Sunday Reader: Supreme ethics complaint; Rural vaccines
Good morning everyone:
We're back after a short break to visit Pittsburgh, our original hometown where we took in some baseball at America's best ballpark...
State panel sets aside $50 million health care worker pay
Gov. Laura Kelly and legislative leaders on Friday agreed to earmark up to $50 million for boosting pay for roughly 20,000 front-line health care...
Abortion amendment campaign starts to come alive
Looking back, West Virginia abortion rights advocate Margaret Chapman Pomponio wishes that she only had more time back in 2018.
She's convinced that more time...
Wichita abortion clinic founder steps aside
The founder of one of a handful of abortion clinics in Kansas has stepped aside as chief executive officer to undertake other efforts in...
Kansas GOP 3rd District Chair steps down
Jacob Swisher announced over the weekend that he was stepping down as 3rd District chairman of the Kansas Republican Party.
Swisher, who was elected to...
Historic selection to replace Parker in House
Johnson County Democratic precinct leaders on Tuesday night picked Heather Meyer, a medical social worker, to replace Democratic state Rep. Brett Parker.
Meyer said she...
Palace retiring from petroleum marketers group
Thomas Palace, the longtime chief lobbyist for the Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association, is retiring after a little more than 25 years with...
Redrawing statehouse districts: Will Democrats benefit?
Even with a supermajority in the Legislature, Republicans could find themselves in a bit of a squeeze when they go to draw legislative districts...
Sunday Reader: Burroughs gets opponent; Moran & realignment
Good morning everyone:
The news week kind of hummed along at a steady but not terribly fast pace last week.
We are in the office through...
Dark money groups loom in Kansas redistricting fight
As hundreds of Kansans poured into meeting rooms across the state to voice their opinions about redrawing election lines, a couple dark-money groups quietly...