ANDY TSUBASA FIELD

May 28, 2022 at 6:16 am

Kansas equity efforts bring little change after George Floyd VIEW

Elected leaders in Kansas convened community groups and held town hall conversations after demonstrators protested George Floyd’s death statewide.

February 3, 2022 at 3:01 pm

Kansas governor vetoes redistricting plan targeting Democrat

Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly has vetoed a Republican redistricting plan that would make it harder for the lone Kansas Democrat in Congress to win reelection...

January 26, 2022 at 2:35 pm

GOP redistricting plan passes in Kansas; court fight looms

Top Republicans have pushed their congressional redistricting plan through the GOP-dominated Kansas Legislature without much trouble.

Kansas state Rep. Brenda Landwehr, R-Wichita, speaks with reporters following a legislative committee meeting on federal vaccine mandates, Friday, Oct. 29, 2021, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Landwehr is chair of the House health committee and likened vaccine mandates to the Holocaust during the committee’s meeting. (AP Photo/Andy Tsubasa Field) RPAF102 RPAF102

October 29, 2021 at 5:36 pm

Vaccine mandates compared to Holocaust in Kansas hearing

A Kansas labor leader on Friday compared President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates to the Holocaust that killed millions of Jews, and a top Republican...

April 30, 2021 at 4:52 pm

Kansas House member arrested after incident at local school

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas House member was arrested for possible misdemeanor battery in what authorities said Friday was an incident involving a student...

March 22, 2021 at 2:03 pm

Asian American Kansas lawmaker says he was threatened at bar

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The only Asian American lawmaker serving in the Kansas Legislature says he was physically threatened in a western Kansas bar by...

January 22, 2021 at 4:53 pm

Kansas House panel to warn new member over past behavior

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A newly elected Kansas lawmaker accused of threatening two state officials and abusive behavior toward girls and young women before taking...

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Dr. Lee Norman, the head of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, answers questions from reporters during a news conference about the coronavirus pandemic, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Norman says the state’s hospitals will be stressed this fall and winter because of the pandemic and the state’s annual flu season. (AP Photo/John Hanna) RPJH301 RPJH301

October 14, 2020 at 8:55 pm