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PoliticsKansas’ 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 PressJanuary 19, 2024
EnvironmentClean 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 The Associated PressJanuary 14, 2024
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 SalterAugust 16, 2023
PoliticsPolice 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 The Associated PressAugust 14, 2023
PoliticsKansas’ 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 PressMay 12, 2023
FinanceKansas 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 PressApril 25, 2023
FinanceKansas 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 PressApril 7, 2023
FinanceThe business community to conservatives: Your anti-ESG culture war could bankrupt state pension systems
By John Hanna, Tom Davies and The Associated PressMarch 9, 2023
FinanceDisability rights advocates argue new Kansas bill would encourage employers to pay disabled staff less than minimum wage
By John Hanna and The Associated PressMarch 6, 2023
TechKansas will pony up $304 million to get new chip factory in government push to build domestic semiconductor capacity
By John Hanna and The Associated PressFebruary 3, 2023
PoliticsRepublican plan to use state tax money to pay for private and home schooling launches Kansas culture war
By John Hanna and The Associated PressJanuary 31, 2023
EnvironmentThe biggest oil spill in the history of the Keystone pipeline is dumping more than a half million gallons of crude into a creek in Kansas
By John Hanna, Heather Hollingsworth, Ryan J. Foley and The Associated PressDecember 9, 2022
By John Hanna, Heather Hollingsworth, Josh Funk and The Associated PressDecember 9, 2022
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