UPDATED: Suellentrop avoids felony, pleads no contest to DUI

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(Updated to recast lead, adds more testimony from Suellentrop's lawyer and legislative reaction) Republican state Sen. Gene Suellentrop on Monday dodged a felony charge when...

Labor Department bans lawmaker

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The Kansas Labor Department has banned state Rep. Aaron Coleman from its buildings because it says the lawmaker intimidated and berated agency employees in...

NEW: Masterson fills vacant chairman spot

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Senate President Ty Masterson is moving Republican Sen. Rob Olson over to chair the Federal & State Affairs Committee, filling the spot that came...

Carpenter to take leave of absence

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Republican state Rep. Blake Carpenter is taking a leave of absence from the Kansas Legislature to serve in the Kansas Air National Guard. Carpenter, the...

SPARK task force advisory committee members named

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(Updated to correct titles for Decker and Sullivan) Nearly 40 people on Thursday were named to a special task force charged with recommending how more...

Legislative auditor departing

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Justin Stowe, who has run the auditing arm of the Kansas Legislature for the last three years, is stepping down to take a job...

GOP leaders name members to ‘government overreach’ panel

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House and Senate Republican leaders on Monday named their appointments to a special committee that will decide how the state can fight back against...

Legislative committee formed on federal vaccine mandate

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Legislative leadership on Monday created a special committee to explore how the state can respond to a federal vaccine mandate proposed by President Joe Biden. The...

Faction of lawmakers circulate special session petition

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A faction of conservative lawmakers late Sunday night started circulating a petitition that would call for a special legislative session to "nullify" the president's...

Samsel pleads guilty to reduced charges

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Republican state Rep. Mark Samsel on Monday pleaded guilty to reduced charges of misdemeanor disorderly conduct arising from an outburst that occurred when he...