Tennessee legislative building closes after lawmakers receive letters with white powder
Less than a week after roughly 100 letters with a suspicious white powder started turning up in mailboxes of Kansas lawmakers and other public...
UPDATED: Democrats make interim appointments
Here are the House Democratic appointments to the interim committees. The Senate Democrats announced these appointments Tuesday afternoon. As a reminder, here are the...
Prosecutor says new law ‘potentially dangerous’ for transgender Kansans
Douglas County District Attorney Suzanne Valdez says she will not prosecute anyone under a new law passed by the Legislature that she says is...
Republicans name interim committee appointments
The Republicans have now completed their assignments to the interim committees that will meet leading up to the next legislative session. The Democratic committee...
Legislative leadership approves interim committees
A panel of leading lawmakers on Monday approved 15 special committees that will meet for 31 days before next year, including committees that will...
Lawmaker files for school board seat
Republican state Rep. Samantha Poetter Parshall has filed to run for the Paola school board.
As of Thursday morning, Poetter Parshall was the only candidate...
UPDATED: Lawmaker rebukes letter noticing rules violation
(Updated to include comment from leading House Republican)
Democratic state Rep. Ford Carr late Tuesday rebuked a formal letter from Republican leaders putting him on...
UPDATED: Lawmaker put on notice for House rules violation
(Updated to include comment from House minority leader)
House Republican leadership has put Democratic state Rep. Ford Carr on notice for a rules violation stemming...
Olson and the tax vote: No trades, no regrets, no resignation
As the Legislature adjourned for 2023 last Friday night and lawmakers scattered to the four corners of the state, there were whispers about the...
Veto scorecard: New results from Thursday’s action
(Updated to correct override of kids hunting licenses)
The Legislature continued to plow through vetoes on Thursday afternoon after the House and Senate finished their...


















