Voters across Kansas received text messages on the eve of the 2022 primary misrepresenting what a “yes” vote on the state’s contentious abortion amendment would mean. But unlike the campaign messaging most voters are used to — and as is often required on campaign messages — the source of the message was not identified in […]
Who sent misleading texts to Kansas voters ahead of Tuesday’s primary?
Posted inHealth, Local Government
Drug overdose deaths caused by fentanyl are skyrocketing in Wichita. Here’s what you need to know.
In the past four years, the number of people who died from drug overdoses annually in Sedgwick County more than doubled, a dramatic increase attributed almost entirely to fentanyl. The rise in fentanyl overdoses is a recent, growing problem that’s required an urgent response from the city, according to law enforcement and forensic scientists. Fentanyl […]
Posted inElections, Local Government, State Government
Live coverage: 2022 primary elections in Kansas City
On Tuesday, Aug. 2, Missouri and Kansas voters will vote in the 2022 primary election.
Posted inCivic Engagement, Elections, Kansas State Government
Live coverage: Wichita’s 2022 primary election
The 2022 primary is no ordinary election day in Kansas. This year, every voter can vote — even unaffiliated voters who may be unaccustomed to voting in primaries. On all ballots: a proposed constitutional amendment that would remove the right to an abortion from the Kansas Constitution. On party-affiliated ballots: primary elections for U.S. Senate […]
Posted inEnvironment
Wind turbines and solar panels can hurt birds and bats. A Missouri group hopes to help
For Mary Nemecek, investing in renewable energy is the right step toward reducing the effects of climate change. As the head of conservation for the Burroughs Audubon Society of Kansas City, Nemecek wants to save birds from the effects of climate change, which is affecting their migratory patterns, and in some cases, threatening extinction. But […]
Posted inElections, State Government
Tuesday’s election to put an end to bitter Missouri primaries for U.S. Senate
After campaigns that caused Missourians to revisit a dark chapter in their governor’s office and saw political newcomers take center stage, voters in the U.S. Senate primary for Missouri on Tuesday will finally decide on which Republican and Democratic candidates will run for U.S. Senate. After GOP Sen. Roy Blunt announced he would not seek […]
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Wyandotte County judges usually run unopposed. Not this time.
Voters in Wyandotte County will select two district judges in the Aug. 2 primary election. In a stark break with precedent, two incumbent judges are facing challengers on the Democratic ballot. An unspoken rule in the county courthouse has, before now, allowed sitting judges to run unopposed in the Wyandotte County judge elections. The incumbents […]
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Follow the money: Who is funding Kansas abortion amendment ads?
It’s been hard to avoid: yard signs, robocalls, postcards in the mail, Facebook ads and commercials on TV and YouTube. All urging Kansans to vote Aug. 2 on the Kansas abortion amendment that would add language to state’s constitution to take away a state constitutional right to an abortion. The amendment was placed on the […]
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Kansas will be the first state to vote on abortion after Roe. Here’s how we got here
Voters in Kansas go to the polls Aug. 2 to determine whether the Kansas Constitution should preserve a right to abortion upheld by a 2019 Kansas Supreme Court ruling.
Posted inEducation
Don’t miss Missouri’s back-to-school tax holiday in 2024
Missouri’s back-to-school sales tax holiday begins the first Friday in August and stretches through midnight on the following Sunday. This year, that’s Aug. 4-6.