Statehouse

The idea of a new congressional map that would split Johnson County’s representation into two or more districts faded this week, but not completely. And while statehouse Republicans vow to keep pushing for redrawn boundaries when the next legislative...

Trump administration officials did not directly pressure Kansas state lawmakers to take action to redraw the state's Congressional district boundaries, says one local state senator who was present at the meeting last week. But there were a few oblique mentions...

Pressure over the push to do a sooner-than-usual redrawing of Kansas Congressional districts increased this week, as statehouse Republicans met for a White House conference in Washington, D.C., and local Democrats rallied against a plan that may split Johnson...

Signs that Kansas Republican leaders are serious about redrawing the state’s Congressional districts have been gathering in recent weeks, and panelists at a town hall Monday night in Lenexa warned such a move could dilute Johnson County’s influence in...

A mid-decade Congressional redistricting may be afoot in Kansas, and if state legislators go through with it, then Johnson County will be smack in the middle of the conversation. Press releases continued to fly off the desks of elected officials...

By Zane Irwin  Less than four years after winning their preferred congressional map, some Kansas Republicans want to reshape the state’s U.S. House districts again ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. If they’re successful, it could mean ousting the only Democrat...

By Sherman Smith The Kansas Bureau of Investigation deleted the voicemail that prompted a police inquiry into the citizenship of a Lenexa City Council member, the bureau’s legal department says. Melanie Arroyo, a clinical counselor and art therapist who was elected...

By Zane Irwin Democratic Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly appointed Leawood attorney Larkin Walsh on Thursday to the Kansas Supreme Court. Walsh will replace Justice Evelyn Wilson, who announced in March she would step down due to an ALS diagnosis. She is...

By Blaise Mesa Kansas could pay almost $80 million more for its food assistance program after congressional Republicans passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. That number could easily increase because the state is only 0.02% below the threshold for paying...

By Blaise Mesa The 2023 Kansas City Royals were abysmal. The 106-loss team had the second worst record in Major League Baseball. Fan favorite Vinnie Pasquantino missed most of the season due to injury. Bobby Witt Jr. was in his second...

By Tim Carpenter A state judicial nominating commission unanimously recommended Tuesday that Gov. Laura Kelly choose from among two eastern Kansas district court judges and a soft-spoken attorney in private practice to fill an impending vacancy on the Kansas Supreme...

By Blaise Mesa Sen. Tory Marie Blew, a Great Bend Republican, signed up for a child care waiting list in 2020. Blew wasn’t even pregnant at the time. But she knew how hard it was to find child care. Four years...