Legislative leadership names new research director
Legislative leadership on Wednesday morning named a 14-year veteran statehouse fiscal analyst with a background in biology and the environment as the new acting...
Republicans elect Donohoe replacement
Republican precinct committee leaders on Monday night picked Shawnee City Council member Angela Stiens to serve out the term of retiring state Rep. Owen...
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...
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...
Senator seeks to force vote on bill banning abortion
A motion made in the Senate that would force a vote on an abortion ban "does not advance the cause of life forward in...
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...
NEW: Masterson derails House tax plan
Kansas Senate President Ty Masterson has derailed a new dual-rate tax plan just hours after it passed unanimously in the House.
As the Senate got...
Organized labor registers objection to Democratic consultant
Organized labor is protesting the House Democratic caucus' decision to hire Wichita political strategist Levi Henry as their new political director going into the...
O’Shea won’t seek reelection; possible successor steps up
Republican state Sen. Kristen O'Shea of Topeka said an emotional goodbye to the Kansas Senate on Friday when she announced she would not seek...
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...
