By Gene Meyer | Kansas Reporter

TOPEKA — Kansas is in the midst of a constitutional crisis, Secretary of State Kris Kobach, the state’s chief election officer, said Wednesday.

Candidates must decide by June 11 whether to run, or not to run. But they don’t yet know who their opponents might be, or which doors to knock on.

Voters [...]

OVERLAND PARK — Kansas Democrats met at 50 state senate district caucuses on Saturday and elected 496 delegates pledging support for President Barack Obama‘s re-election.
These senate district delegates will meet at congressional district caucuses on May 5 to elect a portion of Kansas’ delegates to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte in September.
The remaining DNC [...]

SHAWNEE — Secretary of State Kris Kobach held a press conference outside a polling place in the city election on Tuesday to discuss voter photo ID in Kansas elections.

Watch the video above or read the transcript below from the press conference:
0:00  Kobach’s introductory remarks: “This is a big day for Kansas elections.  This is the [...]

The Sedgwick County Commission will decide Wednesday whether to give a consortium of South Central Kansas governments and organizations broad control over community planning funded by a federal grant and based on a United Nations agenda.
The Regional Economic Area Partnership (REAP) Consortium for Sustainable Communities seeks to implement a Regional Plan for Sustainable Development (RPSD) [...]

TOPEKA — City Councilman Michael O’Donnell admitted fault in seeking contributions for a state senator via email sent to friends from his City of Wichita computer and was fined $500.
At a civil fine hearing held by the Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission on Wednesday the only matter to be decided was the amount of the fine.   [...]

The pre-caucus rally held in Wichita featured outbursts by Ron Paul supporters that prompted several speakers to address the need for unity behind the eventual GOP nominee, whoever it is.
About 1,500 people  gathered in Wichita March 9 for a tea party rally sponsored by Kansans for Liberty.
Local tea parties and other groups were on hand [...]

During Monday’s meeting of the USD259 Wichita Board of Education, board president Betty Arnold admonished the audience, “This board meeting is held in public, but it is not for the public, or of the public.”
The board is considering closing five schools, including Emerson Open Magnet elementary school, to meet budget realities. Board members and district [...]