Medicaid expansion continues to dominate the 2020 session of the Kansas Legislature. We're all over that issue and numerous others in this week's Inside Kansas Politics newsletter.
Seventy-six Kansas Catholic nuns have signed a letter to legislators urging them to pass Medicaid expansion as a desperately needed life-saving benefit for suffering Kansans.
Kansas House Republicans rejected Gov. Laura Kelly's strategy of refinancing state pension system liabilities and deflected a bid to advance the Democratic governor's bipartisan plan to expand Medicaid to at least 130,000 low-income adults and children.
Senators in the Kansas Legislature on Tuesday embraced sweeping changes to restrain county appraisers and property valuations that increase local tax burdens.
Square dance caller Allen Hahn said a great injustice was underfoot in the halls of the Capitol. Fans of polka were on the verge of getting a bill through a Senate committee that would make that celebratory movement the official state dance.
Rep. Jim Karleskint opened his mail to find Kansans for Life sent a postcard into his House district claiming he sided with Planned Parenthood in a vote on the constitutional amendment on abortion.
A Senate panel overhauled and advanced legislation that would hasten the process for receiving a professional certification or license for individuals moving to Kansas from out of state, as well as soldiers, their spouses and veterans.
Kansas Congressman Roger Marshall landed a second significant endorsement in his campaign for the U.S. Senate seat to be vacated by retiring Republican Pat Roberts.
Wichita Rep. Michael Capps' bill requiring students to participate in sports programs in accordance with biological gender at birth has been denounced as discriminatory, repugnant, mean-spirited and dangerous.
Federal authorities say they are cracking down on the surge in meth trafficked along highways in the Midwest, including Kansas, by redirecting resources and changing strategies.
Kansans for Hemp co-founder Kelly Ripple said state statute ought to be brought into compliance with federal law by legalizing products with up to 0.3% of the psychoactive ingredient in cannabis.
Wichita Regional Chamber of Commerce consultant Jason Watkins wants the state to sack ordinances floated in several Kansas cities to discourage use of thin plastic shopping bags.
The Kansas Senate's agriculture committee rejected a proposal outlawing sale of raw milk in the state in favor of a bill altering regulation of advertising and labeling for unpasteurized goat or cow milk sold directly to consumers by farmers.
County election officials in Kansas say more registered voters would participate in elections if they could receive an advance ballot by mail without regularly asking for one.
Former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach enthusiastically shared results of an internal poll showing he possessed a double-digit lead in the Republican primary contest for U.S. Senate.
The Legislature's auditing division released a three-year study that reveals significant information technology security weaknesses across 19 state agencies.
The Senate Education Committee approved legislation to provide state-funded ACT testing to students at all accredited Kansas schools, including private and home schools.
A representative for Kansas prosecutors told lawmakers they should ban the "archaic," "biased" and "shameful" practice of ordering psychiatric exams for victims of rape and other sexual abuse.
