Kansas News Service

Republican state lawmakers want to break up Johnson County to help defeat the one Kansas Democrat in Congress. Local officials say the state’s wealthiest and most populous county has benefited from remaining in a single congressional district.

Animals that disappeared from some rivers because of pollution, dams and overharvesting are getting a new lease on life that could have ripple effects for other wildlife and for humans.

The American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit challenging a state law that allows judges to extend probation for years when an offender fails to pay restitution in their cases. The lawsuit alleges the practice punishes people for being poor.

Football coach Marv Levy guided the Buffalo Bills to four consecutive Super Bowl appearances in the 1990s, but that wouldn't happen until after the Kansas City Chiefs fired him.

Cedric Warren and Domonique Moore, whose murder convictions were tossed last year due to prosecutorial misconduct, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Thursday. They say they were railroaded by Roger Golubski, then a police detective, because the mother of one of them refused his sexual advances.

Democrats and Republicans have different proposals to keep feeding hundreds of thousands of Kansans. Food banks are preparing for an influx of demand.

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly is joining Democrats from 24 other states in suing President Donald Trump's administration over the lapsed funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, previously known as food stamps.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order ending federal funding for Housing First programs that offer permanent housing without requiring mental health or drug services. Homeless advocates say it could undo their work.

A local weather phenomenon holds that the 6,100-person town of Tonganoxie, Kansas, can weaken and divide thunderstorms and tornadoes. Experts are mixed on its existence — and what causes it — but locals say otherwise.

Two companies are pursuing two very different visions for building and operating nuclear reactors in Kansas.

Republican leaders are responding to an investigative report that exposed racist messages shared by Young Republican organizations in Kansas and around the country — while Gov. Laura Kelly says the Kansas GOP is setting a poor example itself. Plus: Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway is laying out her agenda, particularly on crime and abortion.

Kansas tiene más hospitales rurales con riesgo de cerrar que cualquier otro estado, y los cambios federales podrían reducir aún más los ingresos. Sin embargo, un cambio en los impuestos estatales dariá a los hospitales un respiro de unos años para implementar estrategias a largo plazo.