TOPEKA, Kansas — Kansas lawmakers returning to Topeka this week find a growing pile surplus of cash — and some tough election-year choices. They’ll need to redraw the state’s political map, and sort out a…

During my eight years as president of the Kansas Senate, I had frequent dealings with journalists who covered the Statehouse. It wasn’t always easy. Journalists ask tough questions, and they often make their sources uncomfortable.…

TOPEKA — Kansas college students could soon benefit from a continued effort to minimize rising college tuition, pending approval on a provision in the governor’s budget. In her budget, Gov. Laura Kelly included a request…

TOPEKA — Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Marla Luckert proposed during a Tuesday speech to a joint session of the Kansas Legislature adoption of a judicial branch budget model tied to general state revenue rather…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly and Republican lawmakers are eager to cut taxes because Kansas is flush with cash, but the annual legislative session that opened Monday is shadowed by redistricting, election…

The Kansas Legislature begins its 2022 session today.  We’re hopeful this session will be productive and fruitful for the people of Kansas. The Legislature has the potential to do great things if its members choose…

TOPEKA — A trio of newly proposed Kansas constitutional amendments would see the issues of Medicaid and marijuana put up to a public vote. House Democrats announced Thursday three amendments to the state constitution to…

Local legislators agree it’s time to end the sales tax on food. But when it comes to expanding Medicaid, there’s no common ground.  Those differences spilled over Tuesday when local legislators gave Allen County commissioners…

The biggest surprise of 2021 is that the COVID-19 pandemic is still with us despite the wide availability of free vaccines and booster shots.  Unbelievably, our politics have bifurcated what should be a united response…

TOPEKA — The SPARK executive board of state officials and business advisers agreed to move ahead Monday with allocation of federal funding for $100 million in commercial building infrastructure projects and $50 million in direct…