Republican legislators in Kansas are trying to prohibit state and local mask mandates during disease outbreaks, advancing such a ban along with proposals aimed at discouraging local restrictions on businesses and public gatherings.
A former Lansing Correctional Facility inmate will be heading back to prison because of a 2017 escape, according to a prosecution official. James L.
A Kansas middle school teacher who was disciplined for refusing to use a student’s preferred first name and gender pronouns is suing the school district. Fort Riley Middle School math teacher Pamela Ricard said in a federal lawsuit that the Geary County School District violated her constitutional rights and did not accommodate her Christian beliefs when it suspended her for three days.
Republican legislators are close to committing up to $1 billion in surplus state funds to shore up Kansas’ pension fund for teachers and government workers despite bipartisan misgivings about that move ruling out some tax cuts.
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Propelled by surging costs for gas, food and housing, consumer inflation jumped 7.9% over the past year, the sharpest spike since 1982 and likely only a harbinger of even higher prices to come. The increase reported Thursday by the Labor Department reflected the 12 months ending in February and didn’t include most of the oil and gas price increases that followed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Feb.
More than 27,000 mail ballots in Texas were flagged for rejection in the first test of new voting restrictions enacted across the U.S., jeopardizing votes cast by Democrats and Republicans alike and in counties big and small, according to an analysis by The Associated Press.
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Brandon Schneider signed a new four-year contract with Kansas on Wednesday that will pay the Big 12 coach of the year $400,000 annually along with numerous benefits and incentives through the 2025-26 season.
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