Governor’s chief of staff: Medicaid proposal presents serious risks
Gov. Laura Kelly's chief of staff is warning lawmakers against freezing the state's $4 billion KanCare contracts in place for a year without a...
Judge temporarily halts 24-hour abortion waiting period, reversal law
A Johnson County judge on Monday agreed to temporarily block the state's 24-hour waiting period for abortions as well as a new law passed...
Senate panel delays Medicaid expansion bill
A proposal to expand Medicaid coverage to an estimated 150,000 Kansans stalled in a committee Monday as lawmakers slowed the bill down to consider...
Budget provision defunding medical investigations removed
A House panel on Monday removed a budget proposal blocking investigations of physicians who write off-label prescriptions with adverse outcomes for their patients.
The House...
Kansas Medicaid enrollment drops by 83,000 since unwinding started
The state's Medicaid rolls have dropped by 15% during the unwinding process in Kansas with about three months left before it will be known...
National Guard says it must comply with vaccine mandate
The Kansas National Guard must comply with a Defense Department directive to mandate vaccines for its troops or risk losing federal funds, the guard's...
Poling picked to lead Board of Healing Arts
With the state immersed in the coronavirus pandemic, the state Board of Healing Arts named a new executive director with scant public attention.
The board...
UPDATED: Governor vetoes abortion reversal bill; sets up showdown with Legislature
(Updated to include statements from Kansans for Life and the House speaker)
Gov. Laura Kelly on Monday vetoed a bill requiring physicians to notify women...
Kansas Senate passes resolution opposing mask mandate
The Kansas Senate Wednesday night passed a resolution calling on legislative leadership to revoke any mask mandate that Gov. Laura Kelly plans to reissue...
Senate passes bill lifting regulations on eyebrow care
A bill that could settle a legal dispute over regulations of the practice of eyebrow threading cleared the Senate on Wednesday despite protests that...