The Latest Breaking News from Kansas

Baseball quiz: We have quite a quizsmith

Where there’s a will, there’s a Smith? That’s the case in this week’s quiz.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 16, 2022

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly vetoes ban on transgender athletes, parents’ ‘bill of rights’

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed a proposal on Friday that would have banned transgender athletes from girls sports and another that would have required schools to let parents challenge classroom curriculum — a measure she has called a “teacher demoralization act.”

Tribune News Service · Apr 15, 2022

'How could it have happened': Kansas City school leader addresses student stabbing death

Northeast Middle School in Kansas City has metal detectors at the entrance. Students are only allowed to carry clear backpacks, which are searched every day. And a student resource officer and security patrol the halls.

Tribune News Service · Apr 14, 2022

14 amazing photos from the Kansas Jayhawks championship parade

The party continues in Kansas

USA Today Sports Media Group · Apr 10, 2022

Police said teen didn't need medical help before his death

A community task force reviewing the death of a Black teenager who was restrained for more than 30 minutes at a Kansas juvenile detention center learned that a police officer changed his answers on a form that otherwise would have led police to take the teen to a hospital instead…

The Independent UK · Apr 10, 2022

Twenty-one states sue Biden administration over public transport mask mandate

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody (R), joined by 20 Republican and Democratic attorneys general, filed a lawsuit on March 29, 2022, in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida that aims to end the Biden administration’s federal mask mandate for public transport. The mandate, issued by…

Ballotpedia · Apr 8, 2022

Kansas Department of Labor announces unemployment insurance modernization contract

The Kansas Department of Labor (KDL) announced on April 5 that the state chose Tata Consultancy Services to update the current IT system for processing unemployment insurance claims. The KDL said the project would take multiple years to complete, but the state had not released a timeline or budget as…

Ballotpedia · Apr 8, 2022

Big Ten Expansion. NOW What Does It Do? 22 Thoughts For 2022, No. 14

Big Ten expansion - what can the conference do to keep up after the SEC landed Texas and Oklahoma?

USA Today Sports Media Group · Apr 8, 2022

Kansas researcher convicted of illegal secret China work

A researcher was convicted Thursday of illegally concealing work he was doing for China while employed at the University of Kansas

The Independent UK · Apr 8, 2022

As redistricting trial nears finish, Kansas cautions judge against tossing Legislature's map

What is gerrymandering? And how much is too much?

Tribune News Service · Apr 7, 2022