The Kansas Legislature slogged to adjournment in the morning after passing a cluster of bills that included the annual state budget, a tax measure likely to be vetoed, regulations on the scrap-metal industry and softening of legal risk to sick people or caregivers possessing low-THC oils to manage pain.

The warden of the state-run women's prison doesn't know why Kansas Department of Corrections officials retained until December a dental lab instructor who sexually harassed an inmate in her facility two years ago.

An Ottawa company agreed to pay $40,000 in fines and fees for violating state consumer protection laws by selling salvage recreational vehicles without disclosing that status to buyers, the state's attorney general said.

A contingent of House Republicans abandoned plans Saturday to force a vote on Medicaid expansion, choosing instead to adopt a revised state spending plan and clear a path to end the session.

Rep. Rui Xu says he was offended by what appeared to be a racially motivated gesture from a top senator's aide on the House floor.

Sen. John Doll renewed criticism of appointments made by Gov. Laura Kelly that exclude representation from western Kansas.

Monthly premiums attached to health care coverage provided through Medicaid expansion would have little financial benefit for the state of Kansas and would eliminate 27,000 low-income adults from the program, according to the Kansas Health Institute.

Surging Kansas individual and corporate income tax receipts pushed state revenue in April more than $81 million above the estimate, officials said.