Nine local elections, including for Salina City Commission and USD 305 Board of Education, will be contested in the 2025 Saline County elections.

Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe faces urgent decisions on stadium funding, abortion access, and public safety. He has requested an additional $40.5 million for Kansas City’s World Cup preparations, raising questions about the adequacy of resources for security and transportation.

KSHB 41’s Rachel Henderson spoke with Christal Watson as a part of her effort to introduce Wyandotte County to all mayoral candidates running in 2025.

The filing and withdrawal deadline for this year’s local elections has come and gone, and the slates are now set for key races across Douglas County — including the Lawrence City Commission, Lawrence school board,

Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab wades into his GOP campaign for governor and the 2025 Legislature's work to reform state election law.

Dubois sent out a media release Tuesday afternoon indicating his desire to fill the seat. The release highlighted some of his accomplishments while in office. Among other things, during his 11-year tenure as Saline County Treasurer, he transformed a $17,000 deficit into a surplus of over $4.7 million without tapping into the general fund.

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The deadline to file as a candidate for Lawrence City Commission, Lawrence school board and a variety of other elected offices in Douglas County communities is Monday at noon, and slates in all of the county’s cities are starting to take shape.

So far in the 2025 local elections, 12 Lawrence City Commission candidates and five Lawrence school board candidates have filed to run. The deadline to file is noon Monday.

All three incumbents whose terms will soon end and four challengers have filed to run for Lawrence school board this year.

Salina State Senator JR Claeys has accepted a position with the Trump administration. Claeys posted via social media that he has accepted an appointment offered by President Donald Trump and Secretary Brooke Rollins to lead the Rural Business Service in the United States Department of Agriculture, effective June 2nd.