Legislature

A staff member of the Kansas Legislature has tested positive for the coronavirus and is now self-quarantining at home. Tom Day, the director of Legislative...

House Democrats on Monday announced their appointments to the new four interim committees created this year to study foster care, mental health, the state's...

Editors' note: This is just the first in a series of endorsement posts. As we did two years ago for legislative races, we post...

Leading lawmakers on Thursday approved $25 million in supplemental spending to  replace a nearly obsolete fingerprint identification system and add money for business recruiting,...

Republican state Rep. Ken Corbet is recovering from injuries suffered in a tractor accident earlier this week. Several sources confirmed that Corbet, 71, suffered multiple...

The Legislature's top tax expert is retiring from the research department after 34 years. Chris Courtwright, a veteran of three decades of debates over tax...

(Updated to reflect new reporting with edits throughout) A two-month battle over Gov. Laura Kelly's response to the coronavirus pandemic came to an end Thursday...

Kansas senators are making a last-ditch effort to save two bills that Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed this week, including one that would extend the...

Former House Majority Leader Don Hineman, a leading moderate Republican in the Legislature, announced Monday that he's not seeking a seventh term in the...

The legislative session is over. The smoke has now cleared - at least until  June 3 when lawmakers return for a special session to take...