Business lobbying groups defend 2012 income tax reductions
Conservative lobbyists told lawmakers anxious about state revenue shortfalls Wednesday not to give up on potential of the 2012 repeal of state income tax on Kansas business owners without taking action...
View ArticleJury views graphic images of crime scenes in Ottawa murder trial
OTTAWA — Adult victims of a spring 2013 quadruple homicide all suffered wounds from a 12-gauge shotgun and were left under either a tarp or mound of clothes, prosecutors said.From Monday through...
View ArticleOgden, Kansas man's second capital murder trial delayed until May
MANHATTAN — The second trial for a Kansas man whose capital murder charge has been delayed.The Manhattan Mercury reports (http://bit.ly/1RnbyLf ) Luis Aguirre of Ogden on Tuesday gave up his right to a...
View ArticleHouse, Senate bills direct transgender students in restroom, locker room usage
Bills introduced in the Kansas House and Senate require transgender students at public schools and universities to use restrooms and other facilities that correspond with their gender at birth,...
View ArticleLocal, state officials unwilling to join Alcala lawsuit against Topeka
In allowing a lawsuit challenging the city of Topeka’s contract for an interim fire chief to move forward, a Shawnee County District Judge left the door open for other public officials to join the...
View ArticleFederal lawsuit filed in case of girl reportedly sickened by food at Emporia...
A lawsuit was filed Thursday in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas on behalf of a 7-year-old girl who allegedly contracted E. coli at a Pizza Ranch restaurant in Emporia.The...
View ArticleWestar charge increase approval from KCC delayed; rates will go into effect...
The Kansas Corporation Commission on Wednesday delayed for two weeks a decision on a Westar Energy request to raise its transmission tariff, a proposal that would add about $4 per month to the average...
View ArticleKansas voters could add hunting to state constitution
Keith Houghton, owner of Ringneck Ranch in North Central Kansas, has hosted hunters on his grain fields for over three decades. Houghton called hunting, fishing and trapping a mainstay of the state’s...
View ArticleKansas Democrats protest Gitmo plan following GOP resolution
The Kansas Senate’s eight Democrats have sent a letter to President Barack Obama opposing moving terror suspects to Fort Leavenworth from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.The letter Thursday to the Democratic...
View ArticleInmate missing from Winfield prison
WINFIELD— An inmate has escaped from a minimum-security prison in southern Kansas.The Kansas Department of Corrections says 37-year-old Bradley Wayne Struble was last seen about midnight Wednesday...
View ArticleOgden man's second capital murder trial delayed until May
MANHATTAN — The second trial for a Kansas man whose capital murder conviction was overturned has been delayed.The Manhattan Mercury reports (http://bit.ly/1RnbyLf ) Luis Aguirre of Ogden on Tuesday...
View ArticleNew Kansas University faculty mentoring program aims to help student retention
LAWRENCE — Kansas University has implemented a new strategy to improve retention among students who failed out of its College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.The Lawrence (Kan.) Journal-World...
View ArticleAudit slams management at former job of US election official
WICHITA— A top U.S. election official improperly claimed mileage and travel expenses, intentionally skirted oversight of government credit card expenses and wasted taxpayer funds while at his former...
View ArticleOut & About hot tickets, March 18-24
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View ArticleOut & About calendar, March 18-24
Items for the Out & About calendar can be submitted by email to Arts & Entertainment editor Bill Blankenship at bill.blankenship@cjonline.com. The deadline is noon Tuesday for publication...
View ArticleMark Stuart makes his Topeka debut in Last Minute Folk gig
Mark Stuart, who makes his Topeka debut Saturday night at a Last Minute Folk concert, went to music school in Nashville’s nightclubs and honkytonks.Stuart, who will perform at 7:30 p.m. at the...
View ArticleTopeka Symphony to memorialize 1966 tornado with stormy music
Forces of nature often have churned the creativity of composers of classical music, and the Topeka Symphony Orchestra will tap the resulting repertoire Saturday night to commemorate the upcoming 50th...
View ArticleFlack quadruple murder trial Day 9: Details emerge on the discovery of the...
In Tequa Creek’s still waters, the corner of a suitcase caught the eye of a Franklin County sheriff’s deputy.Law enforcement, the Johnson County crime lab, a medical examiner and the Pottawatomie...
View ArticleKansas House committee studies potential of starting rainy-day fund
A range of public policy organizations endorsed Friday formation by the Kansas Legislature of a rainy-day fund to cushion state government from fluctuations of tax revenue in response to economic...
View ArticleKansas House gives early approval to juvenile justice reform package
The House gave early approval Friday to a sweeping overhaul of the state’s juvenile justice system, an effort lawmakers hope will save money and reduce juvenile criminality.Senate Bill 367 aims to...
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