Channeling outrage over a judge's labeling of children as aggressors in a sex crime, Kansas officials have taken steps toward changing the law that allows for assessment of victim behavior to reduce a predator's prison time.
Melissa Rooker's belief in power of investment in early childhood education was deepened through absorption of fresh evidence Kansas missed opportunities to improve health and well-being of kids under age 5.
Gov. Laura Kelly and two-thirds of the Kansas Legislature voting for a $90 million expansion of state aid to public school districts nervously await analysis by the Kansas Supreme Court of the law's intersection with the state constitution.
A captain in a Kansas National Guard brigade that experienced several suicides in six months said she has submitted a letter of resignation after concerns about the issue weren't taken seriously enough by leadership.
During a town hall Friday evening in Salina, Gov. Laura Kelly advocated for legal protections for LGBTQ Kansans, reducing eligibility requirements for food and cash assistance and expressed her continued support for reducing sales taxes on food.
The Kansas Senate voted to confirm secretaries of the state departments of agriculture and of wildlife and parks, along with a pair of nominees to lead the Kansas commissions on securities and gambling.
Senate Minority Leader Anthony Hensley submitted a motion Friday designed to force Kansas Senate debate on a House bill expanding eligibility for Medicaid health services to about 130,000 low-income Kansans.
Gov. Laura Kelly signed a bill clarifying the state government's role in liquor enforcement and taxation of retailers making use of new authority to sell strong beer.
Sen. Mary Ware says lawmakers are giving Kansas Farm Bureau a blank check by allowing the organization to offer an unregulated, cheap alternative to health insurance.
MANHATTAN - Against the hum of backhoes and bulldozers, a fortress of concrete and steel buildings gradually rises on the north end of Kansas State University's campus.
Jeff and Jennifer Heminway, Kingman, arrived at the legislative forum Saturday morning at Westley Towers' chapel in Hutchinson, wearing the red T-shirts of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America.
Kansas Senate President Susan Wagle acknowledged Wednesday in a meeting with Republican college students that she doesn't have the votes to override the governor's veto of the session's most controversial tax bill.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas has filed a lawsuit on behalf of three Kansas State University students who were detained and banned from the Statehouse after displaying massive banners in a protest last month.
Medicaid expansion was among the topics of most concern in Ellis County, judging by the number of questions on that subject submitted at a legislative forum Saturday morning.
Kansas lawmakers sent a school finance plan to the governor Thursday night, ending days of skirmishes over the injection of $90 million in annual funding and the preservation of increases they adopted last year.