Gas tax bills running out of fuel
A Legislature eager to cut taxes probably has little interest in raising the state's gas tax to pay for a new multiyear transportation program,...
Lawmakers consider registration fees for electric vehicles
A matter of tax fairness.
Or a matter of singling out environmentally conscious drivers?
Those two sides clashed Tuesday as lawmakers considered imposing registration fees for...
Trucking industry battles bill expanding tolling
The state's trucking industry on Thursday came out against a proposal that could expand tolling beyond the Kansas Turnpike.
The Kansas Motor Carriers Association locked...
Lawmakers turning attention toward new transportation plan
Work is about to start in earnest on a multiyear transportation plan as leading lawmakers have introduced a package of bills that would help...
Cities asks for regulation of electric scooters
Kansas cities want the state to give them the ability to regulate electric scooters, the trendy new fad in transportation.
Led by the League of...
KDOT rounding out top management staff
Interim Kansas Transportation Secretary Julie Lorenz is lining up her top management staff at the agency.
Lorenz is bringing back highway department veterans Maggie Doll,...
Lawmakers working on transportation-funding bills
Lawmakers are working on a package of bills that could help raise money for a multiyear transportation program recommended by a recent task force.
Attorneys...
UPDATED: Employee turnover presents challenges for transportation department
(Updated to reflect that 54 engineers can either retire now or within three years not months)
The Kansas highway department is a training ground for...
State can’t limit how long trains block crossings, appeals court rules
For the first time in more than 100 years, a court has ruled that Kansas law can't be used to limit how long trains...
Local leaders pitch road projects to transportation secretary
With the general election weeks away, Republican Congressman Kevin Yoder brought U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao to the area Monday to survey local transportation...
