Hefty 110-Page Kansas Unemployment Reform Bill Awaits Signature Of Gov. Kelly

Package extends jobless benefits, advances IT upgrade, aids businesses.

Biden Banks On Offshore Wind To Help Curb Climate Change

Dominion Energy, Virginia’s state utility, plans to install nearly 200 more ocean turbines east of Cape Henry over the next five years.

Up To 100 New Immigration Judges Would Be Added Under Biden Budget Request

The administration is grappling with an influx of asylum seekers at the Southern border after inheriting a gutted immigration system.

How Kansas Kids – And Their Families – Could Benefit From The American Rescue Plan

The American Rescue Plan is more than stimulus checks.

Senate Panel Ready To Sanction Government Entities For Competing With Private Sector

Bipartisan unease remains on reform demanded by Senate president.

The Kansas Legislature's Audio And Video Streams Are Violating The Americans With Disabilities Act

Hearing loss has forced me to rise up and confront the accessibility inequities that are currently posed by the Kansas House and Senate.

Kansas Legislature Passes $20 Billion Spending Blueprint For State, With No Money For Public Schools

The greatest challenge now facing the legislative branch is determining how they will fund public schools.

Kansas Senate Republicans Strip Majority Leader Of Title In Closed-Door Meeting

Senate President Ty Masterson said he personally asked Suellentrop to resign, but the Wichita Republican refused.

With The Senate Drunk On Its Own Power, All Of Kansas Might Need A Recovery Support Group

A lot of people have advice right now for the majority leader of the Kansas Senate.

Blue-Collar Topekan Flies U.S. Flag Upside Down To Express Distress With Democrats

“When you fly it in that respect, it means you believe your country is under distress,” Harold Green said during a pitstop.

Kansas Senate Bans Transgender Athletes From Women's Sports, Sends Bill To Governor

Kansas could lose hundreds of millions of tourism dollars should the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act become law.

Effort To Redirect Money From Public To Private Schools Stumbles In Kansas Senate

The bill would funnel an uncertain amount of cash from public to private schools.

Senate Votes To Block Measure Stifling KDHE's Role In Expanding Child Vaccinations

Amendment inspired by concern of possible COVID-19 inoculation order.

Biden Administration To Suggest Model ‘Red Flag' Gun Laws For States

The move on red flag laws is among several steps being taken by the administration on gun violence.

Kansas House, Senate Come To Terms On K-12 Education Mega Bill

Democratic legislators and public school advocates have called it the “Frankenstein” bill, but Republican committee members championed it.

Kansas Senate Welcomes Teens To Concealed-Gun Club, Pulls Trigger On NRA-Backed School Curriculum

GOP holds firm against wave of Democratic amendments.

It's Time For Kansans To Say Thank You To Selfless Educators

The 2020-21 school year has been like no other, but one thing didn’t change: our teachers’ dedication for our students.

Kansas Senate Majority Leader Had 0.17 Blood Alcohol Level In Wrong-Way Pursuit

Officer’s affidavit says Suellentrop struggled with motor skills, was verbally combative.

Kansas High School Students Would Face Civics Test, Financial Literacy Course Under Bill Headed Toward Floor Votes

Opponents argue the graduation requirements intrude on the State Board of Education’s constitutional authority over curriculum.

Joint House, Senate Panel Revives Effort To Ban Transgender Athletes From Women's Sports

Champions of the measure said it would guarantee a level playing field for girls and women.

Hey Bob's Uncle’s Ex-Wife Mary’s Sister’s Cousin — Kansas GOP Needs You To Verify Voter Fraud

A proposal making it a felony for anyone to impersonate the secretary of state or a county election clerk was debated last week.

Tax Council Points To Billion Dollar Hole In Kansas Budget Outlook, Providing Cover For Possible Veto

Gov. Laura Kelly’s financial advisers poured cold water on a tax plan passed by the Legislature.

Issuing $500 Million In New Bonds For KPERS: Savvy Investment Or Kooky Gamble?

Senate’s intraparty clash raises personal, business investment strategies.

Kobach Meets With Pennsylvania Republicans To Talk Election, Immigration Policy

Rep. Metcalfe said he believes Kobach “has a lot of expertise to add” to lawmakers' efforts to draft new voting and immigration laws.

House And Senate Negotiators Begin Wrangling Over Kansas K-12 Budget And Policies

Representatives expressed uneasiness around the Student Empowerment Act.

Kansas Labor Agency Opens Search Of Contractor To Handle IT Overhaul

Computer upgrade to help state avoid repeat of unemployment debacle.

What Kansas Would Lose Without Its Small-Town Papers

The Oskaloosa Independent is a weekly newspaper older than the state of Kansas.

Kansas Earmarking $10.5 Million For NE Kansas Nursing Home For Veterans

Plan is to secure 65% of construction funding from VA.

Senators Forge Bipartisan Deal To Aid Kansas Businesses Impacted By Pandemic

The bipartisan compromise emerged between Sen. Mark Steffen, a Hutchinson Republican, and Sen. Tom Holland, a Baldwin City Democrat.

ServiTech and Sentera Team Up to Improve Outcomes for Growers

Digital Scouting Tools Deliver Critical Field Health Insights to Inform Better In-Season Decisions

‘It Didn't Really Stick With Me’

Understanding the rural shrug over the coronavirus and vaccines.

Wichita ranked no. 12 in the nation for fiscal health

Wichita had $15.9 million available to pay future bills

Kansas Is Paying The Ultimate Price For Doubt-Peddling Free-Market Lobbyists | Opinion

The surge in coronavirus cases following the Thanksgiving holiday was easily predicted, and the worst numbers for the epidemic so far.

Kansas High School Students Could Learn Better Life Lessons Without Sports During COVID-19 (Opinion)

We have always had an unhealthy relationship to sports, one that the virus has simply revealed.

Dole, Bayh Bipartisan Collaboration 40 Years Ago Unlocks Commercial Potential Of Federal Research

Betsy de Parry was diagnosed in 2002 with an incurable form of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

Prolonged Inquiries Into Prosecutors’ ‘Dirty Laundry’ Invite Claims Of Bias

Career prosecutor Jacqie Spradling will fight to preserve her reputation and law license this week.

FHSU Survey Finds Trump Leading In Kansas, Half Say BLM Deepens Racial Divide

A statewide poll of Kansans revealed a majority support re-election of President Donald Trump.

C.J. Janovy: This Kansas Senate Candidate Learned Important Life Lessons From Farm Girls And Farm Bills

Back in September, he made an extraordinary comment about abortion politics and public health in Kansas.

Secret Recording Exposes Three Wichita Politicians To Demands For Their Resignation

Commissioners Lacey Cruse, David Dennis and Jim Howell made clear O’Donnell’s statements on the 45-minute recording.

University Of Kansas Research: County Mask Mandates Stall Major Rise In COVID-19

Four Kansas counties stopped short of rebuking the governor, choosing to decline to enforce Kelly’s mask order.