Tag: Laura Kelly

Perhaps because he has nothing to lose, former Republican Kansas Gov. Bill Graves felt comfortable Tuesday in endorsing Democrat Laura Kelly for governor. And though they may agree, other Republicans aren’t feeling as emboldened to…

The defection of longtime Republican Steve Baccus to the gubernatorial campaign of independent Greg Orman illustrates how divisive Kris Kobach is to the Kansas Republican Party. Baccus is best known in these parts as the…

Put this one under the category of nothing makes sense in the world any more. The state of Kansas is looking to extend a contract with a Medicaid application processing company that by most accounts…

With seventy-some days to the 2018 general election, Greg Orman has become reviled by Democrats and others as a “spoiler,” who could easily help far-right Republican Kris Kobach win election as governor of Kansas. It…

Truth, it’s said, is the first casualty of war. That helps explain why combat metaphors so often get applied to political campaigns. The battlefield of the Kansas governor’s race bears out the maxim. Even when…

In her 13 years in the Legislature, Democrat Sen. Laura Kelly has never wavered in efforts to make Kansas a better place to live in terms of safety, economic stimulus, and education. Just last year,…

Advanced voting is off to a slow start, according to Sherrie Riebel, Allen County Clerk. As of Monday morning, only 25 of Allen County’s estimated 8,700 registered voters had cast their ballots in the first…