Election 2024
Topeka Rep. Fred Patton submits letter of resignation, stepping down Oct. 16
A Topeka member of the Kansas House plans to resign in October to give his replacement one year of experience before standing for election in 2024.
Ten Kansas advocacy groups rebuffed by Wyandotte County election commissioner
Wyandotte County election commission declines to speak with 10 advocacy organizations about offering election materials in languages other than English.
Anti-democratic moves by state lawmakers raise fears for 2024 election
In Wisconsin, Republican lawmakers are threatening to impeach both the state’s election administrator, who is highly regarded nationally, and a state Supreme Court justice despite a ruling by the state’s judicial commission that the justice had done nothing wrong — effectively nullifying a recent statewide election she won, Democrats say. In North Carolina, a bill […]
Kansas special committee leans harder toward raising legislators’ annual base salary to $45,000
A special committee studying compensation for the Kansas Legislature warms to idea of $45,000 base salary, but has other compensation issues to resolve.
As our country confronts serious threats, some Kansans want to laugh them off
As long as news stories and columns have appeared online with a way for readers to make their reactions known, one piece of advice to authors persists. Don’t read the comments. Yet I can’t help but do so when it comes to my work, simply because I’m curious to know what people think. My recent […]
‘When is it going to be our time?’ Young Kansas voters jilted by candidates and election barriers
This article is part of U.S. Democracy Day, a nationwide collaborative on Sept. 15, the International Day of Democracy, in which news organizations cover how democracy works and the threats it faces. To learn more, visit usdemocracyday.org. TOPEKA — The way Dustin Morris sees it, his generation was sold a lot of false hope. You […]
Truman, Eisenhower organizations split on letter calling for respectful civic engagement
Thirteen of 14 nonprofit presidential foundations or centers — not the Eisenhower Foundation — back a joint statement calling for political civility.
Kansas senator alleges GOP complicit in damaging politics of big-businesses lobby groups
Republican state Sen. Mark Steffen denounces special-interest groups aligned with big business and asserts GOP complicit with these influential lobbyists.
Americans are worried about democracy. You wouldn’t know it from the GOP debate.
There’s a growing feeling, among both experts and ordinary Americans, that our democracy isn’t functioning well — and even that it’s under threat. “American democracy is cracking,” the Washington Post reported August 18. “I’m terrified,” one democracy expert told the paper. “I think we are in bad shape, and I don’t know a way out.” […]
Trump absent but still dominates as GOP presidential rivals clash at first debate
Eight Republican presidential candidates gathered onstage Wednesday night in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for a heated first primary debate heavily influenced by former President Donald Trump, though the party’s front runner refused to attend the two-hour event. Trump instead recorded a competing 46-minute interview with former Fox News personality Tucker Carlson that aired on X, formerly known […]
Democrat Eli Woody tying 2nd District campaign to issues germane to Kansans — not D.C. insiders
Eli Woody, a former school teacher, is seeking the Democratic Party's nomination to challenge GOP U.S. Rep. Jake Laturner in the 2nd District.