Kansas News

Experience and support for the new federal health care reform law are the defining issues in a Republican primary for Kansas insurance commissioner that will determine who holds the office for the next four years.

Saturday, July 31, 2010 USD 475 levy lowest of comparable districts Despite being the eighth largest district in Kansas, the USD 475 Board of Education will open its budget hearing at 4:40 p.m. Monday with the lowest mill levy among the top 20 districts, according to information provided by Superintendent Ron Walker Friday.

The Kansas Army National Guard's 287th Special Troops Battalion will have a change of command ceremony at 10:30 a.m. Aug.

With just five days to go before Kansas voters head to the polls for primary elections, Brown University biology professor Ken Miller urged Science Cafe participants to consider candidates' positions on science issues as they prepare to vote.

Republican voters in Kansas 2nd Congressional District will decide Tuesday whether they think U.S. Rep.

The state of Kansas is taking applications for a temporary insurance program that would offer coverage to those with pre-existing medical conditions who have not been able to find other insurance for six months or more.

The big issue in Kansas' U.S. Senate race is which of two veteran Republican congressmen will fight hardest - and loudest - against President Barack Obama's agenda.

The state is taking applicants to determine how many people would be interested in using the insurance.

Two men have been arrested in a fatal stabbing of a northeast Kansas man. Ottawa police Lt.

Kansas farmers test teff as an alternative crop WICHITA - When black farmers in Kansas first began growing an Ethiopian cereal grain known as teff five years ago, they were intrigued by the crop's connection to Africa.

Fear mongering. That's how Kansas Secretary of State Chris Biggs describes talk of rampant voter fraud in Kansas.

The two Republicans running for Kansas attorney general agree on most issues, but they come to the campaign trail from very different backgrounds.Ralph De Zago is the city prosecutor for Junction City.

Quintard Taylor, a professor of American history at the University of Washington , gave the keynote speech Thursday morning at the National Underground Railroad to Freedom Program Conference.

In the 1st District congressional race in Kansas, sorting out the hometown of a couple Republican candidates is like hunting a moving target.

A 28-year-old Ferguson, Mo., man faces an updated federal charge of possession with intent to distribute more than 8 1/2 pounds of cocaine following his March 2009 arrest in Shawnee County, U.S. attorney Lanny Welch announced Thursday.

The latest SurveyUSA poll, sponsored by KWCH, Channel 12, finds Kansans less enamored of President Obama than ever.

A traveling replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in the nation's capital is going on display in northeast Kansas.

Chris Meinhardt, left, and Sherri Camp, right, talk about the 2010 National Underground Railroad Conference on Wednesday at the Kansas Museum of History during the 2010 National Underground Railroad Conference reception.

New Florence Police Chief Michael Stone wants to build a trusting relationship with the community, especially children.

Republican candidates to represent the 70th District in the Kansas House of Representatives continued to make claims Monday about how the campaign has been funded and run.