Tag: COVID-19
COVID-19 strikes KDOT as winter moves into state
The timing couldn't be any worse for the state's Transportation Department.
As winter season moves into Kansas, transportation officials are grappling with a rapid rise...
Kelly: 150,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses coming to Kansas
Gov. Laura Kelly said Wednesday that she expects the state to receive 150,000 doses to vaccinate Kansans against COVID-19 by the end of this...
Kansas counties with mask mandates grows to almost 60%
Almost 60% of Kansas counties have now adopted mask mandates as COVID-19 permeates the state and officials scramble to bring it under control.
The latest...
Nearly half of Kansas counties with mask mandates
Counties across Kansas have been gradually reversing course since last summer, increasingly adopting new mask mandates as COVID-19 spreads rampantly across the state and...
Legislature crafting COVID-19 plan for upcoming session
Legislative staff is developing a plan for how lawmakers can meet as COVID-19 cases take a deeper hold on a state that's now grappling...
UPDATED: Kelly issues new face mask order
Gov. Laura Kelly on Wednesday signed a new executive order requiring face masks, this one intended to get more counties to buy into the...
Pandemic politics: Who wins, who loses?
For many weeks, Kansas Democrats have been blowing the whistle on Republican candidates not wearing masks during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Each time a leading Republican...
Bollier, Marshall tangle over health care, guns in debate
U.S. Senate candidates Roger Marshall and Barbara Bollier squared off in a debate Thursday night over whose approach was better for responding to the...
UPDATED: Finance Council rejects $400 unemployment benefit
(Updated with more complete reporting and edits throughout)
The State Finance Council on Thursday rejected Gov. Laura Kelly's plan to spend $63 million to fund...
Sunday Reader: Billboard flap; Mood of Kansas businesses
Good morning everyone:
It was wall-to-wall coverage of Aaron Coleman and the House race for District 37 last week.
Can't remember a time when one race...
