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Campaign 2023

Wichita mayoral debate between challenger Lily Wu and incumbent Brandon Whipple

Wichita mayoral candidates debate less than 2 months out from election

Updated: Sep. 25, 2023 at 11:29 PM CDT
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By KWCH Staff
The two candidates vying to be Wichita’s next mayor went head to head Monday night in a debate hosted by KMUW at Roxy’s Downtown.

State

Kansas state Reps. Susan Concannon, left, R-Beloit, and Fred Patton, right, R-Topeka, confer...

Influential Kansas House committee leader will step down next month

Updated: Sep. 25, 2023 at 11:45 AM CDT
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By The Associated Press
Republicans in Patton’s district will pick a replacement to hold his seat until after the 2024 elections.

Campaign 2023

A claim from a mailer attacking Wichita Mayor Brandon Whipple

FACTCHECK: Wichita mayoral race mailer attacks Whipple on COVID grant

Updated: Sep. 22, 2023 at 7:00 PM CDT
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By KWCH Staff and Shawn Loging
Lily Wu’s campaign has been endorsed by the Kansas chapter of Americans for Prosperity (AFP) during the primary stage of the election.

Candidates

FILE - Former President Donald Trump walks to speak with reporters before departure from...

Trump chooses Kansas as first state to file paperwork in preparation for presidential primary

Updated: Sep. 13, 2023 at 8:35 PM CDT
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By Gabe Swartz
President Donald Trump filed paperwork Wednesday to be on the Presidential Preference Primary ballot in Kansas, the Kansas GOP announced.

Campaign 2023

Valley Center High School

Kansas school district leaders see difficulty getting bond issues to pass

Updated: Aug. 30, 2023 at 6:28 PM CDT
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By Joe Baker and KWCH Staff
In four Kansas school districts Tuesday, voters turned down bond issues focused on expansion, improvements and upgrades.

Campaign 2023

Count shows Clearwater voters’ approval of 1% sales tax for infrastructure improvements

Updated: Aug. 29, 2023 at 10:21 PM CDT
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By KWCH Staff
The unofficial results from a sales tax question in Clearwater shows voters approve a plan to fund infrastructure improvements in the city.

Campaign 2023

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School bond issues fail in Hugoton, Ulysses, Oberlin, unofficial counts show

Updated: Aug. 29, 2023 at 9:27 PM CDT
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By KWCH Staff
Unofficial results show a trio of western Kansas school districts falling short of passing bond issues.

Campaign 2023

Valley Center High School

Preliminary results: Voters narrowly say ‘no’ to $73.9M school bond in Valley Center

Updated: Aug. 29, 2023 at 3:52 PM CDT
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By KWCH Staff
With every ballot in, preliminary results from the Sedgwick County Election Office show the $73.9 million school bond issue in Valley Center Public Schools falling short of passage by less than 200 votes.

Campaign 2023

Central Plains school district office

Central Plains voters say ‘no’ to dissolving district

Updated: Aug. 1, 2023 at 9:19 PM CDT
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By KWCH Staff
Voters in Central Plains, USD 112, voted not to dissolve the school district.

Campaign 2023

Results from primary election in race for Wichita mayor

Whipple, Wu moving on in Wichita mayoral race, Sedgwick County voter turnout exceeds 15%

Updated: Aug. 1, 2023 at 8:36 PM CDT
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By KWCH Staff
Wichita voters on Tuesday took to the polls to narrow a field of nine mayoral candidates down to two that will square off in November’s general election.
7-Day Forecast
7-Day Forecast

Campaign 2023

Primary Election Day 2023

Updated: Aug. 1, 2023 at 6:37 PM CDT
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By KWCH Staff
It’s Primary Election Day in Sedgwick County.

Campaign 2023

Which 2 will move on?: Political expert breaks down crowded Wichita mayoral race

Updated: Jul. 31, 2023 at 11:01 PM CDT
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By Branden Stitt and KWCH Staff
As voters in Wichita go to the polls Tuesday, the race drawing the most attention has a crowded field vying to be Wichita’s next mayor.

News

Sedgwick County Election Office, voters prepare for primary

Updated: Jul. 31, 2023 at 7:48 PM CDT
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By KWCH Staff
- Tuesday, Aug. 1, is primary election day as voters decide who moves on to November’s general election in several key local races.

Campaign 2023

Early voting expands in Sedgwick County ahead of primary election

Updated: Jul. 27, 2023 at 6:31 PM CDT
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By Alex Jirgens and KWCH Staff
Early voting in Sedgwick County expanded Thursday with the opening of 11 satellite polling locations.

Campaign 2023

Lily Wu leads Wichita mayoral race in campaign contributions

Updated: Jul. 25, 2023 at 8:45 PM CDT
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By Shawn Loging and KWCH Staff
In the race for Wichita mayor, we’re getting an idea of how much some of the candidates have been able to raise ahead of next Tuesday’s primary election in which Wichita voters will narrow the field from nine to two.

Campaign 2023

Wichita mayor responds to questions raised about required ethics training

Updated: Jul. 24, 2023 at 11:55 PM CDT
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By Branden Stitt
Incumbent Wichita Mayor Brandon Whipple responded Monday after questions were raised about required ethics training.

Campaign 2023

Sedgwick County begins effort to expand polling locations

Updated: Jul. 24, 2023 at 6:24 PM CDT
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By Shawn Loging and KWCH Staff
An unprecedented turnout for last year’s primary election in Sedgwick County drove change to make the process smoother at the local level.

State

Kansas’ governor gets to defend birth certificate changes in court, a judge rules

Updated: Jul. 19, 2023 at 5:00 PM CDT
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By John Hanna
A federal judge is considering Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s arguments that a new Kansas law rolling back transgender rights doesn’t bar the state from changing the sex listing on transgender people’s birth certificates.

Campaign 2023

Get to know the 2023 Wichita Mayoral Candidates

Updated: Jul. 17, 2023 at 4:06 PM CDT
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By KWCH Staff
On August 1, 2023, the race for Wichita mayor will be narrowed down from nine to two candidates.

Politics

Tuesday marks voter registration deadline for Aug. 1 primary

Updated: Jul. 10, 2023 at 6:09 PM CDT
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By KWCH Staff
If you’re wanting to vote in the Aug. 1 primary election you need to be registered by Tuesday, July 11. The deadline is 11:59 p.m.

Campaign 2023

Voter registration deadline nears ahead of August primary

Updated: Jul. 7, 2023 at 1:02 PM CDT
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By KWCH Staff
Early in-person voting begins on July 17.

News

Supreme Court rejects Biden plan to wipe away $400 billion in student loans

Updated: Jun. 30, 2023 at 9:45 AM CDT
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By The Associated Press
The court held that the administration needs Congress’ endorsement before undertaking so costly a program.

Politics

Kansas governor, attorney general spar over enforcement of bill redefining sex

Updated: Jun. 29, 2023 at 11:01 PM CDT
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By Betsy Webster
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly has directed two state agencies not to follow the legal opinion of Attorney General Kris Kobach regarding whether trans people can change their sex or gender on birth certificates or driver’s licenses.

Politics

House Democrats introduce Abortion Justice Act

Updated: Jun. 23, 2023 at 1:32 PM CDT
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By Jamie Bittner
Supporters call the bill ‘unapologetically aspirational," as legislators mark the one-year anniversary of the Dobbs ruling which ended protection for abortion under Roe versus Wade.

State

KBI: Early testing of powder mailed to lawmakers shows no concerning biological agents

Updated: Jun. 19, 2023 at 7:44 AM CDT
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By Melonne McBride
According to KBI, as of Sunday evening, approximately 100 letters containing suspicious white powder have been received across the state of Kansas.

Politics

Democrats reintroduce bill to safeguard access to contraception

Updated: Jun. 14, 2023 at 6:36 PM CDT
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By Jamie Bittner
This month marks one year since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to an abortion

Politics

House Democrats deploy rare tactic to force GOP to debate gun reform

Updated: Jun. 13, 2023 at 7:28 PM CDT
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By Jamie Bittner
Discharge petitions require 218 signatures

Campaign 2023

Factcheck: Whipple’s claims of large reduction in crime were misleading

Updated: Jun. 9, 2023 at 10:41 AM CDT
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By KWCH Staff
Whipple’s claim stems from numbers on the Federal Bureau of Investigation crime data explorer.

Politics

House Republicans turn up the heat on two bills to block a nationwide gas stove ban

Updated: Jun. 6, 2023 at 12:26 PM CDT
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By Jamie Bittner
On Tuesday, the House of Representatives started to debate two bills that would block any attempt to regulate the kitchen appliance.

Campaign 2023

June 1 marks deadline for candidates to enter Wichita mayoral race

Updated: Jun. 1, 2023 at 3:48 PM CDT
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By KWCH Staff
Those wishing to seek election in the race for Wichita mayor have until the end of the business day on Thursday to file as official candidates.

Campaign 2023

2 more candidates enter Wichita mayoral race, Whipple seeking 2nd term

Updated: May. 31, 2023 at 1:53 PM CDT
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By KWCH Staff
City councilman Bryan Frye and former city councilmember Jared Cerullo are the latest candidates to file to run for Wichita City mayor.

Politics

President pressured to invoke 14th amendment to raise the debt ceiling if deal isn’t reached

Updated: May. 19, 2023 at 10:49 AM CDT
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By Jamie Bittner
Negotiations between the President & top GOP leaders have progressed but have not yet produced a deal.

Politics

Bill to expand U.S. Supreme Court reintroduced in Congress

Updated: May. 16, 2023 at 5:18 PM CDT
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By Jamie Bittner
Senator Markey, Rep. Cori Bush call for expansion of the U.S. Supreme Court to 13 justices.

State

Governor Kelly signs bill to decriminalize fentanyl test strips

Updated: May. 11, 2023 at 12:03 PM CDT
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By Gabe Swartz
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly joined legislators in Shawnee Thursday to sign Senate Bill 174, an initiative which aims to decriminalize fentanyl test strips.

Politics

Bill promises to lower childcare costs for families, increase pay for workers

Updated: Apr. 27, 2023 at 7:20 PM CDT
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By Jamie Bittner
The bill would also expand access to Pre-K and Head Start programs in addition to increasing worker wages.

Politics

Gov. signs five bills into law to strengthen workforce, protect stalking victims

Updated: Apr. 25, 2023 at 8:12 AM CDT
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By Sarah Motter
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly has signed five new bills into law to strengthen the workforce and protect victims of stalking.

State

‘Parent’s Bill of Rights,’ expanded work requirements among four vetoes by Gov. Kelly

Updated: Apr. 24, 2023 at 5:00 PM CDT
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By Jerick Tafoya
The governor has vetoed four more bills.

State

Gov. Kelly announces veto of flat tax rate

Updated: Apr. 24, 2023 at 10:07 AM CDT
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By KWCH Staff
Kelly said her proposal for a one-time tax rebate provides relief to all Kansas resident taxpayers.

Education

Gov. Kelly signs bill expanding resources for dyslexic students

Updated: Apr. 18, 2023 at 11:28 AM CDT
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By KWCH Staff
Schools will be required to provide additional resources and support to students with dyslexia.

News

Pompeo decides not to run for president in 2024

Updated: Apr. 14, 2023 at 6:02 PM CDT
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By KWCH Staff
Former U.S. Secretary of State, CIA Director, U.S. Congressman and Wichita businessman Mike Pompeo announced on Twitter Friday that he’s not going to run for President of the United States next year.

State

Attorney General Kobach sues Biden Administration over lesser prairie chicken

Updated: Apr. 12, 2023 at 6:52 PM CDT
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By Shayndel Jones
Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach today joined Texas and Oklahoma in bringing a lawsuit against the Biden Administration over the lesser prairie chicken listing.

State

Pilot unhappy with bill limiting blinking lights on turbines

Updated: Apr. 11, 2023 at 8:53 AM CDT
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By Hailey Tucker
Supporters say the technology on turbines would keep lights off unless planes are nearby.

State

Abortion bill plan clears Kansas Legislature, veto expected

Updated: Apr. 7, 2023 at 7:56 AM CDT
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By The Associated Press
Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed a similar measure in 2019.

State

Kansas approves bill to end gender-affirming care for minors

Updated: Apr. 7, 2023 at 6:40 AM CDT
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By The Associated Press
The governor is expected to veto it.

State

Kansas lawmakers move fast on last day of regular legislative session

Updated: Apr. 6, 2023 at 5:35 PM CDT
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By Shawn Loging and KWCH Staff
Thursday marks the deadline for legislators to wrap up most of their work.

News

Wichita rejects airport marketing agreement with local agency

Updated: Apr. 5, 2023 at 11:34 PM CDT
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By Alex Jirgens and KWCH Staff
For the past decade, a Wichita-based media agency has promoted Wichita’s Eisenhower National Airport. But this week, the Wichita City Council voted down a new contract with the agency, COPP Media.

State

Kansas lawmakers override veto on trans athletes

Updated: Apr. 5, 2023 at 2:32 PM CDT
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By The Associated Press
Republican legislators in Kansas were poised Wednesday to override Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a bill that would ban transgender athletes from girls’ and women’s sports from kindergarten through college, a day after they pushed a broad bathroom bill to passage.

Campaign 2023

Lily Wu officially announces run for Wichita mayor

Updated: Apr. 3, 2023 at 11:55 PM CDT
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By KWCH Staff
Former 12 News anchor and reporter Lily Wu formally announced her plans to run for mayor on Sunday.

State

Increase to smoking age passes in Kansas Senate

Updated: Mar. 28, 2023 at 11:37 AM CDT
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By KWCH Staff
The senate made no changes to the bill, which prohibits electronic cigarettes and vaping products from school buildings.

News

Kansas Supreme Court signals continued support for abortion rights

Updated: Mar. 27, 2023 at 9:21 AM CDT
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By The Associated Press
The state Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Monday from attorneys for the state and abortion providers in two lawsuits.
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