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Chris Carmichael, who is seeking the Democratic nomination in the 4th District, answers questions during an April 2, 2026, interview at the Kansas Reflector office in Topeka. Carmichael said he worked on the Iran war plan when he worked at CENTCOM. (Photo by Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector)
TOPEKA — As the military’s lead logistics planner for a hypothetical war with Iran, Chris Carmichael reached a simple conclusion. “You really shouldn’t start a war with Iran,” he said. The ...
Kansas
Kansas lawmaker’s remarks about trans colleague cause furor
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — LGBTQ rights advocates called Tuesday for a Kansas state lawmaker to be formally censured after she publicly said she didn’t want to share the women’s restrooms at ...
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Court won’t revive ban on secret filming at slaughterhouses
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal by Kansas to revive a law, earlier struck down by lower courts, that banned secret filming at slaughterhouses and other livestock ...
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Elections
Kansas gubernatorial candidate, who voted to raise state’s gas tax, asks EPA to help lower gas prices
GOP candidate for Kansas governor Derek Schmidt voted to increase the state’s gas tax. Now, he’s asking the EPA to help lower prices.
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Democracy
Election skeptics roil GOP contests for secretary of state
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose was clear in the months after the 2020 presidential election. “Elections are run better and more honestly than really I think they ...
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Elections
Kansas attorney general Derek Schmidt, a GOP gubernatorial candidate, didn’t condemn gas companies under investigation. He might have a conflict of interest.
One year ago this week, winter storm Uri hit parts of the central and southern United States. Millions lost power during the record-setting cold, natural gas prices skyrocketed and 30 people died in ...
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GOP Sen. Roger Marshall slams Fauci’s ‘investments in China’ despite having his own
Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS), who made news last week after Dr. Anthony Fauci’s called him a “moron,” tried to punch back on Fox News on Monday. Marshall asserted that Dr. Fauci has ...
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