Former transportation secretary named to turnpike board
Gov. Laura Kelly late Friday appointed former Transportation Secretary Deb Miller to the Kansas Turnpike Authority board.
Miller led the Kansas Department of Transportation from...
Transportation secretary nominee defends train-crew rule
Gov. Laura Kelly's transportation secretary nominee on Wednesday defended a proposal requiring railroads operating in Kansas to have at least two crew members in...
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...
Report identifies millions in airport needs; lawmakers consider increased funding
The pavement at the Augusta Municipal Airport was so bad that when a Cessna Citation jet landed last year, the pilot thought the aircraft...
Senate agrees to triple money for aiding state airports
The Kansas Senate on Thursday approved a bill tripling the amount of money that goes toward keeping up public airports, which are increasingly coping...
KDOT sounds warning about House transportation bill
Gov. Laura Kelly's administration on Monday warned that a provision in a transportation bill authored by the House could lower the highway department's bond...
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...
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,...
Leading lawmakers thumbs down on road-use charge
Leading lawmakers on Wednesday bristled at the idea of moving away from a fuel tax to fund roads to a tax based on how...
Lawmakers eye crackdown on excessive speeders as 100 mph speeders increase
With excessive speeding on Kansas highways reaching unprecedented levels, state lawmakers are looking to get tough on drivers going more than 30 mph above...
