UPDATED: This year’s legislative blessings: What stays alive at the break
(UPDATED to correct SB 437 sted 473)
Senate President Ty Masterson blessed 23 bills that will remain in the mix when the Legislature returns from...
Senate adjourns without acting on World Cup emergency declaration
The Kansas Senate adjourned this week at the midpoint of the legislative session without acting on a resolution extending the governor's emergency declaration essential...
Senate overrides veto of bill designating driver’s licenses, bathrooms by sex
The Kansas Senate on Tuesday overrode Gov. Laura Kelly's veto of a bill banning transgender people from using restrooms and locker rooms in government...
In-state tuition bill for illegal immigrants bypasses House committee, referred to...
Republican House leadership is fast-tracking a bill banning immigrants living in the United States illegally from receiving most state or local benefits, including in-state...
Senate approves bill ending in-state tuition for illegal immigrants
The Kansas Senate on Wednesday approved a bill banning immigrants living in the United States illegally from receiving most state or local benefits, including in-state...
Convention of states bill clears Legislature following key court ruling
A proposal asking Congress to call a constitutional convention to place term limits on members of Congress cleared the Legislature on Wednesday following a...
House speaker’s response to the governor’s address
Here's House Speaker Dan Hawkins' response to the governor's State of the State Address on Tuesday night.
New lawmaker elected to represent Wichita House district
Precinct committee leaders on Thursday night elected a transgender businesswoman from Wichita to fill a vacant seat in the Kansas House.
Abi Boatman was elected...
Former influential House tax chair dies at 81
Former Republican state Rep. Richard Carlson, the former influential chair of the House tax committee known for a rich bass voice that could command...
Hawkins signals uphill climb for new congressional map
House Speaker Dan Hawkins signaled this week that the Legislature faces an uphill climb to draw new election districts for members of Congress in...
