Kansas News Service

A ban on puberty blockers and hormone therapies for transgender minors takes effect next year. This family is trying to navigate the changes — and give their daughter a normal teen life.

Advocates say understaffing at the Kansas agency that regulates adult care homes puts elderly and disabled residents at risk of abuse and neglect.

Federal lawmakers from Kansas have introduced legislation that would transfer control of Haskell Indian Nations University from the U.S. Department of Interior to Haskell’s Board of Regents but continue federal funding for the school.

Gay rights activism at the University of Kansas was led in the 1970s by the Lawrence Gay Liberation Front, but it took 10 years and a lawsuit for the student group to gain official recognition. Now, Katherine Rose-Mockry, retired director of KU’s Emily Taylor Center for Women and Gender Equity, has pieced that history together.

A University of Kansas historian is looking for answers to a mystery that's nearly a century old. Could DNA tests shed new light on the Lindbergh baby kidnapping case?

Members of the district's financial oversight committee rejected a proposal to recommend a new bond issue by March 2026. They said the state’s largest district has not made a clear case for why it needs a bond or how it would use the money to rebuild and repair schools.

Both Missouri and Kansas have banned hormone therapy and other gender-affirming care for transgender youth under age 18. A conservative majority of the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a similar law on Wednesday, which local advocates say is "devastating."

Wichita school district leaders formed the financial oversight committee to gather community input after voters rejected a $450 million bond issue. Now they're asking the group to recommend another bond vote.

One Wichita manufacturer says tariffs are buoying demand for its products. But industry leaders warn of long-term harm to American planemakers.

The peaceful protest in Topeka was one of hundreds of demonstrations against President Donald Trump ahead of a military parade in Washington, D.C.

The Kansas Court of Appeals decision reverses a district court order that prohibited transgender people from changing driver's licenses to reflect their gender identity.

Federal lawmakers are considering cutting billions of dollars from Medicaid funding. Experts say that would lead to an increase in hospital closures and uninsured rates in Kansas.