Kansas News Service

Democrat Adam Hamilton is vying to unseat Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall — and end nearly a century of Republican control of the state’s U.S. Senate offices.

Kansas Senate President Ty Masterson, an Andover Republican, is running against state Sen. Cindy Holscher, an Overland Park Democrat, in the race to replace the term-limited Democratic Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly.

The president has been on a midterm-election campaign blitz across the country, visiting several red-leaning states in support of Republican candidates. A rally in support of Sen. Roger Marshall, who's in a tough fight against Democrat Adam Hamilton, will begin at 4:30 p.m. on Monday.

With Election Day less than a month away, Republican Ty Masterson holds an advantage in recent polls as Democrat Cindy Holscher works to raise her profile. Both candidates continue to focus on education and property taxes on the campaign trail.

Kansas has a Tuesday, Oct. 13 cutoff to register to vote. November's election will decide the Kansas governor, one of the U.S. senators, U.S. representatives, a constitutional amendment on voting and more.

Deep Fission’s planned one-mile underground nuclear reactor project in Parsons, Kansas, passed an initial regulatory milestone, but new questions surround whether the project is financially viable and will be completed as planned.

The Kansas attorney general candidates faced off and shared their approaches to major issues in a debate hosted by the Johnson County Bar Association.

Fort Hays State University President Tisa Mason told Ellis County leaders on Tuesday that new partnerships and donations could keep the natural history museum open into next year. The university said it could not afford to "subsidize it alone."

Data center demand, severe weather and the aging grid are forcing utilities to drive up electricity rates. While the Midwest has historically had the cheapest energy in the nation, forces are undermining that trend.

Sen. Roger Marshall’s campaign used images from two Kansas businesses in a recent attack ad against Democratic nominee Adam Hamilton without the businesses’ knowledge or approval. Marshall’s campaign said it had changed the images — but as of Monday night, the old version was still running on television.

Immigration enforcement targeted western Kansas with sweeping actions over the last week, leaving people with and without legal status reeling. The beef industry that employs thousands in the area is working to get back on track.

After the USDA admitted in 1997 that its programs had routinely discriminated against Black farmers, tens of thousands of them sued the federal government. A judge ultimately ruled in their favor, and farmers were promised nearly $2.2 billion in compensation. But all of these years later, some victims — including in the historic town of Nicodemus, Kansas — still haven’t received anything.