UPDATED: Kansas Supreme Court to render abortion ruling Friday
(Updated to reflect strategy used nationally to challenge abortion restrictions under state constitutions; edits throughout)
After more than two years, the Kansas Supreme Court announced...
UPDATED: High-level meeting focuses on Medicaid expansion
(Updated to reflect email from governor's legislative liaison to Medicaid expansion advocates)
Top Republican Senate and House leaders on Wednesday met with Gov. Laura Kelly...
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...
Kelly makes safe play on Farm Bureau bill, eying potential long-term gain
The Farm Bureau's health benefit plan was politically precarious for Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly.
Sign the bill and risk alienating parts of her base that...
Lawmakers consider tougher fines against unlicensed day cares
Seven times in the last five years, a child has died at an unlicensed day care in Kansas.
And without the help of law enforcement...
UPATED: Democrats try to force Medicaid expansion vote
(Updated to include comment from Senate majority leader).
As the Legislature broke for a month-long break on Friday evening, Democrats made their move to force...
UPDATED: Legislature sends abortion-reversal bill to governor
(Updated to include links to how lawmakers voted and additional comment from senators.)
With drug-induced abortions rising in Kansas, the Legislature on Friday approved a...
Governor, Senate president square off on Medicaid expansion
Gov. Laura Kelly on Tuesday denounced Senate efforts to block Medicaid expansion, which is likely now headed for a study committee after the Legislature...
Medicaid expansion supporters break through; win final House passage
After a week of setbacks, Medicaid expansion supporters busted through in the Kansas House on Wednesday when the chamber voted to widen the healthcare...
Senate panel redirects Medicaid expansion money
A key Senate committee on Thursday moved money for Medicaid expansion out of Gov. Laura Kelly's proposed budget to cover a revenue shortfall in...
