This week's Letters to the Editor, featuring your views on national and local politics and their effect on the day-to-day ...

Medicare and Medicaid fraud are well-known problems,. They can stand even more scrutiny and maybe Musk and his team of coders ...

We are stuck with a system that offers equal efficiency to those who wish to exercise the legitimate functions of government ...

Kansas is one of several red states to launch their own interpretations of DOGE, all conceived in the belief that waste is ...

In his Feb. 16 column (“ Fiscal reform starts now: Rep. Smucker makes the case for Elon Musk’s Department of Government ...

The entrepreneur is working with President Donald Trump to assert White House control over the sprawling federal workforce.

Rex Ellebracht has been doing social work across Kansas for nearly 30 years by his own estimate, but it became even more ...

In a perfect world, the COLAs and inflation would increase in lockstep so that your Social Security checks' buying power ...

Stable jobs for an unpredictable economy In 2025, the U.S. economy continues to grapple with geopolitical tensions, inflation, elevated interest rates and the rapid advancement of ...

An obscure data analyst who had been placed on leave as he was being investigated for allegedly violating privacy and tax ...

Each year, the Social Security Administration (SSA) adjusts the amount of money that recipients receive in benefits, helping to account for factors such as inflation. Ideally, the adjustments give the ...

Spousal benefits are a special type of Social Security for married, divorced, or widowed older adults. You could receive ...