KSHB 41 reporter Lily O’Shea Becker covers Franklin and Douglas counties in Kansas. Share your story idea with Lily. Republican Kansas legislators overrode Gov. Laura Kelly's veto of Senate Bill 4, ...

President Trump recently announced his intent to "lead a movement" to end mail-in ballots and the use of voting machines in states' elections. Both are used extensively in Missouri and Kansas, and ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Voting rights groups have filed a lawsuit over a new law dealing with mail-in ballots. Senate Bill 4 requires all mail-in ballots to be returned to the election office by 7 p.m.

A federal judge ruled that Kansas lawmakers were suppressing free speech when they passed a law targeting mail-in ballots. The law was passed one month after the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S.

TOPEKA — Three advocacy organizations filed a lawsuit Monday in Douglas County District Court challenging the Kansas Legislature’s attempt to “arbitrarily” reject advance ballots of voters if the mail ...

Editor's Note: This article was written for a class at the University of Kansas’ William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications and distributed through the Kansas Press Association.

In this file photo from May 7, 2018, a stack of mail-in ballots sits at the Douglas County Courthouse. ATLANTA — President Donald Trump and other Republicans have long criticized states that take ...

All the articles focus on challenges to democracy and public policy in Kansas and Missouri. They show efforts to change laws on voting, political representation, and public health funding. Politicians ...