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With last Wednesdays sine die end to the 2019 legislative session, we can make an early assessment of Kansas politics, the Legislature, and especially Governor Laura Kelly. If a governors term consists of four legislative…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly on Monday vetoed an extra $51 million payment to Kansas public pension system while signing the bulk of a state budget approved by the Republican-controlled Legislature. Kelly…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas lawmakers have tightened the financial requirements for a license to operate nursing homes after state regulators were forced to take over 22 struggling facilities last year. Officials with the Kansas…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas House has approved a bill that provides legal protection for people who treat medical conditions with CBD oil containing a small amount of the chemical in marijuana that produces…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) If Kansas highest court is going to force state lawmakers to boost public education funding again, some conservative Republicans want something in return, including a say in how the extra money…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A poison pill in Democratic Gov. Laura Kellys plan for expanding Medicaid aimed at reassuring wary Republican legislators wouldnt actually end the expansion if the federal government backed off its promises…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas new Democratic governor is meeting unexpected resistance to her plan for boosting public education funding from local school districts that believe her proposal wouldnt supply enough new money. Gov. Laura…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A new study says expanding Medicaid in Kansas would have a net cost of $47.4 million in the first year. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the nonprofit Kansas Health Institute estimated…
Doctors at the University of Kansas Hospital say a change in the distribution of livers across the country could result in Kansans waiting longer for life-saving transplants. So theyre backing a bill in the Kansas…
Its not exactly unusual for customers to complain about their electricity bills. But repeated rate hikes over the past decade have made Westar Energys customers particularly mad. And last years merger with Kansas City Power…
