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Kansas Democrats can't seem to overcome the urban-rural divide that's keeping them out of the state legislature, despite some gains in Johnson County. Plus: A new law is changing how Missouri students are taught to read.
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The Missouri General Assembly gaveled in a new session on Wednesday, and the Kansas Legislature is reconvening next week. What's at the top of the agenda?
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Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly is determined to work across the aisle with Republicans as Kansas state lawmakers return to the capitol on January 9.
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Following Derek Schmidt's narrow loss to Gov. Laura Kelly, the Kansas GOP will flex its organizational muscle by invoking provisions of the party’s “loyalty clause” to oust from party committees any Republican lawmakers who signed a candidate petition for independent Dennis Pyle.
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Will the Kansas House's 35th District in Kansas City, Kansas, break its 30-year Democratic streak and send a Republican to the statehouse? Plus: Remembering Charles Wheeler, the feisty and forceful former Kansas City, Missouri, mayor, who died on Tuesday.
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A Kansas Democratic stronghold is up for grabs for the first time in 28 years. Can a Republican win?District 35, in Kansas City, Kansas, hasn’t sent a Republican to the statehouse for more than 30 years. But GOP candidate Sam Stillwell thinks voters in the district may have more in common with his party than they think.
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The Kansas attorney general is making his bid for governor about President Joe Biden and Democratic policies he says have failed to address rising prices and angered parents over schools.
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Republican Derek Schmidt says a new law is needed to make sports reserved for girls and women fair. But Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly, who twice vetoed such a bill, says it's not a real issue.
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La candidata del Partido Republicano a la Cámara de Representantes de EE.UU. se postula en un distrito con recientes cambios geográficos, que ahora favorece a su partido. Dice que dos de sus temas principales son la inflación y la seguridad fronteriza.
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The GOP candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives is running in a newly redrawn district that now favors her party. She says inflation and border security are two of her top issues.
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Kansas City Democrat Aaron Coleman and Wellsville Republican Mark Samsel, both members of the Kansas House Representatives, lost in their primary elections on Tuesday. Both had campaigns overshadowed by allegations of personal misconduct.
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With a one-party majority and a bag of legislative tricks, Kansas lawmakers conceal much of their bill-making process.