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Kansas Representative Charlotte O'Hara , who represents Kansas House District 27 in southern Johnson County, offers a look at the politics surrounding wind power in Kansas.

Although alcohol-related laws are proposed every session, Sen. Pete Brungardt, chairman of the Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee, said it's unusual to have so many liquor bills under consideration.

Last year, Gov. Sam Brownback began the Rural Opportunity Zone project for 50 eligible counties in Kansas.

The grandchildren of Staff Sgt. David Jermark know why grandpa is going away for a year, and they're all right with it.

Dillon Barnes, a senior at the University of Kansas, likes to carry a handgun, but the law prevents him from entering school buildings with his firearm despite having a concealed-carry license.

Winter Weather Advisory issued February 13 at 4:56AM CST expiring February 13 at 6:00PM CST in effect for: Andrew; Atchison; Bates; Buchanan; Caldwell; Cass; Clay; Clinton; Daviess; DeKalb; Gentry; Harrison; Henry; Holt; Jackson; Johnson; Lafayette; Nodaway; Platte; Ray; Worth Winter Weather Advisory issued February 13 at 4:56AM CST expiring ... (more)

Listen to Hank the Mechanic all week for your chance to win a pair of one day tickets to The Park City Chill at the Kansas Pavillions Friday February 24th-Sunday February 26th "The Park City Chill" brought to you by Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts is Kansas Largest Indoor Motorcycle & Car Show happening February 24th-26th. The Motorcycle Show is the ... (more)

Chuck Magerl, the founder of the Free State Brewing Co., has always loved beer, not just for what what's in the bottle, but because of its ability to help people find common ground around a common passion.

Republican legislators are growing defensive over ongoing questions about whether private gatherings they had with Republican Gov.

Authorities say a Topeka man has been charged with poaching a 14-point whitetail buck that could have broken a state record that has stood for more than 35 years.

VictoryLand owner Milton McGregor, right, and his attor ney, Joe Espy, confer as they walk to the federal courthouse in Montgomery on Friday.

Given such trends as declining reimbursements from the government, an aging population and the popularity of high-deductible health insurance, what does the future of health care look like? The two 1970s science fiction films seem wildly different but share a backdrop.

' Some 400 mourners gathered Saturday to honor a judge whose sheer stamina and devotion to justice kept him on the federal bench in Wichita up to his death last month at age 104.

The Garden City Telegram reports that the deadline for applying for the funding from the Ogallala Aquifer Initiative for fiscal year 2012 is Feb.

Kansas legislators are modifying a proposal from Republican Gov. Sam Brownback's administration to establish a fund to cover the state's share of federally declared disasters.

TV news anchor Ralph Hipp, left, emcees a reader's theater presentation Feb. 5 of "John Brown: Martyr or Madman," with, from left, Phyllis Penney, Mary Kerle and Ken Kerle, at the Hale Ritchie House, 1118 S.E. Madison, where at 2 p.m. Sunday the script will be "The Underground Railroad." Richard Pitts, historian, storyteller and founder of the ... (more)

President Obama will propose a budget on Monday that forecasts a $901 billion deficit in 2013.

The Hutchinson News and The Arkansas City Traveler are the winners of the 2011 Burton W. Marvin Kansas News Enterprise Award.

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.