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In just a few hours, Governor Sam Brownback will deliver his first State of the State Address. KPR’s Stephen Koranda has more on what Kansans can expect to hear.00000184-7fa7-d6f8-a1cf-7fa78cea0000KPR will have live coverage of the State of the State Address starting at 6:30 tonight.

The Kansas House has rejected a bill that would have made a temporary sales tax increase permanent. Last session, the Legislature increased the state sales tax from 5.3 to 6.3 percent, for a 3-year period. As KPR’s Stephen Koranda reports, the House bill was aimed at cutting other taxes.00000184-7fa7-d6f8-a1cf-7fa792aa0000

Former President Donald Trump is on trial for a second time in the Senate. This time, the House has impeached Trump for inciting the Jan. 6 insurrection. Trump's defense team denies he directly called for violence and argues that he should not be tried since he is no longer in office. The House impeachment managers say he must be held accountable for the violence at the Capitol. Watch the proceedings live.

Kansas City, Kan. (AP) - Sporting Kansas City has won its second Major League Soccer title. KC scored the equalizer in the second half, then drove home the deciding penalty kick to give Sporting Kansas City a dramatic 7-6 victory over Real Salt Lake yesterday (SAT.) It's Sporting KC's first league title since 2000.

Jury selection for Steve Bannon's contempt trial began Monday. The former adviser to Donald Trump is being accused of contempt of Congress.

In 2016, the out-of-pocket spending limit for anyone in an insured family would be set at $6,850. Employers say that would be a costly change for plans that set caps based on total family spending.

The runaway pandemic put more pressure on the U.S. job market last month. Employers shed 140,000 jobs as the unemployment rate held steady at 6.7%.

With Nikki Haley's announcement she was ending her campaign, only former President Donald Trump remains as a 2024 GOP presidential candidate. Here's a look at the once-deep primary field.

Here's a summary of the day's Kansas news headlines from the Associated Press as compiled by the KPR news staff.

Here are the AP headlines for our area, as compiled by KPR staffers.