Tag: Laura Kelly
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) A key part of Kansas Gov. Laura Kellys proposed budget dealing with pensions appears doomed, creating potential trouble for her efforts to boost spending on public schools and expand the states…
As a young mother, especially, I always admired those who could make their children mind with what seemed the slightest change in the tone of their voice or look. I had a grandmother who I…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) New Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly told Kansas legislators Wednesday that the state faces an emergency in its child welfare system and is completely unprepared for the next national economic downturn. Kelly…
NIOTAZE, Kan. (AP) Authorities say a man was killed when a pickup truck rear-ended a farm tractor in southeast Kansas. The Kansas Highway Patrol identified the victim as 67-year-old Kenneth Sullivan, of Havana. He…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas new Democratic governor on Tuesday reinstated a ban on anti-LGBT bias in state agencies employment decisions that a Republican predecessor had repealed, and she also expanded the policy to cover…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) New Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly is expected to make a pitch to the Republican-dominated Kansas Legislature for boosting spending on public schools and expanding Medicaid. Kelly was scheduled to deliver her…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas new Democratic governor called Monday for the state to forge a new chapter of bipartisanship, arguing as she took office that the Statehouse had lost the spirit of neighbor-helping-neighbor under…
Laura Kelly was inaugurated as Kansas 48th governor Monday morning. Here is her inaugural address delivered on the steps of the state capitol: I want to say a few words about our master of ceremonies…
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,…
