Fact check: Kansas organization's mailer on constitutional amendment ignores details of cases • Kansas Reflector

Group championing constitutional amendment requiring election of Kansas Supreme Court justices sidelines murder case details to make a point.

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Dark money, misleading claims flood Kansas ahead of judicial selection referendum • Kansas Reflector

Partisan donors have spent at least $12.8 million in Kansas on dozens of television ads and stacks of mailers, advocating for or against a ballot referendum that could determine the political temperat...

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String of outbreaks tests US public health system amid funding cuts, vaccine resistance • Kansas Reflector

Less than two years into Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s tenure at the helm of the department responsible for the health of millions of Americans, a string of outbreaks has repeatedly made headlines

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Commercial speech lawsuit to proceed against major Kansas pet food company • Kansas Reflector

Part of a lawsuit accusing Hill's Pet Nutrition of false advertising to undermine competitors in the dog food business is revived by U.S. Court of Appeals.

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Kansas Supreme Court declines to take emergency appeal of election law • Kansas Reflector

Kansas Supreme Court refuses to take emergency appeal of lower court decisions preserving — pending trial — 3-day grace period for mail-in advance ballots.

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Kansas lawsuit challenges Wichita law enforcement's reliance on license plate reader cameras • Kansas Reflector

City of Wichita is defendant in lawsuit challenging warrantless surveillance of vehicles with 190 cameras and storage of images for use by law enforcement.

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3 Republicans break with Trump in US Senate vote to block war in Iran • Kansas Reflector

For the second time in as many weeks, a War Powers Resolution aimed at curbing President Donald Trump’s war with Iran failed to pass the U.S. Senate Thursday.

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Wyandotte County mail ballots printed with wrong address, returned to voters after they sent them in • Kansas Reflector

The Wyandotte County Election Office sent voters mail-in ballots printed with an incorrect return address, causing completed ballots to be returned to voters instead of the election office.

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Democrats in Kansas governor's race debate Gov. Laura Kelly's role in primary campaign • Kansas Reflector

The final debate among Democratic primary candidates for governor in Kansas centers on claims tied to Gov. Laura Kelly's involvement in the contest.

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Northeast Kansas education board candidates share ideas for funding, local control, technology • Kansas Reflector

While a Democrat running for the state education board wants fully funded special education, the Republican candidate wants to investigate spending.

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Trump calls on Kansans to vote early while promoting GOP candidate for governor • Kansas Reflector

President Donald Trump encouraged Kansans to vote leading up to Tuesday’s primary election while on a phone call Wednesday to boost Kansas GOP gubernatorial candidate Ty Masterson’s profile.

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Kansas attorney general asks three cities to undo conversion therapy bans • Kansas Reflector

The Kansas Attorney General demanded three cities repeal their bans on conversion therapy for minors following a U.S. Supreme Court decision that found such bans violate the First Amendment.

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Reflecting Pool damaged before Olympian charged with felony touched it, witness says • Kansas Reflector

Attorneys representing the former Olympic canoeist charged with damaging part of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool have asked the judge in the case to release more information from the grand jury.

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Fauci pleads the Fifth to COVID questions by US Sen. Rand Paul at intense hearing • Kansas Reflector

Dr. Anthony Fauci declined to answer questions from a U.S. Senate committee in a tense and confrontational hearing.

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Kansas Board of Regents names Jennifer Bonds-Raacke as new president, CEO • Kansas Reflector

The Kansas Board of Regents on Tuesday selected Jennifer Bonds-Raacke to lead the public higher education organization as president and CEO.

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East-central Kansas candidates for state education board aim to balance authority, improve reading • Kansas Reflector

Education board candidates hope to make systemic changes concerning the cell phone ban, reading and communication with the Legislature.

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Kansas governor votes, celebrates first time in 22 years she’s not on the ballot • Kansas Reflector

Gov. Laura Kelly voted Tuesday morning, offering a laughing “halleleujah” that she wasn't on the ballot for the first time in 22 years.

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Kansas to pay more than $1.1 million for wrongful conviction in baby’s death • Kansas Reflector

A Kansas man wrongfully convicted of murdering his infant nephew will receive $614,205 from the state of Kansas.

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Food assistance advocates ask Congress to delay GOP megabill shift of SNAP costs to states • Kansas Reflector

Advocates and public health experts urged Republicans in Congress on Wednesday to implement a two-year delay on requiring states to begin sharing the costs for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Progra...

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Central Kansas education board candidates have competing views on literacy, cellphones, funding • Kansas Reflector

While a State Board of Education candidate believes all Kansas families should choose public school, her opponent homeschools her three children.

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Federal judge says certain abortion drug restrictions are unlawful • Kansas Reflector

A federal judge ruled the USDA didn't sufficiently justify restrictions imposed in 2023 on a drug used to terminate early pregnancies

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Measles cases have reached a 35-year high • Kansas Reflector

Measles cases this year have surpassed all of 2025 to become the worst since the disease was declared eliminated in 2000, with cases now in 44 states and the District of Columbia, according to a feder...

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Two former governors: Party labels belong in elections, not on the Kansas Supreme Court • Kansas Reflector

There is a growing effort to turn judgeships into elected positions, allowing billionaire donors to flood judicial races with money.

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'Inspired by art': Murals help unite and define Kansas towns, boosting pride, health and economy • Kansas Reflector

TOPEKA — Artist Sarah Fizell doesn’t need convincing that public art affects neighborhood pride, community perceptions and even residents’ physical health. But sometimes the real impact is conveyed in...

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Trump urges US Senate to hold off on August recess until SAVE America Act passes • Kansas Reflector

President Donald Trump on Monday called on the U.S. Senate to cancel its five-week August break, keeping lawmakers in session to advance several of his priorities, despite not having the votes.

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U.S. House candidate who lost job to DOGE campaigns on grassroots fundraising, rural Kansas issues • Kansas Reflector

Democrat Lauren Reinhold decided to run for Congress in Kansas after the Trump administration’s DOGE eliminated her federal position.

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Administration asks US Supreme Court to uphold sweeping Trump order restricting vote-by-mail • Kansas Reflector

The Trump administration on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to halt a district court ruling that blocked President Donald Trump’s broad March 31 executive order restricting vote-by-mail.

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US Geological Survey study shows rising nutrient loads in rivers • Kansas Reflector

New modeling from the U.S. Geological Survey shows nutrient loads in rivers across the nation increased between 2000 and 2020.

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Southeast Kansas Empire District customers to see $28 average monthly rate hike • Kansas Reflector

Kansas Empire District Electric Co. residential customers will see their average bills increase by nearly $28 a month over the next two years.

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