Scott Canon
Managing Editor, Kansas News ServiceScott Canon is digital editor of the Kansas News Service, a collaboration of KCUR, Kansas Public Radio, KMUW and High Plains Public Radio covering health, education and politics. He started working for KCUR in January 2018.
Canon spent most of his career as a newspaper reporter, working in Illinois and California before landing in the newsroom of The Kansas City Star. At The Star, he covered mostly regional and national stories. As an editor at the newspaper, he oversaw political coverage. He also fielded a handful of overseas assignments to both very hot and very cold places.
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Fresh off a victory that cemented his latest, controversial pick on the nation’s high court, President Donald Trump came to Kansas on Saturday night… -
The moment that figured to clarify the Kansas race for governor instead left it muddled. Sure, state Sen. Laura Kelly ended up running away with the... -
The Republican race for governor looks destined for a recount. Out of more than 300,000 votes cast in the GOP race, unofficial final results showed... -
Now it starts to get real. Tuesday’s primary, and the early voting that wraps up at noon on Monday, could begin to clarify what direction Kansas... -
Tooling through parades in a flag-themed Jeep with a faux machine gun mounted on the back apparently wasn’t enough for Secretary of State Kris Kobach to... -
Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer says President Donald Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize.Joining six other Republican governors, Colyer signed a letter this… -
In an election year with a state Supreme Court ruling hanging over their heads, Kansas lawmakers wrestled over school spending, taxes and guns. They...
