UPDATED: Congress passes measure striking down lesser prairie chicken protections
(Updated to include comments from the Kansas Farm Bureau and Center for Biological Diversity with edits throughout)
The U.S. House on Wednesday passed a resolution...
State lawsuit seeks to protect water rights for wildlife refuge
An environmental group has gone to court to protect water rights needed to preserve a western Kansas wildlife refuge that provides sanctuary for migratory...
State regulators open investigation into transmission line siting
(Will be updated as warranted)
State regulators on Thursday decided to open an investigation into transmission line siting in the aftermath of the controversy stirred...
Mann introduces bill giving agriculture more say on water rules
As President Joe Biden's administration rewrites a rule for protecting the country's streams and waterways, U.S. Rep. Tracey Mann is pushing legislation that would...
LaTurner: New water rule needs to reflect ‘reality’
U.S. Rep. Jake LaTurner said Friday that any new water rule developed by President Joe Biden's administration needs to be rooted in a "reality"...
Evergy withdraws motion seeking details about industrial group
Evergy on Wednesday withdrew a motion asking state regulators to force a coalition of big power users to provide information about its organizational structure...
KCC staff urges lower electric rate increase
State regulators are recommending an electric rate increase for Evergy that's about $169 million less than what the utility first proposed for its central...
State regulators withhold support for Panasonic rate increase
(Developing: Will be updated as warranted)
State regulators are withholding support of Evergy's request to seek an electric rate increase to feed the new Panasonic...
Regulators approve utility’s energy efficiency package
State utility regulators on Friday approved a package of energy efficiency proposals developed by Evergy that they hope will inspire state efforts to conserve...
New federal water rule under criticism from all quarters; fallout uncertain
It's a federal rule that no one seems to like.
The new rule for protecting streams and wetlands rolled out by federal environmental regulators is...
