UPDATED: Senate passes bill broadening vaccine exemption for children
(Updated to clarify part of the bill dealing with meningitis vaccines)
The Kansas Senate on Wednesday agreed to broaden an exemption for vaccines by requiring...
House passes abortion reversal bill
A bill requiring physicians to notify women that their drug-induced abortion can be reversed cleared the House on Wednesday as Republican lawmakers make a...
Senate passes bill limiting power of health officials to fight contagious diseases
The Kansas Senate on Thursday approved a bill removing the power of the state health secretary to limit the spread of infectious diseases amid...
Bill limiting power of health officials to fight contagious diseases advances
A bill removing the power of the state health secretary to limit the spread of infectious diseases is headed to the Senate floor.
The Senate...
New food assistance restrictions win committee approval
A bill broadening the work and job-training requirements for older Kansans to qualify for food assistance moved out of a House committee Thursday.
The newly...
Dogfight at the Capitol
The state's hospitality industry is in a dogfight with the Agriculture Department at the Capitol.
The Kansas Restaurant & Hospitality Association is urging lawmakers to...
Kobach issues warning to Walgreens about abortion drugs
Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach is warning of legal repercussions against one of the largest pharmaceutical chains in the country if it begins mailing...
Abortion opponents demonstrate commitment to ‘restore culture of life’
Despite an adversarial Supreme Court and a vote turning back a constitutional amendment on abortion, more than 1,000 people rallied in front of the...
Effort renewed to protect health care workers from workplace violence
Health care professionals on Monday renewed efforts to get the Legislature to protect hospital workers from workplace violence.
They went before the House Judiciary Committee...
Planned Parenthood starts offering telemed abortions
Planned Parenthood announced Tuesday that it has started offering medical abortions in Kansas using long-distance video technology.
The decision to remotely offer medical abortions -...
