Find live election results from the Aug. 6 Kansas primary election. Looking for Missouri results? Head over to this page. To see results from The Wichita Eagle/Kansas.com go here for the Sedgwick County Commission and for Sedgwick County judge. Election results for U.S. House of Representatives, Kansas District 1: Election results for U.S. House of […]
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Kansas City-area politicians pick between war on drugs or treatment when spending opioid settlement cash
Editor’s note (April 18, 2024): This story has been updated to correct the amount of money Jackson County allocated to University Health’s Center for Recovery and Wellness. A state report listed a different amount than the the county legislature appropriated. Johnson County spent the biggest piece of its opioid settlement windfall so far cracking down […]
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A Kansas grandmother couldn’t adopt her grandchild. The case points to larger issues in foster care
Takeaways: Mindy Mathes was thrilled when a foster agency picked her and her husband to adopt their granddaughter. The girl had been weathering the chaos of the Kansas foster care system, living in multiple homes before finding people to call family. At the Mathes home, she’d have stuffed animals — unicorns and a beloved Grinch […]
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Texans, Oklahomans and other out-of-staters traveling at higher numbers for abortions in Kansas
As abortion bans have multiplied across the country since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, so have abortions. And cities like Wichita, in states where the procedure remains legal, see a steady rise in patients coming for the procedure. Last year, Trust Women, Wichita’s largest abortion provider, saw just over 5,000 […]
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Wichita’s roads are more dangerous than Johnson County’s. Here are the five worst spots
Nearly every day, vehicles collide at one of five Wichita intersections. Three of those locations fall along Kellogg Drive. In all, the city saw more than 10,000 crashes last year. And although Johnson County, Kansas, is home to about 80,000 more people, Sedgwick County traffic accidents killed and injured more people and caused more costly […]
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National conservative groups are working to limit transgender rights. They’re finding success in Missouri
Missouri may offer a prime example of a red state primed for plug-and-play laws restricting transgender rights. A robust network of conservative advocacy groups stretching across the country has eagerly seized the chance to show the Show Me State just how to do that. Last year, lawmakers passed a ban on access to gender-affirming care […]
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Kansas City hospitals had long dreaded, and prepared for, a day of shootings like this
The burst of gunfire that killed a young mother and wounded almost two dozen others could have turned out even deadlier. But one critically injured young man made it to the operating room at University Health Kansas City within minutes after being hit. Had he not been triaged at the scene and rushed to the […]
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When the Chiefs win, Kansas Citians shoot their guns skyward. A lawmaker wants the team to speak out
Every year — on New Year’s Eve, July 4, when a sports team wins a championship — police and politicians practically beg people not to fire their guns into the air in celebration. In Kansas City, reports of shots fired go up when the NFL playoffs roll around. Meanwhile, a proposal to slightly strengthen the […]
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St. Luke’s merger with a St. Louis hospital system could mean bigger medical bills in Kansas City
St. Luke’s in Kansas City completed its merger this month with St. Louis-based BJC Health System. While the hospital systems say the merger will “enhance patient care and accelerate medical breakthroughs,” economists say patients may see higher prices.
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No, Wyandotte County is not going bankrupt.
At a press conference in October, Unified Government Mayor Tyrone Garner issued a dire warning.
The government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, he said, was on a “pathway to financial ruin.”
Bankruptcy, he warned, sat just around the corner.
But the bond markets tell a different story.