Last week, Gov. Laura Kelly made three groups of people plenty mad, likely with some crossover. First, Kelly vetoed a measure Friday that would have recognized “fetal personhood.” The measure ruled that from the moment…

TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly signed into law a drug overdose prevention measure that will no longer criminalize Kansans who seek help for themselves or others during overdoses. The bill is part of a slew…

TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly said there was “absolutely no way” to avoid vetoing the $2.3 billion tax reduction bill approved with bipartisan majorities in the Kansas Legislature, arguing the cumulative year-to-year result of a…

TOPEKA — House Speaker Dan Hawkins on Monday urged Gov. Laura Kelly to sign bipartisan tax relief rather than summon lawmakers back to Topeka for a special session that would cost $84,000 per day. The…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly could be headed toward a court fight with the Republican-controlled Legislature over a newly enacted measure that says Kansas will help Texas in its dispute with the…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas lawmakers approved a new, slightly smaller package of tax cuts before adjourning their annual session early Wednesday, expecting Gov. Laura Kelly to veto it and call a special legislative session…

Even though he burned the midnight oil Tuesday to wrap up the 2024 legislative session, Rep. Fred Gardner was in Iola Wednesday afternoon to discuss its outcome.  Legislators officially adjourned at 1 a.m. Wednesday, after…

TOPEKA — Three Senate Republicans joined with Democrats on Monday to sustain Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a massive tax cut package over concerns about reshaping income tax brackets and the state’s long-term fiscal vitality.…

TOPEKA — Sen. Minority leader Dinah Sykes, a Lenexa Democrat, vowed to vote out the Statehouse’s Republican supermajority in an emotion-filled speech hours before the Legislature made inroads into passing more anti-abortion laws.  “We’re going…

Recently as I drove my Silent Generation father-in-law on an out-of-town trip along I-70, he made a peculiar observation. “I never noticed this before but there’s plastic bags everywhere. My gosh. It looks terrible!”  Peculiar…