Roxie Hammill

Abortion rights, the governor and other important offices are up for a vote Tuesday in Kansas. KCUR assembled a guide to help you navigate the 2022 election, including information on how to vote and what to expect on your ballot.

KCUR assembled a guide to help you navigate Missouri's 2022 election, including information on how to vote and what to expect on your ballot.

Many churches in Kansas, particularly Catholic parishes, have gotten involved in a campaign to change the state constitution removing a right to an abortion. But state law says “electioneering” can’t be done within 250 feet of a polling place door or within the building during election hours.

A sheriff’s office news release defended Hayden’s use of staff time to check into unspecified claims about the election, saying the office is merely investigating the numerous tips that have come into the office since 2021 concerning election procedures.

Despite producing no evidence to support his claims about the 2020 and 2021 elections, Calvin Hayden is now calling his months-long, taxpayer-funded probe a “criminal investigation” and has rebuffed requests for records related to his office’s work on the matter.

In the last week, the Johnson County Election Office says it has fielded well over 1,000 inquiries regarding early voting and voter registration ahead of next month’s vote in Kansas, which features a question on abortion.

The National Suicide Prevention Hotline is rebranding so that callers just need to dial 988 — a change that is expected to have a huge impact.

Johnson County commissioners rejected solar farm rules from the planning commission that had been criticized as some of the most restrictive in the country. The new regulations open the door to a large project planned for Johnson and part of Douglas County.

Although Johnson County stays intact, the district now includes more rural, Republican-leaning areas that could make it harder for incumbent Rep. Sharice Davids, the only Kansas Democrat in Congress, to keep her seat.

Six teenagers are now in custody in connection to a fatal shooting Saturday at Black Bob Park in Olathe. The Johnson County District Attorney's Office is seeking to try four of them as adults.