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...
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...
Schroeder, Rucker join Senate leadership staff
The new Republican Senate leadership team announced its staff Wednesday, including some familiar faces in conservative Republican circles.
Among those joining the Senate staff is...
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...
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...
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...
Bill banning guns for domestic abusers clears Senate; other firearms restrictions...
A bill that prohibits the arming of domestic abusers emerged from the Kansas Senate Thursday as the lone piece of legislation restricting gun use.
The...
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...
Husband of senator-elect dies
The husband of Republican Sen.-elect Beverly Gossage has died, apparently from complications of COVID-19.
Gossage announced her husband's death in a post on Facebook Thursday...
