The Kansas Medical Society sounded an alarm about return to rapid inflation in liability costs for health professionals after the Kansas Supreme Court declared unconstitutional a state law capping pain and suffering awards by juries in personal injury cases.
Rain and flooding "seriously affected" more than half of Kansas' 28 state parks, and some parks on the state's eastern half remain closed or partially closed.
Actions taken to quell a protest in the gallery of the Kansas Senate on the final day of the Legislative session, including the expulsion of news reporters from the chamber floor, add kindling to a legal firestorm over policy governing Statehouse decorum.
Vicki Schmidt's transition from policy-making state senator to the state's top insurance industry regulator came with surprises. Schmidt, a Republican who took office in January, said the Kansas Department of Insurance for more than 18 months collected $60,000 in fees from third-party insurance processing organizations without setting mandatory rules and regulations for the action.
Republicans seething over a policy shift that makes it easier for some Kansans to obtain food stamps are worried Gov. Laura Kelly could attempt to expand the state's Medicaid program through administrative action.
A whirring fan and scrambled chatter dominated the hot back room of Garden City's The African Shop, where U.S. Rep. Roger Marshall held a town hall with over 70 local refugee and immigrant residents, a first for Marshall and many of the people meeting him.
A unanimous Kansas Supreme Court ruled a $90 million appropriation to the public school system complied with a clause in the Kansas Constitution outlining the state's role in making suitable provision for education of children.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced transfer to the Kansas City area from Washington, D.C., of hundreds of federal research jobs concentrated on food nutrition, safety and conservation, as well as the farm economy and global trade.
NICKERSON - About 120 people came to the kickoff of Kansas Lt. Gov. Lynn Rogers' 12-city Rural Prosperity Tour listening stops, exceeding organizers' expectations.
Three environmental groups filed a lawsuit to compel the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to issue a long-overdue assessment on possible reintroduction of federal protections for lesser prairie chickens concentrated in western Kansas and portions of four other states.
