TOPEKA — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed a bill Friday she feared would funnel more public money to private educational institutions. Senate Bill 24 broadened the scope of the Kansas Promise Scholarship, which offers financial…

TOPEKA — Surrounded by the shouts and chatter of children playing, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly on Thursday signed legislation consolidating the state’s early childhood services under one department and supporting creation of more child care…

Underpaid for years, Kansas legislators finally received a substantial pay increase this year.  Instead of a paltry per diem (per day) allowance, they now receive $43,000 per year and remain eligible for KPERS benefits. Normally,…

I don’t know about you, but I’ve about had it with the “leadership” at both our national and state levels. I was a Republican until George W. Bush lied and got us into an ill-conceived…

Lawmakers in the Kansas House and Senate work just a few hundred feet away from each other in the Statehouse. But they’re far apart from one another on the best way to address rising property…

Rep. Fred Gardner said he “held my nose and voted” last Thursday for a state budget that he predicted is “unsustainable.”  If spending continues at its current pace, the state will be in the red…

With the aid of a supermajority in both houses of the Kansas Legislature, Republican lawmakers are a step closer to achieving their dream of politicizing the Kansas Supreme Court. That’s what will happen if voters…

An outbreak of measles in southwest Kansas continues to grow. State health data shows 23 people in six counties have tested positive for measles since the start of this year. Data released on Wednesday showed the number…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican legislators in Kansas on Tuesday shrunk what already was among the nation’s shortest windows for voting by mail, arguing that problems with the U.S. Postal Service’s handling of ballots required…

TOPEKA — Rep. Steven Howe’s disappointment that state appropriations to school districts for special education hadn’t kept pace with legal thresholds for the past 14 years reflected a personal connection with students grappling with developmental,…