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LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — By the end of the year, a team of students from the University of Kansas hope to have a small working model of a personal helicopter-like aircraft. After that comes the full-size version. "So when you see a pod racer on the s...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City ranks among the most affordable cities in the nation on a list that gave high marks to Southern and fellow Midwestern towns. Compared to increasingly expensive coastal cities, the Midwest and South earned top spots...

YODER, Kan. (AP) — Sarah and Jeff Mashaw were worried they wouldn't make it from their home in Pratt to their midwife in Yoder quickly enough for their fourth child's birth, but they wanted a natural, out-of-hospital experience. With their first c...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas received reports that a boy who ultimately was murdered and fed to pigs was being physically abused several years before his death, according to documents released Tuesday that also show a social worker was in contact w...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Records released last week that indicate Kansas officials investigated claims of child abuse for several years before a 7-year-old boy was tortured, starved, killed and fed to pigs may be strengthening some lawmakers' desire to in...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas received reports that a boy who ultimately was murdered and fed to pigs was being physically abused several years before his death, according to documents released Tuesday that also show a social worker was in contact w...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas cities may soon be able to designate districts where patrons can move among bars, restaurants and entertainment venues, drinks in hand. Both the House and Senate have passed versions of a bill that would allow areas s...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Senators on Tuesday backed away from a contentious floor debate on the state's concealed carry law, opting instead to send a bill back to committee that would allow several types of medical providers to ban guns in their f...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Less than three weeks after GOP Gov. Sam Brownback signed tightened rules for Kansas amusement parks, lawmakers who were spurred by the death of a colleague's son are proposing to delay the law's implementation. The House F...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A measure that would strengthen state laws against human trafficking cleared the Kansas Legislature Thursday without a single vote against it. The bill, which the House approved unanimously on Monday before the Senate's action T...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A House committee on Tuesday passed a bill that would allow Kansas lawmakers to more closely oversee the state's privatized foster care system and the contractors that run it amid questions about how the state monitors the program...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Some Kansas lawmakers and animal welfare advocates are holding up a bill to increase fees on pet stores, breeders and kennels in hopes that they can also pass more stringent oversight of animal breeders. At issue is a measure t...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas lawmakers who want to keep concealed guns out of state hospitals have yet to settle on a path forward, though they've likely ruled out spending $24 million to secure the facilities. Spending committees in the House and S...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas judges are backing off an effort to shield jurors' names in a compromise with transparency advocates who hope to avoid court secrecy. The Kansas District Judges Association will still seek to keep jurors' addresses s...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Advocates are buzzing again about the possibility of extending Kansas' health coverage for the poor because of a Topeka hospital's potential demise but could struggle to attract the last few votes from reluctant Republican l...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The death of a colleague's son spurred the governor in the often anti-regulation Kansas to toughen the state's inspection requirements for amusement parks on Monday. A new law signed by Republican Gov. Sam Brownback strengthens t...

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — The three largest universities in Kansas will be allowed to ban guns at large sporting events beginning in July. The Kansas Board of Regents' governance committee on Wednesday approved a request by the University of Kansas, K...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A years-long effort by Kansas grocery and convenience stores that want to sell more alcoholic products culminated in a compromise on Friday when lawmakers agreed to allow them to sell full-strength beer and allow liquor stores t...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas legislators agreed Friday to strengthen the state's lax oversight of amusement park rides after a lawmaker's 10-year-old son was killed while riding a waterslide. Rep. Scott Schwab's son Caleb died last summer on the Verruc...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback endorsed a flat-rate income tax plan Wednesday and lawmakers drafted a plan that would eventually boost aid to public schools by $750 million a year as they worked to fix deep budget problems. The c...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas House approved a bill that would prohibit the state from awarding contracts to companies that are participating in any boycott of Israel. The House passed the measure Wednesday on a 116-9 vote. Similar policies in 17 st...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Opponents of concealed carry at Kansas hospitals and universities hope an eleventh-hour gun debate will give them a chance to change the law that's set kick in this summer. Some lawmakers started an effort in January to roll b...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas already requires abortion providers to inform women about the risks involved in the procedure. Soon, it may also require them to tell women where the doctor performing an abortion went to medical school. In black, 1...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Lottery players soon might be able to buy tickets from vending machines. The House voted this week in support of the move, which the state lottery has sought for three years. Lottery spokeswoman Sally Lunsford said the m...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas House committee advanced a bill Friday that would protect public employers from liability should an employee act use a concealed weapon wrongfully or negligently while out of the building for work. Employers are a...