Legislature

It's been widely speculated for weeks that Democratic state Rep. Tom Sawyer would challenge Jim Ward for minority leader. Late Tuesday, Sawyer made it official...

Republican legislators Blaine Finch and Kyle Hoffman are campaigning for speaker pro tem in the House. Finch, an Ottawa lawyer, and Hoffman, a Coldwater rancher,...

Leadership races in the Kansas Legislature generally don't look anything like your typical retail campaign. No television ads. No mailers. No aggressive social media campaign....

With the House tilting more conservative after Tuesday's election, Republicans Dan Hawkins and Ron Highland are campaigning to unseat moderate Don Hineman as the chamber's...

Even as eyes across Kansas zero in on the Kansas governor’s race, dozens of other campaigns are playing out locally that could decide the...

With no big money issues on the table, lobbyist spending at the Capitol this year dipped to its lowest point in a little more...

Republican precinct members in Wichita on Saturday morning elected Republican state House candidate Michael Capps to serve out the term of state Rep. Chuck...

(Developing: Updated to reflect comments from Bollier, Niermann, voter composition of Senate District 7; edits throughout) Senate President Susan Wagle on Wednesday removed fellow Republican...

Legislative leaders on Wednesday gave the go-head for separate committees to look at sports betting and the effectiveness of the state's economic development incentives. The...

Lobbyists funneled almost $40,000 into a pitched battled over a controversial faith-based adoption bill pitting religious freedom against the rights of LGBT parents. Ranking among...