UPDATED: School choice bill edges by in Kansas House
(Updated to include comments from House speaker)
The Kansas House on Tuesday narrowly approved a bill allowing Kansas schoolchildren to use state aid to attend...
UPDATED: House approves compromise on electric rates
(Updated to reflect final House passage)
The Kansas House on Thursday approved a compromise bill that takes a step toward lowering electric rates and settles...
UPDATED: Medical marijuana bill tripped up in Senate committee
(Updated to add comments from Senate president and the governor with testimony from law enforcement Thursday opposing the bill)
A Senate committee on Thursday tabled...
Sunday Reader: Storefront relief lacking interest, Freight train bill gets rolling
Good morning everyone:
We have spent the last three days cramming our face with college basketball while still finding time to write a couple of...
Longtime statehouse lobbyist passes away
Bill Brady, who had a presence at the Kansas statehouse for more than 40 years and was regarded as an expert in school finance,...
(UPDATED): Abortion reversal bill back in play at Legislature
(Corrects that Vaughn amendment to bill failed. Committee chair first said it passed then clarified that it failed)
A bill requiring physicians to notify women...
UPDATED: House approves ‘born alive’ bill with veto-proof majority
(Updated to reflect House passage)
The Kansas House approved a bill that would require physicians to care for an infant born alive after a failed...
Bill expanding vaccine exemptions fails to get out of committee
A Senate committee on Thursday morning voted down a bill broadening an exemption for vaccines by requiring schools and day care centers to grant...
Sunday Reader: Medicaid fraud claims balloon; Kobach sends ESG warning; Capping property values
Good morning everyone:
With so much work crammed into the first three days of last week, we did get home in time to spend two...
Vaccine bill reemerges amid accusations of rules manipulation
A Senate committee on Friday revived a bill broadening an exemption for vaccines amid charges that the rules were manipulated to get the bill...
