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Legislators consider whether House member created conflict of interest by seeking audit of a state commission without noting his wife was a commissioner.

Kansas officials have faced stiff criticism from business groups and legislators over a plan to require two-person crews in the state.

Voters will elect at least two new council members this year.

Republican state Rep. Patrick Penn accused Gov. Laura Kelly of advancing bigoted expectations recently, after she used her line-item veto to roll back $250,000 in funding aimed at historic Quindaro.

KANSAS CITY, Kansas — A gazebo in northeast Wyandotte County marks a historic area with an important legacy as part of the Underground Railroad. But the Quin

Kansas Reflector: Weeklong series to examine influence of religious beliefs on policy decisions at Statehouse

Democratic state Rep. Marvin Robinson earned the ire of his party when he continually voted with Republicans on key issues, leading some of his colleagues to believe he sold his votes to get funding for a local project. But that may not hurt him politically.

Kansas state Rep. Marvin Robinson is urging Democrat Gov. Laura Kelly to reverse course after she nixed funding to restore a portion of the Underground Railroad.

Two Black Kansas lawmakers, one Democrat and one Republican, are taking aim at their state's Democratic governor after she torpedoed a project that would restore and develop a significant portion of the Underground Railroad. Gov. Laura Kelly axed the project, which had been championed by Democratic state Rep. Marvin Robinson, after Robinson sided against the

Adam Peters, GOP chairman in Ellis County, draws a parallel between the average Kansas fourth-grader and Janissaries of the 16th century Ottoman feudal system, saying public schools will ”weaponize those children against you.”