DCF document reveals new details of allegations against Capps
State officials released a document Thursday revealing new details about the emotional abuse allegations against state Rep. Michael Capps.
The appeal hearing summary, prepared in...
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...
Broad coalition unifies against vaccine bill
(Developing: Will be updated as warranted)
Almost 30 business, medical and social welfare groups covering the political spectrum are urging lawmakers to reject a bill...
UPDATED: New suicide prevention hotline: Will Kansas be ready?
(Updated to reflect House Appropriations committee action on Tuesday)
A little more than year from now, a new national suicide hotline will start transforming the...
Kelly: 150,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses coming to Kansas
Gov. Laura Kelly said Wednesday that she expects the state to receive 150,000 doses to vaccinate Kansans against COVID-19 by the end of this...
Judge rules telemed abortions can continue
A judge on Monday ruled that a new state telemedicine law with antiabortion language doesn't bar medical abortions using long-distance video technology.
Shawnee County District Judge...
AG asks governor to withdraw food-assistance policy by Friday
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt is asking Gov. Laura Kelly to withdraw a policy that extends the timeline for providing food-assistance benefits to adults who...
Senate Medicaid plan advances but faces opposition
The slow legislative slog toward expanding Medicaid in Kansas started Wednesday when Senate Republicans for the first time offered up a plan to compete...
Lawmakers, budget director tangle over Medicaid plan
Gov. Laura Kelly's administration on Wednesday opened up a line of attack against the Republican Senate plan for expanding Medicaid.
In what might have been...
UPDATED: Kansas House passes abortion amendment
(Updated to include more reporting with edits throughout)
Abortion opponents’ drive to overturn a historic state Supreme Court decision that found abortion is a state...
