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Kansas officials are working with a $10 million appropriation to launch a school-safety program relying on AI technology to identify people carrying firearms.

This story was originally published by The 19th. Content warning: This story contains graphic depictions of violence. Tuesday, Nov. 11, should have been an ordinary workday for 20-year-old Amber Czech, who worked as a welder at a manufacturing facility in Cokato, Minnesota. She loved her craft and taught welding at her old high school on […]

U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, renews call for firm, fair negotiations to bring an end to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Gov. Ron DeSantis may get a chance to appoint up to 25 additional judges in his final year in office if the Florida Legislature goes along with a new request from the state Supreme Court. DeSantis has repeatedly boasted about his efforts to reshape Florida’s judicial branch, including the state Supreme Court. Five of the […]

TOPEKA — A new page on a federal government website that provides inaccurate information about vaccines and autism is concerning to Kansans who work in autism research. A majority of studies and researchers say there is no connection between autism and vaccinations, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated a page to share […]

TOPEKA — Collin Tuthill, president of one of the country’s largest canned and frozen food importers and distributors, said the current state of the U.S. food industry is “like we live in some kind of alternate universe.” The most efficient industry is being hit the hardest by tariff policies and rising costs, he said Tuesday […]

In June 2024, then-presidential candidate Donald Trump charged on his social media platform that “much of Higher Education has lost its way, and is now corrupting our Youth and Society with, SOCIALIST, and ANTI-AMERICAN Ideology.” He vowed to remove such “wokeness” from U.S. education. Trump has primarily targeted elite private universities in his attacks on […]

Washington state has ambitious renewable energy goals. But as we transition away from fossil fuels, energy demand will increase as we electrify our lives and as energy-intensive industries proliferate.   This complicates our state’s path to decarbonization. As part of the transition, solar energy in Washington could cover tens of thousands — possibly hundreds of thousands […]

SEATTLE — Washington Attorney General Nick Brown says the Trump administration’s attempt to reprioritize billions of dollars in housing aid for people with disabilities is a policy that “comes straight out of a Charles Dickens story.” Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner says reforms are needed to fix what he describes as a “Biden-era […]

CEDAR CREST — The best gift Statehouse Republicans could give Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly this holiday season is collaboration to resolve Kansas’ water issues, she said Tuesday at the annual Christmas tree donation at Cedar Crest. “Recognizing that that is not a political win or loss for anybody, but absolutely essential for the future in […]

A private school in Brooksville should be barred from access to state school vouchers after its operator admitted it wasn’t educating students the state paid it to teach, an administrative judge recommended Wednesday. The episode follows release of a state audit into a state budget strain caused by what lawmakers agree are lax accounting practices […]

The latest effort to legalize marijuana in Florida encountered a legal setback but those behind a new amendment insist they still can qualify for the 2026 ballot. Florida election officials have told local election supervisors to toss out 200,000 petition signatures that they say are invalid. Smart & Safe Florida, the group pushing the initiative, […]