Kansas House Republicans announced a new two-rate tax reform plan on Tuesday after doubts that a single-rate plan would survive a likely veto from Gov. Laura Kelly. The Senate passed its own single-rate plan last…

TOPEKA — The Kansas House committee’s hearing on a bill creating a “regulatory relief” division in the executive branch of state government began running off the rails Monday as soon as a legislative staff member…

LIBERAL — Gov. Laura Kelly on Monday pressured rank-and-file legislators to vote to expand Medicaid coverage to more low-income Kansans, saying there is “no valid excuse” for not supporting the policy. Kelly, a second-term Democrat,…

TOPEKA — A survey of Kansans’ attitudes on lawmakers, health care and economic issues found a wellspring of support for expanding Medicaid eligibility — along with a prevailing belief that lawmakers aren’t tuned into the…

TOPEKA — The governor and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle promised to reduce wait times for thousands of the state’s most vulnerable residents in need of health care. But current funding proposals fall…

MANHATTAN — A Kansas State University Carl R. Ice College of Engineering researcher aims to ensure the sustainability of Kansas water resources in crop production by generating future climate scenarios so that producers can effect…

As planting season approaches for farmers across the Midwest, large parts of many states are still in a drought. The latest update from the U.S. Drought Monitor shows the upper Mississippi River from Minnesota to…

TOPEKA — The state of Kansas will pay $1 million to the family of a 7-year-old who was tortured and killed, settling an almost decade-long legal battle over the state’s child welfare agency’s failure to…

TOPEKA — Late Thursday, following fiery speeches on both sides of the aisle and lengthy debate, Kansas senators approved a new iteration of a flat tax plan that favors the state’s top earners and would…

Anderson County reconsiders solar GARNETT — According to The Anderson County Review, with the clock ticking to the six-month mark into Anderson County’s one year moratorium against industrial solar farm developments, commissioners recently received an…