Jeff Colyer says he doesn't know what he will do after leaving office in January, but he plans to stay involved in Kansas politics and return to his humanitarian work as a doctor providing medical care in war zones.
Gov.-elect Laura Kelly plans to explore fine print on the state government’s no-bid contracts and place economic development incentive programs under a spotlight. Kelly, who served on the Senate’s budget committee for years, said during an interview for the Capitol Insider podcast, she would authorize evaluations of state incentive programs purported to create jobs and of large state contracts issued without open bidding.
A Leavenworth County commissioner who used racially insensitive language at a public meeting last week has resigned, saying his remarks were "misinterpreted."
Fourteen days after the Nov. 6 general election, Ellis County Commissioner Barb Wasinger on Tuesday evening officially was declared the winner of the Kansas House of Representatives' 111th District. In a 2-to-1 vote of the Ellis County Board of Canvassers, Ellis County Sheriff Ed Harbin was the lone dissenter, declining to certify the election recount.
Eighteen out of 67 missing Kansas foster children were found after a joint investigation last week coordinated the efforts of 100 law enforcement officers from federal, state and local agencies.
The official results of a hand recount for the District 3 Crawford County Commission race show Democrat Jeremy Johnson defeating Republican Chad Ulepich by a margin of 25 votes.
The American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday unleashed a thunderous condemnation of arguments made by Ford County Clerk Deborah Cox in her request to dismiss a federal lawsuit over voter access in Dodge City.
Mike Kasl died last week while making the Christmas wreaths that inspired fellow tree farmer Chris Seets. On Tuesday, Seets presented one of her mentor’s final creations to Gov. Jeff Colyer as part of an annual celebration at Cedar Crest in Topeka that includes delivery of a Kansas-grown Christmas tree.
State Rep. Steven Becker, R-Buhler, was not the only write-in candidate who failed to win in Reno County. Neither God - who received a vote for Kansas governor - nor Jesus, written in more than once, won, although they revealed voter intent.
One non-registered voter in Hutchinson cast a ballot that was counted in the Nov. 6 general election. Reno County Deputy Election Officer Jenna Fager said this isn't the first time a provisional ballot voter has fed the ballot into the electronic ballot box instead of putting it in the provisional ballot envelope. Once fed into the machine, the ballot became part of the tally.
Major donors contributed most of $500,000 sought to expand and upgrade the memorial to slain Kansas law enforcement officers on the Statehouse grounds, officials said this week.
A 12-year-old girl is separated from her siblings when placed in foster care after authorities suspect her parents of selling pills. A social worker arrives to take a 2-year-old boy to a foster home after his mother is pulled over and found to be intoxicated. These are just two true stories that participants were exposed to Monday during FosterAdopt Connect’s Journey Home tour in Topeka.
The governor and top legislative leaders agreed Monday to settle for $75,000 a child-death lawsuit filed against the Kansas Department for Children and Families after the agency failed to intervene based on allegations an 18-month-old girl was physically abused and living in a drug house.
The Kansas Attorney General’s office says in legal filings that Kris Kobach shouldn’t be held personally liable for exposing sensitive data about Kansas voters and that those affected have no constitutional right to privacy for their information.
