The heart of Lt. Gov. Lynn Rogers' rural development initiative is the search for a basket of remedies to quality of life challenges eroding communities outside the state's urban centers.

OSWEGO - Area residents were surprised to hear last week that Oswego Community Hospital, Oswego Community Clinic, Chetopa Community Clinic had abruptly closed their doors.

A Kansas House committee approved legislation requiring the state agency responsible for awarding economic development incentives to businesses to document tax breaks on a website available to the public.

Army National Guard Lt. Col. Dana Graf said state legislators Tuesday had an opportunity to ease the accumulating mental health burden on dozens of counselors assisting Kansas soldiers and airmen.

Sister Therese Bangert's career as a volunteer police and fire chaplain in Kansas City, Kan., took her into the heart of darkness.

Retiring U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts hoisted a visual aid Saturday to emphasize the value of unifying Republicans in Kansas elections and in development of public policy in Washington, D.C.

Five southwest Kansas legislators shared their views on local issues and state prisons, among other topics, at Saturday's Legislative Coffee at St. Catherine Hospital.

Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly revealed the decision Thursday to renegotiate foster care grants and terminate family preservation wards awarded by the state during the administration of Gov. Jeff Colyer.

U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran's mild grimace while responding to a question Saturday about President Donald Trump's emergency order betrayed unease with implications of executive action to redirect hundreds of millions of dollars to construction of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Law enforcement officers, county prosecutors and district attorneys are making the case for amendment of Kansas law to allow electronically stored information seized with a warrant to be easily transferred outside the state for examination by experts.