Legislature

The Senate Confirmation Oversight Committee on Monday approved 15 of Gov. Laura Kelly's nominees, sending them to the full chamber next year for confirmation....

House Speaker Ron Ryckman Jr. and Minority Leader Tom Sawyer have named assignments to the committees that will be meeting over the interim. And just...

Republican state Rep. Adam Thomas has entered into a diversion agreement with Johnson County prosecutors that will allow an election perjury charge to be...

Republican state Rep. Larry Hibbard announced Tuesday he was retiring from the Kansas House because of health reasons. Hibbard, 74, sent out a newsletter to...

(Updated late Tuesday to reflect Twitter posts from Star executives) A Johnson County judge on Tuesday dismissed Senate Majority Leader Jim Denning's defamation claim against...

Republican state Rep. Brenda Dietrich on Monday filed to run for the Kansas Senate in a district now represented by Republican Sen. Eric Rucker. Dietrich,...

Supporters of Medicaid expansion spent about $51,000 in April campaigning to get the Legislature to approve health care coverage for up to 150,000 Kansans. Alliance...

The Capitol Police on Wednesday revealed a more relaxed policy for dealing with protesters as the ACLU went to court challenging statehouse rules it...

Senate Majority Leader Jim Denning on Monday announced the hire of Mary Sabatini as legislative and communications director. Sabatini, a Topeka native, earned a bachelor’s...

A  former Kansas House candidate is asking the state Supreme Court to force the Legislature to provide better service to constituents who are deaf...