Tag: Kansas Legislature

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Health committees in the Kansas Legislature will be led by two conservative Republican lawmakers from Wichita who oppose expanding the state’s Medicaid program. GOP leaders’ appointments of Rep. Brenda Landwehr and…

Rep. Kent Thompson said he expects Medicaid to be expanded in Kansas come 2019. If so, much-needed funds would come our way to help our poor and elderly pay for health-related services. How much, is…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas lawmakers will get a crash course in sports gambling this week as they consider how to capitalize on a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in May that lifted a federal…