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Lawmakers have vowed to continue the push for legislation banning transgender athletes from girls' and women's sports, even though members were unable to garner enough votes to overturn a veto from Gov. Laura Kelly Monday. The bill, part of an effort sweeping conservative statehouses across the country, was rejected by Kelly last month.  She echoed concerns from LGBT activists that it would harm the mental health of transgender youths, saying it sends "a devastating message" and threatened the state's economic standing.  In a tense vote Monday, the Kansas Senate nearly garnered enough vot...

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Rozetta Dotson worked two jobs to scrape together the money to pay down a delinquent tax debt on the Kansas City, Kansas, home she owns with her husband, Ricky. Then the pandemic hit, she lost her second job and Ricky got COVID-19. The Black homeowners kept paying what they could toward the taxes while waiting to talk to a judge about a new payment agreement. Then she found out her house was up for auction online. “We just felt like it was a scam, like they were trying to take our property and my husband said we felt like we were targeted, you know, because we are living in a predominantly ...

ROXANA HEGEMAN Associated Press Karen Pitchford-Knox stands in front of her home Monday, April 19, 2021, in Kansas City, Kan. Pitchford-Knox found out from a state senator that her home was put up for sale by Wyandotte County in January when she fell behind on her property tax payments after loosing her job during the pandemic. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Rozetta Dotson worked two jobs to scrape together the money to pay down a delinquent tax debt on the Kansas City, Kansas, home she owns with her husband, Ricky. Then the pandemic hit, she lost her second job and Ricky got COVID-19.

Black neighbourhoods in Kansas hard hit by property tax sales by Roxana Hegeman, The Associated Press Posted Apr 24, 2021 9:09 am EDT Last Updated Apr 24, 2021 at 9:14 am EDT Karen Pitchford-Knox stands in front of her home Monday, April 19, 2021, in Kansas City, Kan. Pitchford-Knox found out from a state senator that her home was put up for sale by Wyandotte County in January when she fell behind on her property tax payments after loosing her job during the pandemic. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Rozetta Dotson worked two jobs to scrape together the money to pay down a delinquent tax debt on the...