Kansas Reflector

11/28/2025

West Virginia National Guard member U.S. Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, 20, one of the victims of a shooting near the White House, died Thursday, President Donald Trump said.

11/27/2025

As states strive to curb health insurers’ use of artificial intelligence, patients and doctors are arming themselves with AI tools to fight claims denials, prior authorizations and soaring medical bills.

11/27/2025

Opinion editor Clay Wirestone writes: The Thursday of Thursdays has arrived, that being our yearly attempt to act grateful and kind while huddling around an enormous dead bird.

Thanksgiving of course lives in our hearts and minds as a meaningful holiday, not just an excuse for four days away from work.

11/26/2025

The Kansas Legislature’s special budget committee revealed the attorney general’s office continues to work toward awarding a $10 million contract to a private vendor for deployment of artificial intelligence and use of security cameras to spot gun-wielding intruders in public schools.

Kansas officials are working with a $10 million appropriation to launch a school-safety program relying on AI technology to identify people carrying fi****ms.

11/26/2025

U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran of Kansas joined fellow Republicans warning against negotiating an end to the Russia-Ukraine war that rewarded Russian President Vladimir Putin’s aggression and left Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy without effective security guarantees.

U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, renews call for firm, fair negotiations to bring an end to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

11/26/2025

President Donald Trump was briefed Wednesday afternoon on the shooting of two National Guard members in downtown Washington, D.C., and is “actively monitoring this tragic situation,” according to a statement from White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.

11/26/2025

Collin Tuthill, president of one of the country’s largest canned and frozen food importers and distributors, said the current state of the U.S. food industry is “like we live in some kind of alternate universe.”

11/26/2025

Opinion from H. Edward Flentje: Trump has primarily targeted elite private universities in his attacks on higher education, but Kansas state universities may not escape collateral damage. For example, Kansas State University, not known to be a hotbed of “socialist and anti-American ideology,” has taken on more than its fair share of flak.

Trump has primarily targeted elite private universities in his attacks on higher education, but Kansas state universities may not escape collateral damage.

11/25/2025

The best gift Statehouse Republicans could give Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly this holiday season is collaboration to resolve Kansas’ water issues, she said Tuesday at the annual Christmas tree donation at Cedar Crest.

11/25/2025

The Trump administration wants access to state driver’s license data on millions of U.S. residents as it builds a powerful citizenship verification program amid its clampdown on voter fraud and illegal immigration.

11/25/2025

A majority of U.S. Latinos have grown pessimistic since the 2024 presidential election and increasingly disapprove of the immigration and economic policies of the second Trump administration, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center.

11/25/2025

A pair of state senators from Johnson County competing for the Kansas Democratic Party’s nomination for governor are eager to demonstrate political connections to Republican and independent voters who have a dominant presence in rural Kansas.

Two senators from the Kansas City suburbs have announced campaigns for the Democratic nomination for governor, but in running against Republicans must prove they can connect with voters in rural and western Kansas.