Devastating monsoon floods kill 5, displace 60,000 in Burma

Milwaukee clears 2-cent sales tax hike in bid to avoid bankruptcy

The sales tax in Milwaukee will go up 2 cents per dollar next year after the Common Council voted Tuesday to raise the rate as part of a bipartisan plan to avoid bankruptcy. City leaders who pushed for approval of the higher sales tax warned of looming deep cuts to core services, including police and […]

Kansas House Judiciary Committee head to step down

An influential Kansas House committee leader who helped temper fellow Republicans’ drive to limit what state and local officials can do during pandemics plans to give up his legislative seat next month. KANSAS OFFICIALS SHOULDN’T BE FORCED TO KEEP CHANGING TRANSGENDER PEOPLE’S BIRTH CERTIFICATES, JUDGE SAYS Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Fred Patton announced Monday that […]