Politics

Multiple people were arrested following a domestic disturbance at an Overland Park apartment complex Thursday night that drew a large law enforcement presence to the area around 89th Street and Metcalf Avenue. Overland Park Police say one person was shot...

By Dylan Lysen  Spurred on by frustrations over losing high-profile races to Democrats, Kansas Republicans on Saturday picked an aggressive conservative to lead the party into the 2024 election cycle. Party officials elected Mike Brown, a former Johnson County commissioner, to party...

More than 100 people gathered in Overland Park Sunday afternoon to demand reproductive rights in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision Friday that overturns the 50-year-old Roe v. Wade precedent that established a constitutional right to an...

Fabian Shepard has resigned his position as head of the Johnson County Republican Party in the wake of an accusation that he forcibly kissed a Wyandotte County GOP official against her will during a political event in August. The battery...

Johnson County Republican Chairman Fabian Shepard has been accused of forcibly kissing a Wyandotte County GOP official against her will outside a political event on Aug. 20, according to a report on file with the Bonner Springs Police Department. Shepard...

Democratic state Sen. Barbara Bollier on Monday evening addressed her constituents in Kansas Senate District 7 for what was anticipated to be the final time as an elected official. Bollier, a retired anesthesiologist from Mission Hills, lost her bid for...

The COVID-19 pandemic and nationwide anti-racism protests have shed light on divisions along party lines, said Kris Kobach, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, during a presentation to the Northwest Johnson County Republicans on Monday evening. Kobach said major issues...

The MainStream Coalition this week announced that Roeland Park City Councilman Michael Poppa, whose term expires at the start of next year, will succeed Brandi Fisher as executive director. Poppa, who is currently employed as director of member engagement at...

Being political means engaging in uncomfortable conversations and acknowledging one another’s humanity, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly told the crowd at Tuesday's Stand Up, Speak Out dinner in Overland Park. It was among the takeaway messages in a speech that...

Ethan Corson, a Fairway resident who served as executive director of the Kansas Democratic Party for two years, announced today that he will seek the Kansas Senate District 7 seat being vacated by incumbent Barbara Bollier in next year's...

Dr. Barbara Bollier, the Mission Hills state legislator who switched parties from Republican to Democrat in 2018, announced this morning she was mounting a bid for the U.S. Senate. Speculation had mounted in recent months that Bollier may enter the...

Education First Shawnee Mission, the political action committee formed in 2017 to promote strong public schools in the area, has released its endorsements for this fall's school board elections. The November election has the potential to significantly remake a board...