Kansas House

The August primary for the state legislature saw more moderates exit the political stage.

Aaron Coleman's electoral success highlights the dangers of a "boys will be boys" mentality, the Kansas City Chiefs kick off their season tonight in a home opener unlike any other, and the Labor Day box office numbers are in from cinemas around the country.

They may have each spent only a single session in their respective statehouses, but Kansas Rep. Rui Xu and Missouri Rep. Matt Sain have already learned…

Segment 1: Newest Kansas and Missouri lawmakers express frustration with statehouse power structures.First-term Kansas and Missouri House representatives…

Battles over a Republican tax cut proposal and Medicaid expansion persisted through the last day of the Kansas Legislature's 2019 session … and remain…

Battles over a Republican tax cut proposal and Medicaid expansion persisted through the last day of the Kansas Legislature's 2019 session … and remain…

The Kansas Legislature showed its tendency to be both more conservative and more liberal on Monday.The selection of House leaders took the Republican and…

Joining the state legislature for the first time can be a lot like going off to college. There are orientations, new people to meet, room and board to…

Segment 1: How newly-elected lawmakers get up to speed before taking office.There's new staff to meet, colleagues to greet, committee assignments, and…

Sticker shockKansas turned to the nonprofit group Teach For America earlier this year and cut a deal: Find a dozen teachers willing to work in the state…

Election Day will be here before you know it. It’s like finals week in your civic life.So when Tuesday, Nov. 6, arrives, you’ll be ready, right? Because…

We hardly knew yeWell, we do know Steve Watkins is a veteran.But much of the rest of the biography he’s touted in his race for Congress has come under…