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Medicaid expansion supporters pour money into efforts

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Supporters of Medicaid expansion spent about $51,000 in April campaigning to get the Legislature to approve health care coverage for up to 150,000 Kansans. Alliance...

Capitol Police reveal new sign policy in face of ACLU suit

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The Capitol Police on Wednesday revealed a more relaxed policy for dealing with protesters as the ACLU went to court challenging statehouse rules it...

Denning hires new comms director

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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...

Former candidate goes to court over statehouse deaf services

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A  former Kansas House candidate is asking the state Supreme Court to force the Legislature to provide better service to constituents who are deaf...

KC Star, Wichita Eagle lodge constitutional protest with Senate president

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The largest regional newspapers serving Kansas have lodged a protest with Senate President Susan Wagle over threats to pull press passes of reporters who...

Nine escorted from Capitol; one cited after Medicaid protest at Capitol

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Protesters singing and chanting for Medicaid expansion shut down the Senate for a brief period Wednesday, marking a rancorous end to the 2019 legislative...

Senator charged with drunk driving, television stations report

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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...

Gun safety advocate running for Kansas House

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A leading advocate for gun safety at the Capitol is running for the Kansas House, setting up a Democratic primary for House District 17. Jo...

UPDATED: Crum wants to take back House seat

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(Updated to clarify that the child welfare oversight committee was not placed back into the budget) Former Democratic state Rep. Steve Crum became so angry...

UPDATED: Pilcher-Cook responds to Cox’s state Senate bid

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Let the 2020 elections begin. Less than 48 hours after the 2019 legislative session ended, Republican state Rep. Tom Cox announced he was running for...