Today, I offer a story for you to read to your children and grandchildren:Once upon a time, there was a small town.And in that small town, there was a small school.And in that small school, there was a single person.
Like many others, I wept watching Vice-President candidate Tim Walz’s son Gus express his sheer admiration of his dad during the Democratic National Convention.
In an ideal world, my job wouldn’t exist.
One of the things I enjoy most about agriculture is the ability of farmers and ranchers to work together on projects large and small.
The Kansas Hospital Association Distinguished Health Care Advocate Award honors individuals, organizations or groups who provide an exemplary contribution to the health and well-being of the people of Kansas through their leadership in public, political or policy areas.
Laura Ingalls Wilder, she of the Little House books, wrote a nonfiction essay about a clear and significant memory from her girlhood.
When Robert F.
On behalf of the All Together Now committee, we want to share our utmost thanks to the Newton, Hesston and Halstead communities for supporting the inclusive playground project at Slate Creek Elementary.This project began in spring 2021, when Slate Creek Principal Tenae Alfaro shared a concern with the students that not all students were able to play on the playground, due to physical mobility differences.
As the Newton High School soccer team took the field for a scrimmage Aug.
TOPEKA — Kansas Republicans pressing to reform the Legislature’s annual budget-writing process want to displace governors from the lead role in proposing state spending changes, alter a Statehouse culture that embraced the three-day workweek, and make it difficult for lobbyists to slip special-interest earmarks into bills.House Speaker Dan Hawkins and Senate President Ty Masterson, the Republicans who formed an interim legislative committee to work on the budgeting overhaul, said the plan involved formation of a powerful permanent committee of a dozen or so legislators who would start work on a version of the state budget as much as three months before the legislative session began in January.