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A federal judge ruled Friday against the Trump administration’s efforts to strip Medicaid funds from primarily Planned P...
08/30/2025

A federal judge ruled Friday against the Trump administration’s efforts to strip Medicaid funds from primarily Planned Parenthood-affiliated abortion providers.

This story was originally published on NewsFromTheStates.com, part of States Newsroom.

Opinion from Rebecca Phillips: As I drove away from the grocery store, I could feel tears in my eyes as I thought of the...
08/30/2025

Opinion from Rebecca Phillips: As I drove away from the grocery store, I could feel tears in my eyes as I thought of the young lady with three young children who had been in front of me in the checkout line.

The poverty that Kansans and Americans experience is real and heartbreaking. Young mothers, the disabled, seniors, veterans.

The economy-wide tariffs President Donald Trump placed on nearly every U.S. trading partner are illegal, a federal appea...
08/30/2025

The economy-wide tariffs President Donald Trump placed on nearly every U.S. trading partner are illegal, a federal appeals court said Friday.

The economy-wide tariffs President Donald Trump placed on nearly every U.S. trading partner are illegal, a federal appeals court said Friday. The International Economic Emergency Powers Act does not give the president the power to impose tariffs, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit rul...

The White House budget office moved Friday to yank nearly $5 billion in foreign aid already approved by Congress in a co...
08/29/2025

The White House budget office moved Friday to yank nearly $5 billion in foreign aid already approved by Congress in a controversial maneuver meant to bypass lawmakers.

WASHINGTON — The White House budget office moved Friday to yank nearly $5 billion in foreign aid already approved by Congress in a controversial maneuver meant to bypass lawmakers. The so-called pocket rescission, which a top congressional watchdog and the Republican chairwoman of the Senate Appro...

The Kansas secretary of state relied Friday on a legal opinion issued by the attorney general to remove Republican Doug ...
08/29/2025

The Kansas secretary of state relied Friday on a legal opinion issued by the attorney general to remove Republican Doug Billings from the roster of candidates running for governor.

Kansas attorney general says conservative GOP gubernatorial candidate Doug Billings must be removed from ballot after his running mate quit.

Longtime Kansas journalist and Kansas Reflector senior reporter Tim Carpenter has been selected for a statewide hall of ...
08/29/2025

Longtime Kansas journalist and Kansas Reflector senior reporter Tim Carpenter has been selected for a statewide hall of fame honoring journalists. Reflector opinion columnist, nonprofit executive and author Mark McCormick was also named to the hall.

Longtime Kansas journalist and Kansas Reflector’s senior reporter Tim Carpenter has been selected for a statewide hall of fame honoring journalists. Reflector opinion columnist, nonprofit executive and author Mark McCormick was also named to the hall.

Seventy percent of Kansas school districts are repaying amounts from hundreds to millions of dollars after a Medicaid ca...
08/29/2025

Seventy percent of Kansas school districts are repaying amounts from hundreds to millions of dollars after a Medicaid calculation error by a state contractor, a Kansas official testified this week.

70% of Kansas school districts are repaying amounts from hundreds to millions of dollars after a Medicaid calculation error.

Lisa Cook, a Federal Reserve governor, sued President Donald Trump Thursday, calling his move to fire her an “unpreceden...
08/29/2025

Lisa Cook, a Federal Reserve governor, sued President Donald Trump Thursday, calling his move to fire her an “unprecedented and illegal attempt” that jeopardizes the independence of the board.

Lisa Cook, a Federal Reserve governor, sued President Donald Trump Thursday, calling his move to fire her “unprecedented and illegal.”

Opinion from Eric Thomas: Author John Green is most famous for his book, “A Fault In Our Stars,” a crushing and delicate...
08/29/2025

Opinion from Eric Thomas: Author John Green is most famous for his book, “A Fault In Our Stars,” a crushing and delicate book about two teenagers love-locked as they struggle through cancer.

He will be welcomed to the University of Kansas (where I work) on Sept. 2 to speak about his book of essays, “The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet.” That book is the university’s common book for this academic year.

Seeing the overlap between Green’s book and Kansas is simple, if you were monitoring Kansas news at the start of this year.

Bipartisan leaders of a U.S. Senate committee dealing with health policy expressed alarm with the direction of the count...
08/29/2025

Bipartisan leaders of a U.S. Senate committee dealing with health policy expressed alarm with the direction of the country’s top public health agencies after President Donald Trump fired the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other high-level officials resigned.

Bipartisan leaders of a U.S. Senate committee dealing with health policy expressed alarm with the country’s top public health agencies

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly and more than a dozen other Democratic governors on Thursday cautioned President Donald Trump ag...
08/29/2025

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly and more than a dozen other Democratic governors on Thursday cautioned President Donald Trump against deploying states’ National Guard.

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly and more than a dozen other Democratic governors cautioned President Donald Trump against deploying states’ National Guard.

The Kansas attorney general’s office issued a $250 fine to the Haysville City Council for violating the Kansas Open Reco...
08/28/2025

The Kansas attorney general’s office issued a $250 fine to the Haysville City Council for violating the Kansas Open Records Act, officials said Wednesday.

Haysville City Council is fined $250 after an inquiry by the state attorney general's office showed the council violated the open records act.

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