Kansas House Speaker Dan Hawkins abruptly sent lawmakers home to block discussion on a drug pricing bill. What lawmakers are ...

Kansas Republican Party is hosting a 30-day raffle for firearms to generate cash for political activities and express admiration for the Second Amendment.

Charlotte O’Hara in a Feb. 3, 2026, podcast recording positions herself as the antidote to "career politicians" who are seeking the GOP nomination for governor. She talks about her career and ...

Kansas Republicans promised property tax relief but are struggling to pass a plan in both the House and Senate with two weeks left in the session.

A bill to make diagnostic mammograms free for anyone with insurance in Kansas has stalled. Democrats say it's because the legislation was championed by Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt, who ...

Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith appeared to downplay a question about rising beef prices last month by saying Americans have “so many proteins to choose from.” Fellow Republican Sen. Jon Husted of ...

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Kansas Republicans want citizenship status listed on each driver’s license. Republicans argue it’ll make elections more secure, but Democrats worry it will expose immigrants to discrimination. The ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Jim Denning once ...

Kansas GOP used ‘gut and go’ to replace bail bonds bill with restroom and ID restrictions. Lawmakers bypassed public hearings and written testimony on bathroom rules. Bill now heads to Gov. Laura ...

TOPEKA — Charlotte O’Hara took the unusual step of publishing a collection of opinion articles to help Kansas voters understand — with her words, without a filter — what kind of leader she would be if ...