Republican objections to immediate Senate action on President Barack Obama’s health secretary nominee will probably push a final vote to next week.

A group seeking to limit eminent domain is concerned that a legal appeal could make it harder to get the issue on Missouri’s 2010 ballot.Missouri Citizens for Property Rights is backing a pair of cons…

The battle over coal-fired power plants in far west Kansas came to Wichita on Thursday, with a lawyer for Sunflower Electric Power Corp. telling a federal judge the state violated the company’s constitutional rights by rejecting plans for generating stations near Holcomb.

A lawyer for the state countered that environmental officials had every right to reject air-quality permits for the power plants because they would spew millions of tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

Carbon dioxide is not formally regulated as a pollutant under Kansas law, but the gas has been linked to global climate change and the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that it should be considered a pollutant.

Sunflower’s federal suit is part of a multipronged effort in the courts and state Legislature to overturn the decision by Kansas Department of Health and Environment Secretary Rod Bremby. Also named as defendants in the suit are Gov. Kathleen Sebelius and Lt. Gov. Mark Parkinson.

U.S. District Court Judge Eric Melgren set Thursday’s hearing for arguments on the state’s motion to dismiss the case.

Gov. Jay Nixon wants your ideas about how to use Missouri’s portion of the federal economic stimulus money.

A Kansas soldier is reunited with a special friend he helped save from the frontline of Afghanistan.

The world will surely take notice of this.</p><p>The U.S. soccer team is in the final of the Confederations Cup after beating mighty Spain 2-0 in Bloemfontein, South Africa.</p><p…

Six months ago, Wichita business jet manufacturers were confident their record order backlogs would cushion them through a downturn in the U.S. economy.

International markets were strong, accounting for half of their orders. Manufacturers couldn’t get planes to customers fast enough.

In August, the General Aviation Manufacturers Association noted shipments and billings were on pace for a record year.

For most of 2008, life was good.

How quickly things change.

The city may be bringing the party to a close at 821 Club in Lawrence, Kan.

Motorcyclist becomes the latest to hit a deer.

There have been periods in recent years when it seemed that the U.S. Postal Service was the only federal agency whose performance lived up to the public's expectations.

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