Kansas GOP

A diverse — and growing — pool of Republican candidates hope to unseat Davids. Davids has won her seat with an increasing margin since 2018, even when the district was redrawn to be more Republican last year.

Former President Trump announced his indictment Thursday evening and is due in federal court in Miami on Tuesday to be arraigned. While many Democrats are celebrating the indictment, GOP politicians in Missouri and Kansas are supporting Trump.

Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly has seen some of her vetoes of culture wars legislation and others overridden by conservative Republicans who control the Kansas Legislature.

Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly survived override attempts on several high-profile bills, even as Republicans pushed to reverse her vetoes on other legislation.

Supporters say what they've dubbed a "women’s bill of rights" would protect cisgender women. Critics say it’s a political attack on transgender women.

The GOP chose Mike Brown, a fiery conservative from Johnson County, as the new head of the state party.

The call for an outright ban departs from the agenda of Republican leaders in the Legislature and efforts by Kansans for Life.

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.

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?

Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly is determined to work across the aisle with Republicans as Kansas state lawmakers return to the capitol on January 9.

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.

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.