A group of Kansas Republicans want to outright ban and criminalize abortions in the state despite state constitutional protections.

The start of the 2025 Kansas legislative session brings renewed efforts to restrict access to abortion in a state that voted overwhelmingly to protect abortion rights. A group of Republican ...

Abortion policy could see more changes across the U.S. as President-elect Donald Trump begins his second term and state legislative sessions get rolling.

Kansas legislative session sees Republican lawmakers proposing two near-total abortion bans, despite overwhelming voter support for abortion rights. While unlikely to pass, these bills

A federal judge in Texas is allowing three other states to pursue a challenge seeking to restrict access to the abortion pill mifepristone nationwide.

Michael Leo Kehoe became the 58th governor of Missouri on Monday, vowing a crackdown on crime while urging politicians to work together amid a “divided and more cynical” world.

Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker made headlines prior to the current NFL season for a commencement speech he made at Benedictine College. Here's the full transcript from the speech.

Kansas legislative session will feature bigger Republican supermajorities, action on property tax relief, budget politics and more.

Missouri voters last election approved a constitutional amendment that promised to undo the state’s near-total abortion ban

Kansans voted in August 2022 to defeat a change to the state constitution that would have opened up a route for the state legislature to potentially ban abortion. In April 2023, Kansas achieved ...

Many conservative states also are pushing to bring Christianity into public K-12 education through moves such as requiring schools to teach the Bible and post the Ten Commandments. Trump has promised to promote prayer and Bible reading in schools, with current courts more amenable to religion in the public sphere, including schools.

Anti-abortion groups have invested so much in the Comstock strategy that they haven’t wanted to wait for Trump. That’s the takeaway from New Mexico litigation that resulted in a major decision from that state’s Supreme Court last week.