The City of Topeka Tuesday released the official list of candidates running for mayor and council positions.

The First Lady wore a ruby-colored chiffon and velvet dress to Tuesday's inaugural balls. It was designed by the same man who did her first inaugural gown.

The House is set to vote Wednesday on a plan, unveiled last week, that would accommodate about three more months of borrowing while requiring the House and Senate to pass a budget.

Inauguration day festivities were topped with several balls Tuesday night.

Kansas Congressman Tim Huelskamp has angered fellow Republicans as he's become a vocal supporter of the Tea Party, raising questions about his effectiveness representing the state.

A photo of 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney will be added Tuesday to Norton State Bank's ``They Also Ran Gallery.''

One day after President Barack Obama's second inauguration, a small bank in a small northwest Kansas town will hold a different kind of celebration for Mitt Romney.

The Governor’s School Efficiency Task Force issued its final recommendations.

President Obama won't formally lay out his second-term agenda until his inaugural address later today, but the president has already made clear some of the major issues he intends to take on over the next four years.

Kansas legislative leaders from both parties have endorsed plans to shorten this year's annual session to 80 days.

A new name has entered into the race for the District 9 City Council seat currently held by Richard Harmon.

Kansas Senate leader is preparing legislation to require drug testing for people who receive cash assistance from the state.

The American Civil Liberties Union has dropped its legal challenge to a Kansas law restricting private health insurance coverage for abortions.

The filing deadline is run in Topeka City Council races noon Tuesday, Jan. 22, but the Topeka City Clerk's office is closed Monday for the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday.

A Kansas Senate leader is preparing legislation to require drug testing for people who receive cash assistance from the state.

Lana Gordon has been serving as interim Secretary for the past four months, after representing Topeka's House District for 12 years.

Michelle De La Isla officially announces her candidacy for City of Topeka Council District 5.

The National Rifle Association mailing that arrived at a Winchester family’s home reads like campaign literature.

In a Statehouse news conference Friday, Gov. Sam Brownback and Attorney General Derek Schmidt detailed legislation creating the new crime of commercial sexual exploitation of a child.

Individuals planning to run for city council this spring, or perhaps in the future, are encouraged to attend the 2013 Candidate School to learn about regulations, procedure, raising funds, etc.

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback and Attorney General Derek Schmidt are seeking legislation that would increase fines and penalties aimed at curbing child sexual exploitation.

Fifty-one percent of Americans hold a favorable opinion of the first lady, according to the poll, conducted January 11-15.

Asked if they generally back stricter gun laws, more than half of respondents in a CBS News poll - 54 percent - support stricter gun laws; 53 percent say it would deter gun violence.

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback once proposed closing a state hospital for the developmentally disabled in Topeka, but his latest budget proposals would keep it open through at least June 2015.

Gov. Sam Brownback's budget proposals would hold state spending on its higher education system flat over the two fiscal years that begin in July.