Audits question lack of photo ID on public assistance cards
Auditors on Wednesday questioned why a state social services agency is not offering public-assistance recipients a chance to have a photo placed on a...
Legislative audit targets out-of-state food assistance spending
State auditors estimate that Kansas distributed federal food-assistance benefits worth as much as $1.2 million to as many as 1,800 beneficiaries who may live...
Senator seeks dismissal of lawsuit over insurance policy
Democratic state Sen. David Haley is asking a judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought against him seeking to recover benefits that were paid to...
UPDATED: Senate president’s comms director steps aside
(UPDATED to correct transition date to March 13)
Megan Stookey will step down as the communications director for Senate President Ty Masterson at the end...
UPDATED: Olathe lawmaker passes away at 70
(Updated to include more reaction from House speaker, lawmakers, Johnson County officials and the governor)
Republican state Rep. John Resman of Olathe, whose career included...
Senate bill targets Wildlife and Parks reorganization as secretary comes under...
Angry over a now-abandoned plan to reorganize the state's Wildlife and Parks Department, Republican state Sen. Virgil Peck is advocating a bill that would...
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...
