Kansas set to start work on new transportation plan
Kansas is poised to complete its 10-year transportation program with nearly $60 million in the new state budget that will allow the highway department...
House proposal puts $102 million into roads
The bank of KDOT may soon be open for deposits.
After years of diverting millions of dollars from the Kansas Department of Transportation to other...
Lawmakers work toward restoring money to KDOT
There’s a move underway at the Kansas Capitol to restore money to the highway department that was diverted from transportation to schools several years...
Senate approves bill expanding tolling on Kansas highways
The Kansas Senate on Tuesday approved a bill that for the first time could expand tolling beyond the Kansas Turnpike.
The bill, backed by Gov....
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,...
Amtrak cuts back Southwest Chief service
Amtrak is scaling back Southwest Chief train service starting in October in response to falling ridership stemming from the coronavirus pandemic.
The Southwest Chief now...
State puts $4.5 million back into local roads
The state highway department is putting $4.5 million back into local road projects that had been trimmed because of unpredictable funding.
Gov. Jeff Colyer on...
Heartland Flyer operating rail costs could fall to states
Plans to extend Amtrak's Heartland Flyer rail service from Oklahoma to Kansas will likely require the state to share in the operating costs if...
State building new ‘rolling’ transportation plan
Gov. Laura Kelly's administration is building a new, nimble transportation plan that won't require a tax increase but counts on stanching the flow of...
Infrastructure bill: How might Kansas use the money
At the outset of Gov. Laura Kelly's term, the state didn't have any road projects to pull off the shelf if money suddenly came...
