Lindsborg gift shop, Topeka brewery eager to reopen as economy awakens

The director of the Shawnee County Health Department says VA officials are refusing to cooperate with an investigation into COVID-19 infections, igniting a public dispute over the handling of sensitive medical data.

U.S. Senate candidate Susan Wagle released Tuesday a strategy for immediate resumption of most Kansas business operations at 50% capacity while retaining stay-at-home restrictions on assisted living facilities and nursing homes where especially vulnerable people live.

The Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission has fined former corrections secretary Joe Norwood $5,000 for taking a job with CoreCivic after authorizing a lucrative state contract for the company.

Republican candidates for U.S. Senate responded with force Friday to a pressure campaign by leaders of the Kansas Republican Party to convince two contenders to quit the race to damage prospects of former Secretary of State Kris Kobach and potentially help U.S. Rep. Roger Marshall's bid to win the primary.

A settlement was reached in a lawsuit between current and former Garden City Community College employees who had taken issue with the management of the college and its former president, Herbert Swender, during a special board of trustees meeting on April 22.