Tag: Kansas Legislature
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) A Kansas House committee rejected a proposed law that sought to prevent judges from reducing sentences if they believe that victims under the age of 14 were willing participants in sex…
Its disappointing that Republicans have killed a bill that would allow voter registration on election day in Kansas. On Thursday, the House Elections Committee voted 7-5 to reject the bill. The vote was mostly along…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A conservative Kansas legislator has apologized and said he has asked that he be removed as a sponsor of a bill calling same-sex marriages a parody after his LGBTQ daughter posted…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Advocates for low-income families joined small-town grocers and others encouraging Kansas lawmakers to reduce the states sales tax on groceries, while lobbyists for some organizations warned doing so might lead to…
The Kansas Legislature opened its 2019 session on Jan. 14. It will most likely close up shop sometime in May. Governor Laura Kelly came into office with a well-defined agenda, and lots of optimistic Democrats…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas State Rep. Greg Lewis is resigning to concentrate on his battle with a cancerous brain tumor. Lewis, a Republican from St. John, said Monday it is becoming apparent that he…
TOPEKA, Kan. A handful of Kansas lawmakers are backing a bill that labels same-sex marriages parody marriages and seeks to stop the state from recognizing them. Another bill would create an elevated marriage for…
