Celia and Eliza’s choice to pursue their freedom was a challenge not only to their ‘master,’ but also to the territorial system established by the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act under the theory ...

Two years earlier, in 1854, Congress passed the Kansas-Nebraska Act, opening the potential for the spread of slavery and prompting outbreaks of violence in Kansas Territory.

Two years earlier, in 1854, Congress passed the Kansas-Nebraska Act, opening the potential for the spread of slavery and prompting outbreaks of violence in Kansas Territory.

Fraker said the "Lost Speech" was one of a number of speeches that Lincoln gave in response to the Kansas Nebraska Act. Fraker cited others such as one in Peoria in late 1854, the "House Divided" ...

Learn how ACT-UP KC transformed HIV/AIDS activism in Kansas City with disruptive protests and advocacy in the late 1980s and 1990s.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A local bartender named Heath is touted for saving a woman’s life. “I said ‘what happened?’ He said ‘a woman came in, she was stressed, and I was nice,'” Colleen ...

Late Wednesday night, Nebraska lawmakers passed a scaled-back version of the Stand With Women Act.Protesters chanted outside the chamber. At one point, the process was interrupted by someone ...

KETV Omaha 'Protects fairness': Nebraska lawmakers pass Stand With Women Act. Posted: May 29, 2025 | Last updated: May 29, 2025. Lawmakers also pass paid sick leave ...

This year, 736 bills and resolutions were introduced, with 10 measures withdrawn early on, so we ended up holding 726 hearings.

Republicans in the Nebraska Legislature managed to pass a bill that significantly weakens a voter-backed measure requiring employers to offer paid sick leave. And they did it with the help of a ...

DALLAS (AP) — One person has died after severe weather tore through parts of the central U.S., including heavy rain in Dallas, a tornado that touched down in the Kansas City area and flash ...