Tag: Kansas governor
Come January 2027, Kansas will have a new governor. Democrat Laura Kelly has already won the job twice, making her ineligible to run again. The primary election isn’t until Aug. 4, 2026, but 11 candidates…
Another heavy hitter has entered the Kansas governor’s race — Republican State Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt. Schmidt, a pharmacist by trade and a 14-year veteran of the Kansas Senate, announced her candidacy Wednesday, ending months…
Kincaid farmer Arlyn Briggs, a candidate for governor, faces a sentence of 5 to 17 months in jail after he was arrested this week for suspicion of making a criminal threat against law enforcement. Briggs,…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A growing number of governors ordered a partial shutdown of their state economies Monday to limit the spread of the coronavirus, mandating that certain retailers cutoff sales, restaurants kick out…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly said she wants a review of state sentencing guidelines to reduce overcrowding in prisons, a move that could find bipartisan support in the Republican-controlled Legislature. The Democratic…
Teachers fleeing the state? Promises to schools broken time and again? Heres some context for the statements you heard about Kansas education Wednesday night both in Democratic Gov. Laura Kellys State of the State…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Democrat Laura Kellys top priorities as Kansas new governor arise from her work as a state lawmaker and a decade as one of the Legislatures key players on budget issues. Kelly,…
After a whirlwind transition, Governor-elect Laura Kelly will be sworn in as the 48th governor of Kansas this coming Monday, and Kansans will have their first glimpse of how she grasps the key levers of…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Democratic Gov.-elect Laura Kelly announced Thursday that she will replace the top administrator at Kansas troubled child welfare agency and successfully pushed the departing leader to put new, major grants to…
Those blue dots in a sea of red were enough to elect Democrat Laura Kelly our next governor. Metropolitan Kansans in Wichita, Topeka, Kansas City, Lawrence and Manhattan pushed Sen. Kelly to a comfortable lead…
