Kansas’ Affordable Housing Tax Credit passed with bipartisan support in 2022, but it’s now on the chopping block after lawmakers voted to phase it out. The program matches federal dollars with state money to incentivize…

TOPEKA — A major health insurance company lost out on a bid to continue its role as one of Kansas’ Medicaid providers, and the state Legislature passed a law to avoid a repeat. Aetna Better…

TOPEKA — Kansas lawmakers want to eliminate a tax credit that aims to build affordable homes throughout the state. They say the program costs too much money, despite an ongoing housing shortage. The 3-year-old Kansas…

U.S. farmers will receive about $31 billion in economic and disaster relief payments in the coming months. About $21 billion is for disaster relief, which will mostly go toward recovering economic losses from natural disasters…

Sen. Caryn Tyson predicted the start of the 2025 session would be “extremely busy.” Indeed, the first week found Tyson and fellow lawmakers off to a running start.  Tyson said her top priority is to…

While it won’t drop off electricity to substations in Kansas, the Grain Belt Express transmission line will bring savings and improve reliability for residents, developers of the project said Thursday. Representatives from Invenergy, the Chicago-based…

TOPEKA — Kansas Supreme Court Justice Marla Luckert told lawmakers Wednesday she was happy she wouldn’t be talking about how a disaster had upended court operations like she has in past years with the COVID-19…

TOPEKA — Kansas Democrats vowed on the second day of the legislative session Tuesday to concentrate on reforms that addressed the rising cost of housing, health care, groceries, child care and fuel. The news conference…

Property tax cuts and access to care for young, transgender people are likely to be top issues in the Kansas Statehouse this year. Top Kansas Republicans said they’ll look at amending the state constitution to…

Kansas 9th District Rep. Fred Gardner, R-Garnett, predicts one topic will dominate the Kansas Legislature right from the start of the session that begins Monday: Taxes.  Specifically, property taxes. “I expect that to come to…