TOPEKA — Rep. Henry Helgerson appealed to his fellow House members’ sense of duty Tuesday as he asserted no more than “a handful of you” had actually read the 337-page budget proposal they were about…

TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly for the third straight year has vetoed model legislation that would ban transgender girls from playing school sports with cisgender girls. The Democratic governor said Friday the annual attack on…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Republican-controlled Kansas Legislature gave final approval Thursday to a ban on transgender athletes in girls’ and women’s sports, and they appear for now to have the votes to override the…

TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly said the number of adult and child psychiatric beds increased by one-third in Kansas during the past four years as the state responded to the shortage of inpatient services for…

TOPEKA — Kansas government officials clashed this week over education, with Gov. Laura Kelly promoting the full funding of special education and other politicians emphasizing private schools as a way to educate Kansas youths. “I…

EMP Shield’s announcement last week of its plans to build a computer microchip plant in nearby Coffey County could draw hundreds of young families to Southeast Kansas. The Burlington manufacturer’s plans are for a $1.9…

If history repeats itself, Allen County can expect to prosper handsomely from last week’s news that a mini-Silicon Valley is coming to Coffey County. EMP Shield of Burlington announced plans to build a $1.9 billion…

BURLINGTON —  Monday’s announcement that EMP Shield plans to construct a $1.9 billion computer chip manufacturing plant in rural Coffey County will have ripple effects throughout southeast Kansas. Some of those largest ripples will be…

TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly outlined for Kansas Farm Bureau members Tuesday the administration’s rural policy agenda by emphasizing a commitment to securing a water supply to sustain agriculture production without imposition of government mandates.…

TOPEKA — Following the unveiling of a flat tax proposal that would cost the state $1.5 billion, Gov. Laura Kelly once again rallied Kansans to her tax cut plan, saying any bill passed this legislative…