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Members of the Kansas State Board of Education say they want to offer guidelines to local districts but don’t plan to impose statewide restrictions. Cellphone policies, like budget or curriculum decisions, are ultimately up to local school boards.

Concerned about whether Kansas youngsters get too much screen time, the State Board of Education has created a task force to address cell phones and other devices in classrooms. The group will develop policy recommendations and present them to the board later this year.

During the pandemic, many school boards, city and state governments pivoted to using social media to broadcast their meetings. Now some are running into problems with Big Tech for spreading medical misinformation.

Six months in a pandemic has meant six months of virtual events.That’s also led to a lot of “Zoom fatigue.”While in-person events are slowly returning,…

Kansas City, Missouri — Time was, a fledgling tech company called CivicPlus had to explain to prospective customers why it was based in Kansas — and not...

WICHITA, Kansas — Smartboards have been replacing chalkboards in Kansas for more than a decade. Yet districts are still figuring out tech’s place in the…

DODGE CITY — Kansas is bathed in shades of blue that stretch north to south, east to west. That’s not a reference to politics: It’s what the state looks...

The city of Hutchinson is set to become a test site for new technology that’s designed to improve public safety and city operations.AT&T selected…

KANSAS CITY — Seventy hours a week got old. Fast. So did working multiple jobs. So Joseph Cowsert wept tears of joy and relief the day he got word while...

Most Wichitans probably don't realize there are more than 100 technology companies in the city.“It's like one of the best-kept-secrets type of a thing,”…