Phil Epp may be best known for paintings that evoke the wide-open spaces of the Great Plains and American Southwest, but his love for art has taken him across the world. He will share some of his experiences in “Images of Art and Design in Central Asia,” one of Kauffman Museum’s periodic Sunday-Afternoon- at-the-Museum programs at 3 p.m.
By Kansan Staff WICHITA – Cody Keenan, former White House speechwriter for President Barack Obama, will be the speaker for the 2023 Craig W. Barton Speaker Series event at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 30 in Wiedemann Hall at Wichita State University.
MANHATTAN – For Kansas gardeners, St. Patrick’s Day means something much more than donning a favorite green outfit and heading to local celebrations.
Growing up we used to call them little baby cabbages! Brussels sprouts gets its name from Brussels, Belgium. The plant is a close relative of cabbage, broccoli, and cauliflower, but is slower growing. Best success in Kansas is to grow the “sprouts”— small heads that grow along the stem and resemble small cabbage heads—in the fall season by planting in early July.
The Republican-dominated Kansas Senate has passed a pair of bills that would drastically reduce taxes on income and retirement payments. With the spring legislative session about halfway over, the Senate has also passed a plan to eliminate both state and local sales tax on some groceries.
The threat that Walton could lose the charter school currently on the edge of the small city is very real - and a topic that seemingly pops up every five years or so. “My children are no longer in the Walton program, when they asked me why I was coming tonight, I said ‘Walton is fighting again.’ They said, ‘go,’” said Elisha Blount, a parent of Walton graduates at Feb.13 meeting of the Board of Education.
Kansas Republican lawmakers want to take over powers from state and local public health officials to fight the spread of contagious diseases. The Kansas Senate passed a bill to shift those powers from local health officials to state lawmakers last week.
TOPEKA — Creditors in a bankruptcy case packed a court document with allegations that the top executive of a Kansas business orchestrated a multiyear fraud to enrich himself and his corporate entities — leaving another business insolvent to the detriment of 27,000 investors who were owed more than $1 billion.
A proposal to address homelessness with bans on camps for people without housing drew sharp criticism in the Kansas Legislature on Thursday. The legislation makes it a misdemeanor for unauthorized camping, sleeping or setting up long-term shelters on land controlled by the state or local government.
It’s true. Then sun is shining and it even feels a bit like spring! The best thing about sunny days (in my way of thinking) is unwinding in the chestnut field with 1,135 saplings.