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  • Travis Kelce at a podiumPolitics

    ‘The Chiefs and the Royals are using us’: Kansas politicians have doubts about paying for Super Bowl champs’ stadium, but proceed anyway

    By John Hanna and The Associated Press
  • Travis Kelce speaks to Taylor SwiftFinance

    A rivalry that predates the Civil War is about to heat up with a vote on subsidizing a new stadium

    By John Hanna and The Associated Press
  • computer screen shows man holding gunTech

    Just 1 company appears to meet requirements in several states eyeing AI-powered surveillance to spot school shooters. ‘Probably the most egregious thing that I have ever read’

    By David A. Lieb, John Hanna, and others
  • AmbulanceHealth

    Health system operating across 19 states diverts ambulances, blocks access to medical tests after cyberattack

    By John Hanna, Tom Murphy, and others
  • Kansas City ChiefsFinance

    Kansas’ attempt to lure Super Bowl-winning Chiefs across the border fizzles on $1 billion taxpayer tab

    By John Hanna, Dave Skretta, and others
  • Kansas state Sens. J.R. Claeys, left, R-Salina, and Michael Fagg, right, R-El Dorado, confer ahead of a Senate session, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Both senators have voted to force a debate on a proposed 93% pay raise for lawmakers next year, but that effort has failed, and the pay raise is set to take effect. (AP Photo/John Hanna)Politics

    Kansas lawmakers vote themselves 93% pay raises—to only $58,000 for rank-and-file state senators

    By John Hanna and The Associated Press
  • Susan ConcannonPolitics

    Kansas’ wealthiest 3.8% pays 41% of its taxes and GOP lawmakers are battling with the Democratic governor over a huge new cut

    By John Hanna and The Associated Press
  • Clara Ostrander stands in her family’s field in Maybee, Mich., Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. The family sought to lease some of the property for a solar energy project that would have paid enough to help them keep their land. Local opposition tanked the project and Ostrander now says there are neighbors she will never speak to again. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)Environment

    Clean energy projects keep getting derailed by local opposition. Now states are trying to grab enough power to overrule it

    By Joey Cappelletti, John Hanna, and others
  • Front pages from previous editions hang on a wall at the Marion County Record, where police served a search warrant on Aug. 11, 2023, in Marion, Kansas. (Luke Nozicka/The Kansas City Star/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)Politics

    ‘SEIZED … but not silenced’: Small-town Kansas newspaper publishes first edition since police raid sparked a firestorm of criticism

    By John Hanna and Jim Salter
  • Crime and justice concepts - handcuffs, badge, bullets, and caution tapePolitics

    Police raid on local newspaper’s office and publisher’s home sparks outrage: ‘This is the type of stuff that Vladimir Putin does’

    By John Hanna, Margery A. Beck, and others
  • Kris KobachPolitics

    Kansas’ Democratic governor spikes GOP plan to use $4,300 of taxpayer money to pay a fitness studio that flouted COVID restrictions

    By John Hanna and The Associated Press
  • Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly speaks to reporters during a news conference, Monday, April 24, 2023, in a second-grade classroom at Elmont Elementary School in Topeka, Kansas. Kelly has allowed a bill that bars state and local officials from using environmental, social and governance factors in investing public funds or awarding contracts to become law without her signature. (AP Photo/John Hanna)Finance

    Kansas officials won’t be able to use ESG factors in investments after Democratic governor lets culture-war measure become law

    By John Hanna and The Associated Press
  • Kansas State Treasurer Steven Johnson, right, confers with Assistant State Treasurer Jeff Chanay during a Kansas Senate committee hearing on legislation aimed at preventing state funds from being invested using environmental, social or governance principles, Tuesday, March 7, 2023, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Johnson, a Republican, backs such legislation. (AP Photo/John Hanna)Finance

    Kansas is the latest red state to pass a law against ESG investing but it didn’t go far enough for some politicians

    By John Hanna and The Associated Press
  • Kansas state Sen. Mike Thompson with Jason LongFinance

    The business community to conservatives: Your anti-ESG culture war could bankrupt state pension systems

    By John Hanna, Tom Davies, and others
  • Neil Romano, President, The Romano Group, LLC and Member of the National Council on DisabilityFinance

    Disability rights advocates argue new Kansas bill would encourage employers to pay disabled staff less than minimum wage

    By John Hanna and The Associated Press