Tag: Gov. Laura Kelly
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Gov. Laura Kelly is creating an advisory committee that aims to ensure every person in Kansas is counted in the 2020 Census. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the governor signed an executive…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas’ attorney general on Monday asked the state Supreme Court to settle an unprecedented dispute between Gov. Laura Kelly and a top lawmaker over whether Kelly can name a new lower-court judge after…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Gov. Laura Kelly has signed a bill that protects the identities of Kansas National Guard members who undergo counseling. The legislation signed by the governor on Wednesday is designed to encourage…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Supreme Court has ruled that Gov. Laura Kelly cannot file a brief in support of a law that would add about $90 million annually to public school funding. The…
Kansas has dropped its effort to terminate Planned Parenthoods participation in Medicaid, ending a three-year-long court battle that the state lost at every turn. The change in policy wasnt announced publicly but rather came in…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Child welfare advocates in Kansas who spent more than a year examining the states troubled foster care system are frustrated with what they see as the Legislatures lack of action on…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Senates top Republican is trying to bar Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly from filling a vacancy on the states second-highest court after Kelly was forced to withdraw her first choice…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Gov. Laura Kelly has signed legislation to increase public school funding a day after Kansas lawmakers approved the plan. Kelly, a Democrat, signed the bill at a ceremony Saturday, saying she…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas new Democratic governor promised on the campaign trail to end a protracted lawsuit over education funding by increasing state spending on public schools, and the Republican-led Legislature approved her proposal…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Top Republican lawmakers in Kansas struggled Wednesday to find enough GOP votes to override Democratic Gov. Laura Kellys veto of a tax relief bill despite a strong push to save the…
