Minority leader’s top aide departing
The chief of staff for House Minority Leader Tom Sawyer is leaving her position to take a job with the lobbying firm 1861 Consulting.
Heather...
Denning hires new comms director
Senate Majority Leader Jim Denning on Monday announced the hire of Mary Sabatini as legislative and communications director.
Sabatini, a Topeka native, earned a bachelor’s...
Conference committee agrees to bill lowering age for carrying concealed handguns
A House-Senate conference committee on Friday afternoon agreed to a bill that would lower the age for carrying a concealed handgun in Kansas.
Lawmakers agreed...
Bill authorizes gun-safety classes in schools
Kansas lawmakers are considering a plan giving local school districts the authority to offer a gun-safety class crafted by the National Rifle Association.
A House...
Ag groups angry over legislative Beef Checkoff letter
The state's most influential agriculture groups are angry over a letter signed by more than a third of the Kansas Legislature that called for...
UPDATED: Lawmaker arrested for school incident
(Updated with Samsel comments)
Franklin County authorities on Thursday arrested state Rep. Mark Samsel on a misdemeanor battery charge for an incident that occurred while...
Jenkins starts lobbying firm with chief of staff
As Republican Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins gets ready to leave Capitol Hill, she and her chief of staff, Pat Leopold, are forming a lobbying firm.
Jenkins,...
UPDATED: Pilcher-Cook retiring from state Senate
(Updated to include more interviews and data about the future of the Senate 10 District race)
Longtime Republican state Sen. Mary Pilcher-Cook on Friday announced...
Senator charged with drunk driving, television stations report
Television stations out of Topeka are reporting this afternoon that Democratic state Sen. Vic Miller was arrested on a drunk-driving charge.
KSNT and WIBW are...
4th UPDATE: Sen. Bollier switches parties; Democrats welcome her into fold
(4th Update reflects new comment from Senate majority leader)
State Sen. Barbara Bollier of Mission Hills brought her strained relationship with the Republican Party to...
