UPDATED: House Republicans, Democrats name interim special committee appointments

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(Updated: Adds a committee member to reflect an increase in the committee size denoted by an asterisk) House Republican and Democratic leaders released their assignments...

Candidates lining up to replace Claeys in Senate

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Candidates are starting to emerge for the Senate seat that came open Monday when Republican J.R. Claeys of Salina took a job with President...

Claeys takes job with Trump administration

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Republican state Sen. J.R. Claeys has accepted a job with the U.S. Department of Agriculture in President Donald Trump's administration. In a letter to Senate...

UPDATED: Brunk prevails in race for House District 85

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(UPDATED to include final vote tally as well as comments from speaker and Brunk) Sedgwick County Republican precinct leaders on Wednesday night picked former state...

UPDATED: Penn named to position at USDA

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(Updated to include comments Penn made about the job at a precinct committee meeting to pick his successor.) President Donald Trump has appointed outgoing state...

Legislature curtails relocation incentive for rural Kansas after years of expansion

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Over the years, a special state incentive created to entice people to move to rural Kansas has been expanded over and over again. The incentive...

Former four-term lawmaker from Salina passes away at 81

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Former four-term state Rep. Diana Dierks, a longtime real estate broker from Salina who was remembered as an advocate for education, died last weekend....

Former lawmaker to seek House seat

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Former Republican state Rep. Steve Brunk of Wichita said Monday he intends to run for the House seat that will come open with Rep....

BREAKING: Penn resigning from Legislature

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Republican state Rep. Patrick Penn of Wichita is resigning from the Legislature, although his next step was not immediately known. Penn sent a letter announcing...

Claeys leaving attorney general’s office, political consulting role

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Republican state Sen. J.R. Claeys on Tuesday said he was leaving his position as a senior adviser to Attorney General Kris Kobach and stepping...