Anti-Incumbency Decide Kansas Races?

By Sean Sandefur, KMUW

Deep-red Kansas was supposed to be a lock for incumbent Republicans Gov. Sam Brownback and Sen. Pat Roberts. With less than two weeks to go until midterm elections, though, both candidates are facing stiff reelection bids. As KMUW's Sean Sandefur…

Despite appellate rulings, 3 states refuse to allow gay unions

By Mark Sherman, Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The writing is on the wall for gay marriage bans in Kansas, Montana and South Carolina after federal appeals courts that oversee those states have made clear that keeping gay and lesbian couples from marrying is unconstitutional.