The Latest Breaking News from Kansas

Kansas is moving to phase out the nation’s second-highest state sales tax on groceries, but Republican lawmakers aren’t planning to lower consumers’ bills until after Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly faces reelection in November

WASHINGTON — Federal officials Wednesday were asked to investigate whether an Overland Park, Kansas, trucking company broke federal law when securing a $700 million loan through a federal pandemic aid program — a sum that accounted for 95% of the money allocated to the program.

By: Samuel Wonacott

Wyandotte County District Court Judge Bill Klapper struck down Kansas’ enacted congressional map on April 25 for violating the state constitution due to political and racial gerrymandering. Klapper’s ruling stated, “The Court has no difficulty finding, as a factual matter, that Ad Astra 2 is an intentional, effective pro-Republican gerrymander…

A Kansas state lawmaker is complaining publicly about having to share women’s restrooms with a “huge” transgender colleague whom she describes as a potential threat to young children who visit the Statehouse

TOPEKA, Kan. — A Kansas judge struck down the state's new Republican-drawn congressional maps on Monday as an unconstitutional gerrymander, but conservative legislators aren't ready to talk about making changes to the maps.

A map that made Democratic Rep. Sharice Davids' district more Republican-leaning was thrown out, but an appeal is expected.

The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by Kansas to revive a law that banned secret filming at slaughterhouses and other livestock facilities but that was struck down by lower courts

Not long ago, Kansas showed strong bipartisan support for vaccines as a tool to support a robust public health system.

Kansas senior guard Ochai Agbaji has officially announced his decision to begin his professional basketball career.

Bills expanding religious exemptions for childhood vaccine requirements were passed by Kansas state Senate in March