Ahead of local elections on Nov. 2, a national Political Action Committee (PAC) has been putting its focus on some school board races, endorsing candidates in several states, including Kansas.
Federal prosecutors argued in court documents filed Thursday that a three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals correctly ruled last month that the government had proven its case against Dylann Roof, despite his protestations on several points.
A federal judge ordered Kansas on Wednesday to pay a total of $1.42 million to attorneys who succeeded in getting the federal courts to strike down a state law requiring new voters to show papers documenting their U.S. citizenship when registering.
Attorneys general from 20 states have sued President Joe Biden’s administration seeking to halt directives that extend federal sex discrimination protections to LGBTQ people.
Kansas’ delegation in Washington, D.C. on Thursday responded to the deadly attacks outside the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan that killed at least 70, including 13 U.S. military service members.
At the Kansas Independent Oil and Gas Association’s annual meeting, Pompeo and his wife, Susan, were the main guests. A topic on the minds of may was the reaction from the 70th secretary of state on Afghanistan.
Wednesday afternoon, Wichita residents expressed concerns on the process of drawing new voting districts, namely on the topic of gerrymandering in which lawmakers manipulate districts to try to keep a certain party or candidate in or out of office.
Two Wichita city council members will advance to the general election, but both received fewer votes than their opponents in Tuesday’s primary election.
A judge is considering whether Kansas’ Republican secretary of state ran afoul of the state’s open records law by ordering the removal of an election database function that generates a statewide report showing which provisional ballots were not counted.
Kansas lawmakers plan to hold 14 town hall meetings across the state to gather opinions later this summer and fall on how the Legislature should redraw political boundaries next year.
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly on Monday announced that she’s rescinded all but two of nine executive orders related to the COVID-19 pandemic. This comes as she’s pushing top lawmakers to extend a disaster declaration for the pandemic through Aug. 30.
The investigation is yet another liability for the embattled attorney general, who is facing a years-old criminal case, a separate, newer FBI investigation, and a Republican primary opponent who is seeking to make electoral hay of the various controversies.
Voting rights advocates are suing Kansas state election officials over two Republican-backed election laws passed this session over the veto of Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly.
Eyewitness News Anchor and Right Now Host Michael Schwanke sat down with U.S. Representative Tracey Mann, R-Kan., bringing up some of the commonly asked questions from viewers.
Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly has vetoed a bill that could have encouraged some people to stick longer with short-term health coverage that critics label “junk insurance.”
State lawmakers took big steps forward on two major issues remaining before they can adjourn their 2021 session -- education funding and the overall state budget.
Kobach filed paperwork Wednesday appointing Laura Tawater as his treasurer for his attorney general campaign. Tawater is the First District chair for the Kansas Republican Party.
It’s something that’s sparked meetings across western Kansas and left landowners concerned that the federal government could take control of their land, or at least direct them on what they can do on it.
President Joe Biden has nominated the sheriff of one of the nation’s most populous counties to lead the agency that deports people in the country illegally.
The State Department has ordered a significant number of its remaining staff at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul to leave Afghanistan as the military steps up the pullout of American troops from the country.
The FBI arrested a Kansas woman in connection with the Jan. 6 riot on the U.S. Capitol. The FBI said Jennifer Ruth Parks turned herself in Friday, April 23.
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed a bill Friday that would have allowed people as young as 18 to carry concealed weapons, after legislators approved the bill by margins that weren’t large enough to override a veto.
Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed two Republican-backed election bills on Friday, including one that would have limited most individuals to delivering 10 ballots during each election and another that would have barred the governor, secretary of state or the courts from changing election rules.
The U.S. Senate on Thursday, April 22 passed bipartisan legislation from Senator Jerry Moran, R-Kansas and Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut that is intended to improve reporting on hate crimes.
Organizers of a candlelight vigil held Wednesday night in downtown Hutchinson said while the verdict finding Chauvin guilty of murder and manslaughter charges in last year’s death of George Floyd is a step toward accountability, there is still a long way to go in preventing cases like this from happening again.
Governor Laura Kelly has signed legislation into law, including one that changes the definition of stalking to include intentionally stalking someone under 14-years-old.
Eyewitness News turned to the legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Kansas and a private practice attorney to distinguish between free speech and a hate crime.
