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FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2020, file photo, housing activists erect a sign in Swampscott, Mass. A federal freeze on most evictions is set to expire soon. The moratorium, put in place by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in September, was the only tool keeping millions of tenants in their homes. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
EXPLAINER: Aid may not be enough to prevent Kansas evictions

By Heather Hollingsworth Jun. 25, 2021 12:20 PM EDT

A sign sits along the 16th hole during a practice round of the U.S. Open Golf Championship Monday, June 14, 2021, at Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
US Open returns to Torrey Pines and to prime time

By The Associated Press Jun. 15, 2021 10:56 AM EDT

Judge asks Kansas attorney general to review pandemic law

By Heather Hollingsworth Jun. 10, 2021 06:38 PM EDT
MISSION, Kansas (AP) — A judge has asked the Kansas attorney general to weigh in on “significant constitutional problems” raised by a state law that gives...

Kansas communities use mobile clinics, teams for COVID shots

By John Hanna Jun. 02, 2021 10:47 AM EDT
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — If people can't leave their homes for a COVID-19 vaccination, public health officials in the Kansas City area can send someone out. One...

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly tours a vaccination clinic at Topeka High School Monday, May 17, 2021, in Topeka, Kan. (Evert Nelson/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP)
Kansas GOP leaders preparing to end COVID state of emergency

By John Hanna May. 28, 2021 12:15 PM EDT

Rep. John Carmichael, right, D-Wichita, confers with Rep. Fred Patton, R-Topeka, during talks between House members and senators on a bill providing up to $500 million in compensation to small businesses harmed by coronavirus pandemic restrictions, Friday, May 7, 2021, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Patton is the House Judiciary Committee chair and backs the bill, while Carmichael considers it unnecessary. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
Kansas governor vetoes GOP COVID relief plan for businesses

By John Hanna May. 21, 2021 03:06 PM EDT

Kansas state Rep. Rui Xu, D-Westwood, holds his 18-month-old daughter, Astra, during a break in the House's work, Friday, May 7, 2021, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Lawmakers are working late as they tried to finish their business for the year. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
Kansas plan could give $500M in COVID relief to businesses

By John Hanna May. 08, 2021 05:00 AM EDT

Kansas state Sen. Kellie Warren, R-Leawood, talks to reporters about COVID-19 legislation during a break in the Senate's session, Friday, May 7, 2021, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Warren is chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee and is pushing for a ban on COVID-19 vaccine passports and limits on tracing the contacts of people with the coronavirus. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
Kansas legislators approve COVID-19 relief for businesses

By John Hanna May. 07, 2021 03:38 PM EDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020, file photo, Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly receives a COVID-19 vaccine injection in Topeka, Kan. In March 2021, Kelly enacted a law giving legislative leaders power to revoke her emergency orders. Top Republican lawmakers immediately used it to scuttle a Kelly order meant to encourage counties to keep mask mandates in place. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
Kansas seeks 9% of allowed vaccine doses, ponders COVID laws

By John Hanna May. 06, 2021 04:38 PM EDT

FILE - In this Friday, Feb. 19, 2021 file photo, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla speaks at a Pfizer manufacturing site, in Portage, Mich. Bourla is participating along with Dr. Anthony Fauci, soprano Renee Fleming, the CEO of Moderna and the lead guitarist of Aerosmith among others in a unique three-day Vatican conference starting Thursday, May 6, 2021, on COVID-19, other global health threats and how science, solidarity and spirituality can address them. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
The Latest: LA, San Fran opening business despite infections

By The Associated Press May. 06, 2021 02:14 AM EDT

COVID vaccine increasingly available without appointments

Apr. 22, 2021 12:35 PM EDT
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas counties are increasingly allowing people to walk in to get a coronavirus vaccine without an appointment as interest wanes. ...

Variants increase in Kansas as parents challenge mask rules

Apr. 20, 2021 01:40 PM EDT
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The number of coronavirus variants in Kansas has risen sharply, even as parents in some schools push to drop masking requirements and...

Kansas counties ditching mask rules before lawmakers acted

By Heather Hollingsworth Apr. 02, 2021 03:49 PM EDT
MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Kansas counties already had started dropping or weakening mask rules before lawmakers toppled Gov. Laura Kelly’s newly reissued order...

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly answers questions about the state's plans to accelerate its distribution of COVID-19 vaccines during a news conference following a tour of a mass inoculation clinic, Monday, March 15, 2021, at the Stormont Vail Events Center in Topeka, Kan. The state is trying to meet President Joe Biden's goal of having all adult residents eligible for inoculations by May 1, 2021. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
GOP fights Kansas mask policy as coronavirus variant spreads

By John Hanna Mar. 30, 2021 04:50 PM EDT

In this photo from Friday, March 26, 2021, Kansas attorney Ryan Kriegshauser follows a state Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on a bill that would set up a fund to compensate businesses harmed by COVID-19 restrictions, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Kriegshauser represents the owner of a Wichita fitness studio and the bill would settle that owner's pending lawsuit against the state. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
Kansas mulls paying businesses hit by COVID-19 restrictions

By John Hanna Mar. 29, 2021 07:53 AM EDT

Kansas state Reps. Brandon Woodard, left, D-Lenexa, and Stephanie Clayton, right, D-Overland Park, confer during a House debate on a bill aimed at ensuring that all public school districts offer all students full-time, in-person classes, Monday, March 22, 2021, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. The bill sets a March 31, 2021, deadline, and Democrats argue that such decisions should be left to local boards of education. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
Kansas county could end mask rule; schools pushed to reopen

By John Hanna Mar. 23, 2021 12:21 PM EDT

Kansas governor says she intends to sign emergency extension

By John Hanna And Heather Hollingsworth Mar. 17, 2021 02:04 PM EDT
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly said Wednesday that a measure approved by the Republican-controlled Legislature to rewrite Kansas' emergency...

Kansas state Reps. Kyle Hoffman, left, R-Coldwater, and Ken Rahjes, R-Agra, confer during a House debate on a bill dealing with public schools and COVID-19, Monday, March 15, 2021, at the Statehouse in Topeka. The House has given first-round approval to the measure, which requires all school districts to offer all in-person classes to all students by March 26, 2021. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
Kansas lawmakers reject requiring in-person classes March 26

By John Hanna And Andy Tsubasa Field Mar. 16, 2021 01:09 PM EDT

Gonzaga celebrates after defeating BYU in an NCAA college basketball game for the West Coast Conference men's tournament championship Tuesday, March 9, 2021, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/David Becker)
Gonzaga's bid for perfection begins with No. 1 overall seed

By John Marshall Mar. 15, 2021 06:52 PM EDT

Kansas state Sen. Richard Hilderbrand, R-Galena, talks to reporters about a resolution he's pushing calling on Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly to reverse her policy of making prison inmates eligible for COVID-19 vaccines now, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Hilderbrand chairs the Senate health committee, which is sponsoring his resolution. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
GOP lawmaker pushes plan to undo Kansas policy on vaccines

By John Hanna And Heather Hollingsworth Mar. 10, 2021 08:10 PM EST