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Whats it going to be, Kansas? Lawmakers are poised to make a huge decision about the states future. Will they cut taxes again to the tune of $191 million next year? Or will they recognize…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas new prisons chief is suggesting to legislators that the state corrections system is in crisis, and his briefings are leading lawmakers in both parties to conclude that they havent previously…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Some Missouri lawmakers are pushing legislation that could end a long-running economic border war between their state and Kansas that has prompted both states to spend millions of dollars in…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly outlined a proposed budget Thursday that would commit Kansas to higher spending on public schools, expand its Medicaid health insurance program and cut the states annual…
LONDON (AP) British lawmakers were preparing to deliver their verdict on Prime Minister Theresa Mays divorce deal with the European Union on Tuesday after more than two years of political upheaval. All signs point…
WASHINGTON (AP) With no weekend breakthrough to end a prolonged partial government shutdown, President Donald Trump is standing firm in his border wall funding demands and newly empowered House Democrats are planning to step…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Fewer women won seats this election for the Kansas Legislature at a time more women captured legislative seats nationwide. The Wichita Eagle reports Kansas had been above the national average in…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Health committees in the Kansas Legislature will be led by two conservative Republican lawmakers from Wichita who oppose expanding the states Medicaid program. GOP leaders appointments of Rep. Brenda Landwehr and…
The latest defections from the Kansas Republican Party two Johnson County legislators show politicians in some corners of the state trying to catch up with changes in the voters they need to win…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Kansas lawmakers will get a crash course in sports gambling this week as they consider how to capitalize on a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in May that lifted a federal…
