TOPEKA — The Kansas Senate on Tuesday approved a modified state budget, sending it back to the House so both chambers can agree on a shared plan. Senators slightly modified the House proposal, which is…

TOPEKA — Republican legislation to establish child support payments for pregnancy-related costs — and, in turn, establish “fetal personhood” — revealed tension among legislators as one Democratic senator inserted a bipartisan tax credit provision. Senate…

TOPEKA — The Senate on Thursday passed a bill that would expand Kansas law enforcement officers’ options for confiscated firearms. Under current law, agencies can sell or give away the guns they seize when someone…

WASHINGTON — The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Thursday advanced the nomination of former Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer to be labor secretary in a 14-9 vote. Chavez-DeRemer, a former one-term Republican member of…

TOPEKA — A Senate bill seeks to prohibit conflicts of interests by banning local government officials from voting on major development projects in which they have a “substantial interest.” Senate Bill 66, introduced by Republican…

TOPEKA — A proposed Senate bill would permit year-round fireworks sales from permanent retailers and expand the window around Independence Day for pop-up vendors. Senate Bill 199 would allow temporary vendors to sell fireworks from…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Thursday confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as President Donald Trump’s health secretary, putting the prominent vaccine skeptic in control of $1.7 trillion in federal spending, vaccine recommendations and food safety as well as health insurance programs for…

WASHINGTON — Senate Finance Committee members Catherine Cortez Masto and John Cornyn ntroduced legislation Thursday to stop companies from deducting or claiming credits on their U.S. tax bills for taxes paid to Russia. In response…

TOPEKA — The Kansas Senate approved with a bipartisan supermajority a bill prohibiting health professionals from providing gender-affirming care to minors and enforcing that statewide ban with civil, financial and regulatory sanctions for violators. The…

TOPEKA — Legislation proposed in the Kansas Senate would end the three-day grace period for mail-in ballots, requiring them to be received by 7 p.m on Election Day to be counted, regardless of postage date.…