Tag: State of the State Address
TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly’s seventh State of the State speech on Wednesday called for investments in water resources and public schools, streamlining early childhood regulation, pursuit of sustainable tax policy and expansion of Medicaid…
“We’re losing people in Kansas,” said Mary Kay Heard. “In Allen County, for sure.” Attributing this to high property taxes, Mary Kay and her husband David were acknowledged during Gov. Laura Kelly’s State of the…
TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly widened a well-defined agenda dedicated to public education, Medicaid expansion and broad-based tax reform Wednesday in the annual State of the State speech to highlight proposals for state investment in…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has been forced to postpone her annual State of the State address after testing positive for COVID-19. Kelly’s office announced Tuesday that she had tested positive. The…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Gov. Laura Kelly called Tuesday for another freeze in tuition at Kansas colleges in a State of the State address that portrayed the state as booming economically and previewed what are…
TOPEKA, Kansas — Gov. Laura Kelly continued to push for vigilance in the fight against the coronavirus and tried to combat skepticism of the vaccine as she laid out her goals on Tuesday for 2021.…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly on Wednesday called for a new program to improve the states roads and bridges, urged state lawmakers to approve a bipartisan Medicaid expansion plan and warned she…
As a young mother, especially, I always admired those who could make their children mind with what seemed the slightest change in the tone of their voice or look. I had a grandmother who I…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) New Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly told Kansas legislators Wednesday that the state faces an emergency in its child welfare system and is completely unprepared for the next national economic downturn. Kelly…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) New Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly is expected to make a pitch to the Republican-dominated Kansas Legislature for boosting spending on public schools and expanding Medicaid. Kelly was scheduled to deliver her…
