AFP features Democratic senator in tax ad
Americans for Prosperity - hardly a friend of Kansas liberals and their policies - is featuring Democratic state Sen. David Haley of Kansas City...
Legislature adds Juneteenth to list of holidays
Legislative leaders on Thursday agreed to recognize Juneteenth as a state holiday marking the end of slavery in the United States.
The Legislative Coordinating Council...
Senator seeks to expedite consideration of pay resolution
(Editors note: Because of a national outage on Mailchimp on Monday night, multiple versions of the same story on the pay issue were sent...
Estimated $900,000 increase approved for constituent mail
Leading lawmakers on Monday approved an estimated $900,000 increase in the amount of money legislators spend on sending newsletters to their constituents.
The Legislative Coordinating...
UPDATED: House approves bill requiring age-verification for online pornography
(Updated to reflect House final vote, new comments from Tuesday and that a federal appeals court has upheld similar law in Texas)
The Kansas House...
UPDATED: Senate turns aside attempt to cut legislative pay raise
(UPDATED to included amendment added that requires vote ratifying pay raise)
The Kansas Senate on Wednesday turned aside an effort to blunt the cost of...
Senate panel kills bill expanding power of residents to enact city...
A Senate panel has turned aside a proposal that would have expanded residents' ability to force cities to enact laws through initiative petitions.
The Federal...
Veto scorecard from Monday’s action at the statehouse
The House and Senate plowed through a series of veto override votes on Monday, defeating the governor on most of them with glaring exceptions...
Senate panel moves out advance ballot restriction bill
A Senate committee on Monday signed off on a bill barring county election officials from mailing out unsolicited ballot applications to voters.
Supporters said the...
Retirement system opposes bill requiring divestiture from ‘countries of concern’
The state's retirement system is opposing a bill that would require the state to divest from “countries of concern” within two years, including the...
