Governor announces Medicaid expansion task force
Gov. Laura Kelly on Wednesday announced the members of a special committee to help craft a plan for expanding Medicaid coverage for 150,000 Kansans.
The...
Proposed raw-milk ban appears in trouble
Kansas Senators on Wednesday starting wading into the debate over whether the sale of raw milk should be banned in Kansas, although prospects for...
House passes resolution opposing mask mandate
The House late Tuesday sent a strong message to Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly, calling on legislative leadership to reject any mask mandate the governor...
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: House breaks budget stalemate; leverage for Medicaid expansion vote lost
(Updated to include comments from the governor, the House speaker, Senate majority leader, House minority leader and others; links to bill and final vote)
A...
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...
UPDATED: House committee removes money for Medicaid expansion
(UPDATED: Adds response from the governor's office; explains premise of fiscal note for governor's plan; corrects Concannon's proposed amendment to bill)
It was the debate...
Medicaid debate marked by accusations of ‘pay for play’
A renewed debate over freezing the state's Medicaid contracts boiled over Thursday in a conference committee amid accusations of public corruption and "pay for...
Indoor e-cigarette ban clears House committee
A House committee late Wednesday afternoon advanced a bill that would ban e-cigarettes and vaping in many public indoor locations.
The House Judiciary Committee moved...
Schmidt appeals for indoor e-cigarette ban
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt on Thursday urged lawmakers to close a loophole that allows e-cigarettes and vaping in public indoor locations where smoking...
