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Cryer scores 22 points and No. 3 Houston beats Kansas 65-59 for 9th straight win • Mar. 3, 2025, 11:56 PM ET (AP)
Kansas' Zeke Mayo shows screenshots of racist, hateful messages he received after Texas Tech loss • Mar. 2, 2025, 12:50 PM ET (AP)
GOP pushes ahead with citizenship voting bill. Some state election officials say it's problematic • Mar. 2, 2025, 7:21 AM ET (AP)
Republican lawmakers look for ways to weaken state judges • Feb. 27, 2025, 12:02 AM ET (AP)
Auburn atop AP Top 25 for 7th straight week; preseason No. 1 KU out, ending ranked run at 80 weeks • Feb. 24, 2025, 1:26 PM ET (AP)

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Also Known As Sunflower State
Capital Topeka
Population1 (2020) 2,937,880; (2023 est.) 2,940,546
Governor Laura Kelly (Democrat)
Date Of Admission January 29, 1861
U.S. Senators Roger Marshall (Republican) • Jerry Moran (Republican)
State Nickname Sunflower State • Jayhawker State
State Motto "Ad Astra Per Aspera (To the Stars Through Difficulties)"
State Bird western meadowlark
State Flower common sunflower
State Song “Home on the Range”
Seats In U.S. House Of Representatives 4 (of 435)
Time Zone Mountain (GMT − 7 hours) • Central (GMT − 6 hours)
Total Area (Sq Km) 213,100
Total Area (Sq Mi) 82,278
1Excluding military abroad.

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