Tag: law

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A bill to lower the legal age to carry concealed firearms in Kansas from 21 to 18 has stalled in a House committee, but a supporter plans to offer the proposal…

The Kansas Supreme Court made the right decision Saturday by upholding Gov. Laura Kelly’s order limiting church attendance in the state. The decision will protect the health and safety of Kansans. The controversy began Tuesday…

GARDEN CITY, Kan. (AP) — Wearing sweaters, small kids (of the goat variety) went springing over hay-lined pens in the Good Karma Micro-Dairy barn in Russell County — where Erin and Doug Renard milk goats…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has signed into law a bill that would allow profoundly ill people who have been unable to find relief with pharmaceutical medications to avoid prosecution for possessing…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas will allow its state Farm Bureau to offer health care coverage that doesn’t satisfy the Affordable Care Act. Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly decided Friday not to block a state-level effort…

Local liquor store owners have mixed feelings about a new law that allows grocery and convenience stores to sell stronger beer, while allowing liquor stores to sell more non-alcoholic products. The law took effect April…

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A new law gives Kansas counties the legal option of letting voters cast ballots at any polling site within their county, but spotty internet service and aging voting equipment is expected…

A new Kansas law is scaling back the requirements for safety drills in public and private schools. The move comes a year after the Kansas Legislature added crisis drills to prepare students for active shooters…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Gov. Laura Kelly has signed legislation to increase public school funding a day after Kansas lawmakers approved the plan. Kelly, a Democrat, signed the bill at a ceremony Saturday, saying she…

It takes a lot of guts to give up a steady income to pursue your dream. And to do so at 62? Well, that takes somebody like Betty Hendricks. Hendricks is retiring Friday after working…