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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republicans on Tuesday revived a redistricting plan that would make it harder for the only Kansas Democrat in Congress to win reelection, engineering a second-chance override of Democratic Gov.

TOPEKA — Republicans on Tuesday revived a redistricting plan that would make it harder for the only Kansas Democrat in Congress to win reelection, engineering

Republicans on Tuesday revived a redistricting plan that would make it harder for the only Kansas Democrat in Congress to win reelection, engineering a second-chance override of Democratic Gov. Laura

Two Republicans switched their votes, giving Senate GOP the supermajority needed to override Kansas Gov. Laura Kellys veto of the redistricting map.

Kansas' favorite son and former senator, Bob Dole, died Sunday at the age of 98. Well wishes for his family poured out from lawmakers.

For some students, interning in Washington, D.C. is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. But Trinity Catholic High School graduate, Grace Vogel of Hutchinson will get twice as much experience this year. Vogel, who is a rising senior at Kansas State University is interning with U.S. Rep. Tracey Mann during the first part of the summer and U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall throughout the end of the summer.  During her internship with Mann, Vogel learned about the legislative process, attended briefings on ...

Luzentinieblas, es el pionero del rap cristiano en Venezuela 2 de Julio, 2021 Luzentinieblas Cortesía- El rapero Isaac Gómez, mejor conocido en la industria musical como Luzentinieblas, abrió su corazón para hablar de su comienzo en la música y aunque no fue fácil para él, nada le impidió seguir adel...

The recent death of Walter Mondale — vice president to President Jimmy Carter, and a presidential candidate himself in 1984 — has reminded me of some old hi

GREAT BEND TRIBUNE Mann selected to serve on the House Ag subcommittees WASHINGTON, D.C. – First District Kansas Congressman Tracey Mann was selected to serve on the House Agriculture General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Subcommittee and the Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee. “As Congressional Districts become increasingly more urban, the distance from farm to fork has never been greater,” said Mann. “I came to Congress to advocate for agriculture an...

Uncertainty and Hope: A COVID-19 Update From Rural America Living in rural Kansas, I often feel insulated (rather than isolated) from many things. The COVID-19 pandemic was like that last spring: watching citizens of faraway places like New York City and Italy suffer greatly was heart-wrenching in the way a sad movie might be, and it didn’t always feel present or “real” to my own community. This insulation from the immediacy of COVID-19 could have led to a variety of bad outcomes for my h...