Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector

Scott Morgan, the new executive director of United Kansas, the Free State Party, says the merger of two centrist political organizes will give voters an alternative to the Republican and Democratic parties in Kansas. (Photo by Tim Carpenter/Kansas Reflector) By Tim Carpenter Kansas Reflector TOPEKA — Two small political parties in Kansas agreed to a merger that organizers believe better serves interests of voters who feel underrepresented by the dominant Republican and Democratic parties. The...

Gregg Ibendahl, an agriculture economist at Kansas State University, says rapidly escalating prices for fertilizer and fuel associated with geopolitical instability in the Middle East could significantly harm the bottom line of Kansas producers of corn, soybeans and other crops. (Photo by Jared Strong/Iowa Capital Dispatch) By Tim Carpenter Kansas Reflector TOPEKA — Surging oil prices associated with instability in the Middle East threaten to exacerbate tight margins for Kansas farmers by...

Rep. Susan Humphries, R-Wichita, is a champion of House Bill 2413 that includes a measure raising criminal penalties against foreign countries and terrorists organizations engaged in transnational repression in Kansas. Directly behind Humphries in this March 2025 photo taken at the Capitol is Rep. Dan Osman, an Overland Park Democrat voting for the bill but skeptical higher sanctions will deter international spies. (Photo by Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector) House, Senate unanimously support...