A Kansas House member was shoved to the floor at a Topeka bar during an argument between a Wichita City Council member and a Democratic state representative from Wichita who disagreed about plans to test Wichita residents potentially harmed by a toxic chemical spill in a historically Black neighborhood.

Governor Laura Kelly gave only brief remarks when asked what her thoughts were on a recent heated argument between two elected officials at a Topeka bar. 27 News sought a response from Kelly on the incident on Friday,

A Kansas House representative and Wichita city councilman had a heated exchange in downtown Topeka, which at one point got physical.

Now that we have the video, it appears blows were not thrown, at least not during the video we have. It appears KS Rep. Henry Helgerson who […]

Pat George, chairman of the Kansas Fights Addiction Act Grant Review Board, gives an update to the Senate Ways and Means Committee on Jan. 21, 2025. (Kansas Reflector screen capture from Kansas Legislature video) TOPEKA — After a slow start,

TOPEKA — Apolina Bahati’s decades-long journey to United States citizenship came to a close Monday at a naturalization ceremony in the marble-enveloped rotunda of the Kansas Capitol. Bahati left Congo at age 2 for life as a refugee in Tanzania before deciding as an adult to cross the ocean for a chance at permanence in the United States.

TOPEKA — The Kansas Chamber business lobbying organization wants to convince the 2025 Legislature and Gov. Laura Kelly to pass a law tying increases in state expenditures to the inflation rate and devoting excess revenue to lowering the state’s individual income tax rate to 4.5%.

The argument in Topeka between Ford Carr and Brandon Johnson was over the management of state funds allocated for cancer screenings of residents living on top of a chemical spill site.

The Kansas City Chiefs are headed back to the Super Bowl in search of a three-peat, and fans are ready to cheer them on to one more win.

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE) has notified 32 teachers that they have been selected as the 2025 Kansas Horizon Award winners. The program honors new teachers who show outstanding teaching skills.

Kansas Sen. Patrick Schmidt's resolution condemning President Trump's Jan. 6 pardons isn't binding and is unlikely to pass both chambers.

Kansans charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol include alleged members of the Proud Boys, a Topeka City Council candidate and others who've since expressed regret for their actions. All have now been pardoned by President Trump.