2025年1月16日 · TOPEKA — The proposed state budget crafted by Gov. Laura Kelly features a 2.5% pay raise for state employees, expands Medicaid eligibility for 150,000 lower-income Kansans and fully finances K-12 public education.

2025年1月13日 · TOPEKA — Members of the Kansas Legislature gathered with family and friends Monday to convene the 2025 session and welcome three dozen new lawmakers and test the influence of expanded Republican majorities in the House and Senate.

2025年1月9日 · TOPEKA — A long-shot constitutional challenge to Kansas’ death penalty unfolding in preliminary court proceedings for a man charged in the death of four people at a Wyandotte County bar centers on claims the state’s process of jury selection is racially biased in favor of executions.

2025年1月12日 · You know when the winter country has arrived in Kansas because the sky at midday is a shade of blue that throbs with light but no warmth. The shameless trees are studded with diamonds that flare in the sunlight, the long grass is matted with snow, and the geese are lords of the frozen fields.

2025年1月10日 · TOPEKA — State auditors say a Kansas Department of Commerce program distributing $4 million annually in income tax credits to incentivize donations for community service projects lacks transparency because the agency doesn’t fully document its rationale when selecting recipients.

2025年1月15日 · Mr. Speaker…Mr. President…Madam Chief Justice and the entire Kansas Supreme Court…members of my Cabinet…leaders of the Kansas tribes…and all the constitutional officers and legislators assembled – it is an honor to speak with you tonight.

2025年1月28日 · TOPEKA — The Kansas secretary of state and Republican legislators endorsed Tuesday a bill nullifying the state attorney general’s decision to invalidate on a technicality passage of a $4.6 million bond issue for Greeley County public schools. Attorney General Kris Kobach dismissed voter approval ...

2025年1月2日 · TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly says bipartisan highlights of 2024 include strengthening authority of the state’s independent advocate for children, overhaul of Kansas’ worker compensation system and advancement of a …

2025年1月15日 · TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly’s seventh State of the State speech on Wednesday called for investments in water resources and public schools, streamlining early childhood regulation, pursuit of sustainable tax policy and expansion of Medicaid eligibility.

2025年1月9日 · TOPEKA — Secretary of State Scott Schwab spotlighted his 2025 legislative agenda fewer than 24 hours before announcing a bid for Kansas governor, with proposals to update old laws and systems and add new election laws, including one making it a crime to threaten election workers.. He announced Tuesday potential initiatives focused on modernization ahead of the legislative session, which ...