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Gray-Little, the university's first woman and black chancellor, made the remarks Thursday during an address at Fort Leavenworth.

An influential anti-abortion legislator is blocking the push for a ban on abortion in the Kansas Constitution, highlighting a split among abortion opponents over tactics and frustrating the group advocating the “personhood” proposal Friday.

TOPEKA – Taxpayers who earn less than $25,000 a year would see an average income tax reduction of $11.64 under a proposal detailed by House Republican leaders this afternoon.

The state's highest court has upheld the capital murder and aggravated kidnapping convictions of a Wichita man paid to kill a pregnant 14-year-old girl.

A federal judge has found a Kansas man competent to stand trial on charges of threatening the president of the United States.

Nolan Mize, owner of Mize's Thriftway in Clearwater, says he supports legislation that would allow grocers to sell full-strength beer, but he has no interest in adding a full liquor department.

A Kansas abortion debate turned nasty Thursday when the leader of a women’s group pulled out a rubber stamp and accused a House panel of routinely approving bills restricting the procedure.One lawmaker walked out in protest.The committee was concluding two days of hearings on new abortion restrictions when the state coordinator of the ... (more)

A proposal from Gov. Sam Brownback to post teacher evaluations on school district websites was removed Thursday from a House education bill after it sparked outrage.

Two of the architects behind Ford's remarkable turnaround are retiring, and their departures have intensified the guessing game over who will become the next CEO.

The House's 109-14 vote means the new district lines specified by the bill are likely to become law, starting with this year's elections.

Raised in Derby, she went to the University of Kansas, then Yale University's School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and finally the University of Colorado's law school.

There's a photo of Dennis Moore kneeling next to the hole in Iraq where Saddam Hussein was captured in 2003.

Leaders from four of the state's tribes were recognized in the House chambers. Rep. Ponka-We Victors introduced the tribal chairmen and presented them gifts.

Secretary of State Kris Kobach's proposal to require some potential Kansas voters to prove their U.S. citizenship ahead of this year's presidential election easily cleared a state House committee Wednesday.

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Found over at New Advent there is this headline: Anonymous White House sources: Sebelius led fight for contraception edict, while VP Biden warned Obama about backlash from Catholic voters.. President Barack Obama ended months of internal White House debate by siding with a group of mostly female advisers who urged him not to limit a health-care law ... (more)

The Kansas Bureau of Investigation has issued a Silver Alert for an 89-year-old Kingman man who hasn't been seen since driving away from his home.

A scam artist claiming to be a down-on-his luck military man is trying to scam some Kansas churches.

"It was Toto that made Dorothy laugh, and saved her from growing as gray as her other surroundings.