KPERS again cool on Kelly’s retirement refinancing plan
The state retirement system’s Board of Trustees for a third time is refusing to go along with Gov. Laura Kelly’s plan to finance her...
Business community asks for report on utility rates
The Kansas business community is urging lawmakers to require state utility regulators to compile a report each year showing how electric rates in the...
Legislature passes economic recovery loan program
A bill creating a $60 million low-interest loan program for businesses struggling from the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic cleared the Kansas Legislature...
Sports wagering: How much tax is enough?
Kansas would impose among the highest taxes on sports wagering in the country under one version of expanded gambling legislation now under consideration.
The House...
Kelly eases off push for iLottery in sports wagering bill
Gov. Laura Kelly is backing off her insistence that online lottery ticket sales be part of any sports wagering bill passed by the Legislature.
The...
Senate passes expanded angel investor incentive
A proposed expansion of a program for small, innovative startup companies cleared the Senate after overcoming questions of whether it provided value to the...
K.C. MO mayor: Kansas ‘stealing’ auto show
Kansas City, Missouri, Mayor Quinton Lucas says Kansas is positioning to steal the Kansas City Auto Show from Missouri with legislation moving through the...
Labor Department paid out almost $300 million in fraud claims
The Kansas Labor Department revealed Tuesday afternoon that it paid out almost $300 million unemployment fraud claims during 2020.
The agency, which has been under...
Sports wagering bill advances in Senate
A bill authorizing sports wagering in Kansas moved out of a Senate committee Wednesday after the legislation was tweaked to ban betting on high...
Automated delivery legislation in doubt
First there was Scout.
Weighing in at about 100 pounds and under 3 feet tall.
Then there was Roxo.
Weighing in at about about 450 pounds and...
