Tag: Gov. Laura Kelly
The Republican-controlled Kansas House approved wide-ranging tax legislation Thursday. The measure would reduce sales taxes on food, which could help Kansans across the income spectrum. It would also give some big corporations a break, and…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas new Democratic governor is meeting unexpected resistance to her plan for boosting public education funding from local school districts that believe her proposal wouldnt supply enough new money. Gov. Laura…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A new study says expanding Medicaid in Kansas would have a net cost of $47.4 million in the first year. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the nonprofit Kansas Health Institute estimated…
Boy, that was quick. Kansas bipartisan moment at the Statehouse lasted all of a few hours around the inauguration of Gov. Laura Kelly last month. Now that were at the halfway mark of the session,…
Kansas Republicans need to let it go. Laura Kelly is our governor. She is a Democrat. But on Friday, Susan Wagle, Senate President, once again tried to make the case that Kellys agenda should not…
Things were supposed to be different on the Medicaid expansion this year. Expansion advocates thought Democratic Gov. Laura Kellys election would elevate the issue to center stage. They figured that would all but guarantee that…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas lawmakers have hit the halfway point of their annual session and they havent had a hearing on a Medicaid expansion plan or pushed an education funding bill out of committee…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Unified Republicans blocked an attempt Tuesday by the Kansas Senates top Democrat to speed up work on education funding issues and advance Democratic Gov. Laura Kellys plan for increasing spending on…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Republican lawmakers in Kansas have wedded a popular proposal to cut taxes on groceries to a GOP income tax relief bill in hopes of winning over skeptical colleagues and making Democratic…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Democratic Gov. Laura Kellys election created a national buzz about a possible shift to the left in Kansas politics, but many Republicans remain unimpressed and feel little pressure to take up…
