Medical marijuana is becoming a perennial debate in Topeka, and it’s annually unclear how likely it is for a bill to pass. The Kansas House has passed a plan before, but it's the Senate where the roadblock remains.

Kansas Rep. Jarrod Ousley and Missouri Rep. Patty Lewis are introducing bills that would let people voluntarily exclude themselves from gun sales. Experts say such laws save lives.

Judge Jerri Zhang has yet to issue her ruling in a lawsuit filed by Planned Parenthood that seeks to strike down the state’s ban on abortions. A voter-approved amendment protecting abortion access goes into effect Friday.

Officials also must seek funding from the Kansas Legislature to reopen a previously closed 30-bed unit at the state's psychiatric hospital in western Kansas.

The Midwest Newsroom analyzed the funders behind high-profile proposed ballot measures and the amount they’re spending. Abortion and sports betting campaigns are the leading targets for out-of-state money.

A religious, Republican-leaning, semi-rural location like Pittsburg, Kansas would have been unlikely to host an abortion clinic before Roe v. Wade was overturned, but that is changing across the country. Some people who live in Pittsburg say they’ll protest at the clinic as much as possible. Others welcome its presence and what it offers.

Teenagers spend nearly five hours a day, on average, on social media. And there's growing consensus that it's a big problem for their mental health.

A neuroscientist and University of Kansas professor, Steve Ilardi has identified six steps toward better mental health. Developing a meaningful hobby can make a difference. His is basketball data analysis.

After pandemic-era federal protections for Medicaid ended, Kansas started reviewing who was eligible for state health coverage. About 47% of the residents who lost insurance during that time were ages 18 or younger.

The court said that the challengers, a group called the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, had no right to be in court at all since neither the organization nor its members could show they had suffered any concrete injury.