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Rep. Henry Helgerson says lawmakers are surrendering their duty to scrutinize state spending by allowing a single, massive budget bill to advance to negotiations by select few members of the House and Senate.

Several Massachusetts schools with forced into lockdown Tuesday after a series of hoax or swatting calls.

House lawmakers advanced a legislative pay adjustment proposal in an attempt to remedy years of stagnant wages and make legislative careers more accessible. 

Wildfires erupt in Riley County... Kansas lawmakers approve a bill to let families use state tax dollars to pay for private schools... demonstrators rally at the Statehouse for Medicaid expansion... and regulators approve a major railroad merger involving Kansas City Southern. Those stories and more... here.

A federal regulatory board announces today (WED) whether it will approve Canadian Pacific's $31 billion deal to acquire KC Southern... Kansas lawmakers grill a Canadian oil company executive about the company's massive oil spill in northern Kansas... and a new beef production plant could be coming to Olathe. Those stories and more... here.

Lawmakers grilled TC Energy over their handling of the Keystone pipeline spill in Washington, Kansas, the first time they answered questions publicly.

Two officers who responded to a domestic violence call were punched in the back of the head by a suspect, and one of them was temporarily knocked unconscious.

A suspect accused of attacking two Newton, Massachusetts, police officers during an arrest appeared in court Monday.

Two officers who responded to a domestic violence call were punched in the back of the head by a suspect, and one of them was temporarily knocked unconscious.

A man faced several charges in court Monday for allegedly attacking police officers during a domestic violence call Saturday night in Newton, Massachusetts,...