UPDATED: Lawmakers extend deadline for Chiefs, Royals to work out deal with Kansas
(Updated to include comment from governor's chief of staff and the Chiefs)
State legislative leaders kept alive hopes of luring the Chiefs and Royals to...
Sunday Reader: Former legislative analyst dies; Court rules on license plates & traffic stops
Good morning everyone:
Hope everyone is having a great holiday weekend and taking a respite from news, although it didn't seem to let up until...
Kansas congressman’s intern killed in D.C. shooting
U.S. Rep. Ron Estes and his staff are mourning the loss of an intern, who was killed in a three-person shooting in Washington, D.C.,...
Kelly, Republican leadership clash over $7.2 million in spending cuts
Gov. Laura Kelly on Tuesday criticized the Legislature for a 1.5% across-the-board spending cut that will take money from hospitals to provide inpatient behavioral...
DOJ targeting states’ in-state tuition, could Kansas be next?
What the Kansas Legislature has refused to do may be left up to the courts.
Since the start of June, the U.S. Justice Department has...
Sunday Reader: Aging Kansas; new Senate staffer; longtime lobbyist retires
Good morning everyone:
It was good to get back into the full swing of things last week after taking some time off to travel with...
Kelly administration protests loss of $1 million federal labor grant
Gov. Laura Kelly's administration is protesting the loss of a $1 million federal grant intended to prevent fraud in the state's unemployment insurance program.
State...
Top executive resigns from parent company of new type of state financial institution
The top executive has resigned from the parent company of a new Kansas financial institution that allows affluent investors to borrow against alternative assets...
Former Democratic lawmaker dies at 70
Former Democratic state Rep. Harold Lane of Topeka, who served more than a dozen years in the Kansas House, has died at 70.
Lane, who...
Brown’s ‘Golden Age’ event showcasing actor, author lost GOP money
As Mike Brown's term as chair of the Kansas Republican Party neared an end, the state GOP spent tens of thousands of dollars celebrating...
