Tag: Senate
Supporters of expanding Medicaid in Kansas proved Wednesday theyve got the votes in the Legislature if they can get a vote. But they lacked enough lawmakers on their side to bypass Republican leadership and…
WASHINGTON Attorney General William Barr sought to please add one point of clarification at the end of his testimony Wednesday before a Senate appropriations subcommittee and the veteran law enforcement official needed it.…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas new Democratic governor promised on the campaign trail to end a protracted lawsuit over education funding by increasing state spending on public schools, and the Republican-led Legislature approved her proposal…
TOPEKA Two things were on David Tolands mind Monday afternoon in the minutes following his hotly contested, but successful, bid to become the Kansas secretary of commerce. First was gratitude to the people of…
Katrina Springer admits that up until now she had pretty much just blindly believed information from Kansans for Life, the pro-life group with a goal to eradicate abortion. All that changed Wednesday night when Springer,…
WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump is nearing a victory over Democrats as the House tries overriding his first veto, a vote that seems certain to fail and would let stand his declaration of a…
Republicans in the Kansas Senate seem ready to end a long-running lawsuit by complying with a court ruling that said the state sends too little money to local school districts. The Kansas House? Not just…
Kansas U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran is one of several Republicans who expressed concern about President Donald Trumps declaration Friday of a national emergency to fund construction of a U.S.-Mexico border wall. Both Moran and fellow…
WASHINGTON (AP) Submitting to mounting pressure and growing disruption, President Donald Trump agreed to a deal Friday to reopen the government for three weeks, backing down from his demand that Congress give him money…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas legislators are still allowed to take unrecorded votes on legislation in committee and as the House or Senate debate bills despite an ongoing push for greater openness in state government.…
