Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer and the heads of the state’s foster care program allowed children in foster care to become essentially homeless and suffer from sexual exploitation and trafficking, according to a federal class action lawsuit filed Friday.
Read moreTyler Barriss, of California, pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal charges over several hoax phone calls known as swatting, with one that resulted in the fatal police shooting of Wichita, Kansas, resident Andrew Finch.
Read moreThe blue wave crashed into several midwest states in a midterm election that saw Democrats gain the most amount of U.S. House seats in a midterm since the aftermath of Watergate in 1974.
Read moreKansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach was defeated by his Democratic challenger Laura Kelly in the Kansas gubernatorial race Tuesday night in a tight contest.
Read moreDemocrat Sharice Davids defeated incumbent Republican Rep. Kevin Yoder in the Kansas 3rd Congressional District race, becoming the first gay Native American woman elected to the U.S. House.
Read moreA Kansas county does not have to open a polling site in Dodge City because it would likely confuse voters, a federal judge ruled late Thursday.
Read moreThe American Civil Liberties Union sued a Kansas county election official in federal court Friday, alleging that her moving of Dodge City’s only polling location to a site half a mile outside of the city’s southern border creates a burden on the city’s majority Hispanic population.
Read moreIn Kansas, the politics of health care may be the dominant factor in determining if the historically red state will turn a shade of blue on Nov. 6.
Read moreThe Kansas Supreme Court cleared a path Thursday for a grand jury investigation into allegations that Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach and other election officials mismanaged the 2016 elections.
Read moreKansas Gov. Jeff Colyer conceded Tuesday evening in the state’s Republican gubernatorial primary, saying he will endorse Secretary of State Kris Kobach a week after their neck-and-neck finish threatened to send the race to a recount.
Read moreElection officials discovered vote discrepancies in the Kansas GOP gubernatorial race, cutting challenger Kris Kobach’s current lead over incumbent Gov. Jeff Colyer in half.
Read moreKansas Secretary of State and anti-illegal immigration firebrand Kris Kobach was locked in a dead heat with incumbent Gov. Jeff Colyer late Tuesday night, as election officials were still tallying votes for the GOP gubernatorial primary.
Read moreAs Kansas voters go to the polls for Tuesday’s primary, they will determine if the Sunflower State is in the firm hold of President Donald Trump or the more moderate Republicans who broke through two years ago to gain a foothold.
Read moreThe new face of an emerging democratic socialist movement joined its patriarch in the most unlikely place Friday, calling on Kansans unhappy with the direction of the country to get off the sidelines in a pivotal Republican-held congressional district.
Read moreKansas lawmakers must find more funding for K-12 schools but have until June 2019 to do it, avoiding the risk of school closures, according to Monday’s state Supreme Court ruling.
Read moreKansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach got more bad news Tuesday when the American Civil Liberties Union brought a federal class action against him, claiming a voter database system released personal voter information to the public.
Read moreA federal judge struck down Kansas’ voter ID law Monday and sanctioned Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, ordering him to take additional legal education classes.
Read moreThe Kansas Court of Appeals ruled Friday that a citizen-initiated grand jury petition can investigate Secretary of State Kris Kobach on allegations that he intentionally failed to register qualified voters.
Read moreThe American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against a Kansas school district, claiming that it violated students’ free speech rights.
Read moreThe U.S. Supreme Court had a change of heart Tuesday about a case where interview disclosures led to a Kansas police officer facing felony charges.
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