Civil Rights

TOPEKA — A Senate committee's handling of an election bill last week and legislation considered by the House ignited heated debate over the danger...

TOPEKA — Felipe Olvera Argueta was weeks away from being released from the Seward County Jail for a crime he didn't commit when his...

TOPEKA — The Kansas Attorney General's Office says attorneys involved in the American Civil Liberties Union's five-year legal battle over voter rights in Kansas...

TOPEKA — In 2009, Tyesha McNair was shot and killed by her ex-partner after deciding to leave the abusive relationship. McNair had obtained a protective...

WASHINGTON — The House Agriculture Committee on Thursday heard about how Black farmers have faced decades of racial discrimination in their dealings with the...

TOPEKA — A bill passed Thursday by the Senate allowing Kansas to print “Don’t Tread on Me” license plates came under scrutiny by Democrats...

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Thursday in his first formal news conference since taking office blasted Republican-controlled state legislatures that are seeking to...

Gov. Kelly signs GOP's overhaul of Kansas' emergency management law and House and Senate leaders warn her not to issue a new mask mandate.

Kansas GOP relies on obscure rule on tedious conduct to cut off Democrat's filibuster on resolution denouncing federal election reform bill.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. House took up two bills Thursday that would grant legal status to broad groups of immigrants living and working in...