The Latest Breaking News from Kansas

Editorial: Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall bemoans ‘climate demagogues’ but seeks farm aid in ‘historic drought’

On Wednesday, Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall called those who want to mitigate the already catastrophic effects of our global environmental crisis ‘climate demagogues.’

Tribune News Service · Jun 27, 2023

Kansas must undo gender changes for trans people in state records, attorney general says

The conservative Republican attorney general of Kansas says a new Kansas law requires the state to reverse any previous gender changes in its records for trans people’s birth certificates and driver’s licenses while also preventing such changes going forward

The Independent UK · Jun 26, 2023

Attorney General Kobach contends that birth certificates, licenses of trans Kansans must use sex at birth

Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach said Monday that a new state law requires Kansas agencies over time to revert updated birth certificates and driver’s licenses issued to transgender residents back to their original forms ahead of its implementation this coming Saturday.

Tribune News Service · Jun 26, 2023

Kansas' attorney general is moving to block trans people from changing their birth certificates

Kansas’ conservative Republican attorney general is moving to prevent transgender people born in the state from changing their birth certificates to reflect their gender identities

The Independent UK · Jun 24, 2023

What it’s like to cover abortion while pregnant: ‘People saw me as a container for a child’

As she’s about to take maternity leave, Poppy Noor writes about witnessing the decimation of women’s rights while on the road as a reproductive rights reporter

The Guardian - US · Jun 23, 2023

Spirit Aerosystems, major airlines supplier, suspends plant operations after labor contract rejected

Spirit Aerosystems, a major supplier to the world’s largest aircraft manufacturers, is suspending operations at a critical Kansas plant after union workers there rejected a proposed four-year contract and authorized a strike

The Independent UK · Jun 22, 2023

Man charged for making violent threats against Nashville Pride festival

A 25-year-old from Kansas threatened to ‘commit a mass shooting’ at the event

The Independent UK · Jun 20, 2023

Kansas attorney general agrees his state won’t enforce abortion ‘reversal’ law before judge issues order

Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach has agreed the state temporarily will not enforce a new law requiring abortion providers to tell patients that the effects of mifepristone, the first of two pills taken in a medication abortion, are reversible.

Tribune News Service · Jun 20, 2023

Father of 13 dies in Colorado rafting accident after saving his children from danger

Dr Dustin Harker, a physician from Kansas, was on trip with church and four of his children when tragedy struck

The Independent UK · Jun 20, 2023

Kansas agrees to temporary pause in enforcing new law on medication abortions

Kansas officials have agreed, for now, not to enforce a new restriction on medication abortions

The Independent UK · Jun 20, 2023