Legislature

Former Independence Schools Superintendent Chuck Schmidt upset Wichita lawyer Kelly Johnston to win the Democratic precinct election for House District 88. Precinct committee leaders chose...

(Updated to correct vote total in majority leader race to 18-11) Senate Republicans on Wednesday elected Larry Alley as their new majority leader to replace...

(Developing: Will be updated) Democratic state Rep. Elizabeth Bishop on Wednesday announced that 2021 would be her last session, bringing to three the number of...

Republican state Rep. Mark Samsel promised a Wellsville High School arts class that it "would be the most uncomfortable class of your life" the...

A Franklin County magistrate judge on Tuesday ordered Republican state Rep. Mark Samsel to undergo a mental health evaluation as part of his bond...

The Wellsville School District has barred Republican state Rep. Mark Samsel from school grounds after he was arrested on a battery charge for an...

Democratic state Rep. Brett Parker of Overland Park is leaving the Kansas Legislature later this year, saying it's time to get back to the...

Here are the highlights from the 2021 Kansas legislative session. We look at 70 bills and/or votes that were taken during the last four months. It's...

It's an issue that's been percolating behind the scenes for a couple years. It’s been generally accepted that the Legislature needs a supermajority to ask...

(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...