A Kansas Senate committee is holding two days of hearings on Gov. Sam Brownback's tax plan amid questions about whether it is fair to the state's poorest residents.

Kansas Republicans have picked a Wichita party activist who serves as Sedgwick County clerk as the state GOP's new chairman.

Hutchinson police are investigating burglaries at two more churches.

A southeast Kansas woman will serve 30 days in jail and pay nearly $36,000 in restitution for mistreatment of her disabled adult daughter, Medicaid fraud and animal cruelty.

The Kansas Water Authority is expected to hear an update on the drought at its meeting this week.

Officials of General Motors and the United Auto Workers have scheduled what they say will be a significant announcement about the company's Fairfax assembly plant in Kansas City, Kan.

Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina has a new president.

Kansas law enforcement officials are looking for a man who is allegedly impersonating a police officer while trying to cash fake checks.

Some county health officials are concerned that the state's decision to stop providing free HIV testing in most Kansas counties will cause a drop in services for people with the virus.