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State officials are investigating a Topeka juvenile detention facility after receiving an anonymous letter claiming boys are housed in "inhumane and immoral" conditions in a segregation unit. Someone purporting to be a social worker at the Kansas Juvenile Correctional Complex...

State budget cuts have prompted the Kansas adjutant general to do his own version of base realignment and closure. Maj...Tod Bunting plans to close 18 of the state's 56 National Guard armories. The moves will save nearly $157,000 in the...

A former assistant attorney general has been accused of making false statements to the Kansas Supreme Court about two abortion clinics, according to an ethics complaint filed Monday. Eric Rucker, currently an assistant Jefferson County attorney, is scheduled to answer...

Kan. — Kansas Gov. Mark Parkinson announced $259 million worth of spending cuts, reducing funds for highway maintenance and education to shore up a troubled state budget. The cuts are the fifth such reduction for the state budget year, which...

Undercover investigators visited 196 stores across the state and presented $25,000 winning lottery tickets to clerks, asking them to check if it was a winner, according to Kansas Attorney General spokeswoman Ashley Anstaett. "The tickets were specially made by our...

In the federal government’s first weekly allotment of swine flu vaccine, Texas has received about 40 percent less than expected. A statement issued by the Texas Department of State Health Services on Tuesday said it had expected to get 237,000...

The first batches of swine flu vaccine have begun arriving in Kansas. Health departments in Saline and Franklin counties reported Thursday that they had received their first allocations of the vaccine. Midge Ransom, director of the Franklin County Health Department,...

Kansas is offering low-interest loans to help homeowners and small business owners become more energy efficient. The money could go toward a more efficient furnace or air conditioner, insulation or better doors and windows. The state is using $34 million...

the state took in $67 million less than anticipated, making further state budget cuts more likely. Lawmakers will return to Topeka in January to confront the state’s budget deficit, which some lawmakers predict could reach $500 million or higher if...

Two members of the board that oversees Kansas' higher education system believe the state needs to consider raising new tax revenues. Board of Regents members Dan Lykins and Gary Sherrer made their comments Wednesday after hearing from a top aide...