Tag: Gov. Laura Kelly
TOPEKA Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Lawton Nuss announced Friday hell retire in mid-December after serving on the states highest court since 2002, when Republican Gov. Bill Graves tapped him for the role. That…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly on Thursday dropped a policy that allowed several thousand Kansas adults to keep receiving food assistance after failing to meet a work requirement, reversing course days after…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas Supreme Court justice whose votes for abortion rights and against the death penalty made him a political target plans to retire in three months, allowing Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly…
One might think the end of her first legislative session as Kansas governor would give Laura Kelly some relief. Oh, not much, she said. Weve been extraordinarily busy. With lawmakers out of town until January,…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas tax collections have beaten expectations nearly every month for the past two years and the state expects to end June with close to $1 billion in cash reserves, but the…
Sometimes I wonder how long we will be talking about fixing the problems that Sam Brownback left Kansas. Our latest Brownback heartburn is prisons. The news that Kansas officials are considering sending inmates to a…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Supreme Court signed off Friday on an increase in spending on public schools that the Democratic governor pushed through the Republican-controlled Legislature, but the justices refused to close the…
Kansas Gov. Laura Kellys administration says it has found a way to provide extended food assistance to adults who cant meet the states work requirements. Kellys goal is laudable. Kansas lawmakers deserve criticism for humiliating…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has signed a bill aimed at stopping an economic border war with Kansas. Whether the bill signed Tuesday has any impact depends on Kansas officials. Both…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Top Republican legislators on Wednesday blocked nearly $10 million that Kansas corrections officials argue they need to deal with prison overcrowding and said lawmakers might reject Democratic Gov. Laura Kellys choice…
