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Read Article (UPDATED to include DGA quote) Since the outset of the general election for Kansas governor, national Republicans have buried Democratic nominee Cindy Holscher with negative ad after negative ad after negative ad. They've hit her on property taxes . They've hit her on illegal immigration . And they've hit
Read Article The national League of Women Voters says its local affiliates are cooperating with the attorney general after he alleged that they violated federal law by handing out gift cards to students who registered to vote. The League of Women Voters of the United States issued a statement on Monday responding to th
Read Article The Democratic Governors Association late Monday afternoon came through with a $1 million ad buy for Democratic state Sen. Cindy Holscher in the Kansas governor's race, The money is being funneled through the left-leaning Kansas Values Institute, similar to what happened in 2022 and 2018 to help Democratic
Read Article The race to possibly replace Ty Masterson as president of the Kansas Senate is shifting with one candidate joining the race and another backing out as a third major candidate still looms in the background. Republican state Sen. Renee Erickson of Wichita said she will seek the Senate presidency if Masterson
Read Article Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach on Friday ordered the League of Women Voters of Kansas and in Leavenworth from handing out gift cards to students who register to vote. Acting on a complaint from Republican state Rep. Pat Proctor, Kobach ordered the league to cease and desist from the practice immed
Read Article A federal grand jury on Wednesday indicted a Nigerian national who lived in Olathe with falsely claiming to be a U.S. citizen to illegally vote in elections. George Olawunmi Johnson, 67, was charged with one count of a false claim to U.S. citizenship, one count of false claim to U.S. citizenship in order t
Read Article If you've seen a plane flying overhead toting an anti-Roger Marshall banner, there's a Super PAC behind that. A new group that was formed at the end of August called the United Futures PAC has reported spending $237,500 on the U.S. Senate race in Kansas between Republican U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall and Democ
Read Article State banking regulators have brought an enforcement action against a unique type of Kansas financial institution that allows affluent investors to liquidate alternative assets such as venture capital and private equity that aren’t easily converted to cash. Kansas Bank Commissioner David Herndon revealed p
Read Article A Florida couple has been convicted of election crimes stemming from a petition drive to secure enough signatures to create the No Labels Party three years ago. Attorney General Kris Kobach said George Edward Andrews and Jamie Louise Johnson, both of Dade City, Florida, pleaded guilty in Johnson County Dis
Read Article Good morning, everyone: Another baseball season comes to an end today and another year with our favorite team not making the playoffs, a streak now that has hit 11 years. Better yet, they haven't won a playoff game since 2013, not to mention a World Series since 1979. That's a lifetime folks. Everyone know
Read Article Urban areas across Kansas, most notably Johnson County, would have had the most votes discounted if the three-day grace period had not been in effect for the primary election this year, new data show. The data compiled by the secretary of state's office show that 996 mail ballots arrived at local election
Read Article The campaign of a Republican House candidate started collapsing Wednesday as two major groups pulled their support for her in House District 41 in Leavenworth County because of questions about her background. A spokesperson for The Republican House Campaign Committee said it would not support Ann Reinhart
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