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A month of harsh words between Rep. Patrick Kennedy and a strident critic, Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Tobin, escalated Sunday when the bishop acknowledged asking Kennedy not to receive Holy Communion because of the Democratic lawmaker's support for abortion rights.

Gov. Mark Parkinson told the Wichita Metro Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday that while the recession is "really brutal" for Kansas government, he thinks he and the Legislature can come together to balance the budget in a "post-partisan" manner.

In a room filled with aspiring rocket scientists and engineers, NASA astronaut Ellen Ochoa upstaged Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.

Published online 11/10/2009 10:18 PM AG hopeful wants to campaign on experience, not politics Ralph DeZago, a former state assistant attorney general, finds it "abhorrent" that a candidate for statewide public office is expected to amass a big campaign treasury to afford a major advertising program, in order to achieve name recognition and win ...

Published online 11/6/2009 10:02 PM Agencies brace for more cuts With predicted budget shortfall, as much as $460M must be trimmed The Kansas Department of Transportation expects some construction projects could be delayed or downsized if a new wave of state spending cuts is ordered.

Atchison attorney Bill Thornton will be named Kansasa acting secretary of commerce.

The Obama administration is once again using iVillage to spread its message about healthcare reform.

Ten million new doses of vaccine against the H1N1 influenza virus will become available in the United States this week, Obama administration officials said over the weekend.

David D. Kerr, commerce secretary for the state of Kansas, will shift his allegiances east and try to rev up the job market in Missouri.

Jay Nixon selected David D. Kerr, Commerce Secretary for the State of Kansas, as the new director of the Missouri Department of Economic Development.

The Kansas secretary of commerce plans to cross state lines to lead economic development efforts in Missouri, which is prompting some Kansas legislators to question his loyalties in a key business-recruiting effort.

Mystery surrounding the resignation of the top official at the Kansas Board of Healing Arts intensified Wednesday evening as board members declined to offer a public explanation for the sudden exit while taking action to form a search committee and appoint an interim executive director.

George Tiller's Wichita abortion practice ended with his murder. Pro-choice Gov.

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Former Gov. Kathleen Sebelius took some heat several years ago for saying that the quality of the roads in Missouri was scary.

Court records show Britney Spears and a photographer whose foot she ran over have settled a lawsuit.

Here are excerpts from recent editorials in Kansas newspapers: Oct. 16. The Hutchinson News, on the justice system: The justice system is one of those funny functions of government that a person never fully appreciates until it is no longer available.

Kansas Democratic Party Chairman Larry Gates says he's not running for governor.

The 2nd Congressional district has been one of the most competitive districts in the U.S. during the last three or four election and should be again in 2010.

Five Jayhawks are on a new list of the 100 most powerful women in the nation's capital, according to Washingtonian magazine.