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Kelly names two new cabinet appointments

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Gov.-elect Laura Kelly on Wednesday named cabinet secretaries for transportation and commerce. Kelly announced that Julie Lorenz is her interim choice to lead the Kansas...
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Colyer says parental leave shouldn’t be statewide mandate

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Outgoing Republican Gov. Jeff Colyer says the new policy offering paid leave to state employees with new children should not be expanded as a...

Governor’s reorganization proposals voted down

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Gov. Laura Kelly's plan to reorganize the state's energy office and social service agencies were overwhelmingly rejected Wednesday morning in the Kansas House. The Kansas...

Governor extends stay-at-home order

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Gov. Laura Kelly on Wednesday announced she's extending the statewide stay-at-home order to May 3 as part of a regional effort to contain the...

Governor signs $115 million KPERS bill, says reamortization dead this session

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Gov. Laura Kelly signed her first bill Friday putting $115 million into the state retirement system and said that her plan for restructuring payments...

UPDATED: Kelly delays parts of reopening plan

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(Updated to include comments from governor and Republican leadership) Gov. Laura Kelly on Thursday delayed parts of her plan to reopen the state's economy, saying...

Kelly reports raising $2 million in ’21

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(Developing: Will be updated) Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s campaign on Monday announced raising more than $2 million during 2021 in what it says is more...

Republican lawmakers react coolly to Kelly executive order

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Republican lawmakers on Tuesday reacted tepidly to Gov. Laura Kelly's executive order creating the office of child advocate, questioning whether the governor is properly...

Supreme Court sets hearing for Saturday on Kelly lawsuit

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The Kansas Supreme Court has set Saturday to hold oral arguments in the governor's lawsuit seeking to restore an executive order limiting the size...

New schism develops over governor’s latest executive order

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Another schism is developing between Gov. Laura Kelly and Republican lawmakers over whether counties can opt out of her executive order establishing health protocols...