Attorney general says request for sanctions has ‘nefarious political underpinning’
Attorney General Kris Kobach said an effort to sanction him in an ongoing legal dispute over transgender marker changes on driver's licenses is a...
Governor’s Regents nomination stalls over WSU ‘disparaging’ remarks
One of Gov. Laura Kelly's two nominees to the Kansas Board of Regents failed to get out of a Senate committee Wednesday because of...
Governor taking budget on road tour
With the Legislature taking away the executive branch's power to direct the budget, Gov. Laura Kelly and her budget director will hit the road...
Governor: A.G. using ‘false urgency’ to build support for redistricting special session
Gov. Laura Kelly is accusing Attorney General Kris Kobach of pressuring lawmakers into calling a special session to draw new election boundaries for Congress...
Kobach says feds cutting food-assistance funds; governor’s top aide says that’s ‘misleading’
Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach and the governor's chief of staff are tangling over whether the U.S. Department of Agriculture is cutting off millions...
Howard promises immediate appeal if food-assistance funds withheld
Social services Secretary Laura Howard says she will immediately appeal any decision by the Trump administration to withhold millions of dollars needed to administer...
Kelly: Kansas not in imminent danger of losing food-assistance funds
Gov. Laura Kelly on Thursday responded to a lawsuit trying to force her to turn over personal food-assistance information to the Trump administration, saying...
Trump administration threatens to withhold $10 million a quarter from Kansas
President Donald Trump's administration is applying more pressure to Kansas and other states nationally that are refusing to turn over personal information about beneficiaries...
UPDATED: Kobach moves to block governor from joining lawsuit against Trump administration
(Updated to include response from governor's spokesperson late Thursday night)
Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach is trying to block Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly from participating...
Regent nominees questioned about DEI, outgoing president’s management approach
(EDS note: The email accompanying this story incorrectly stated that questions of the nominee were related to the management approach of the president of...
