Tag: Laura Kelly
Sunflower Sunday Reader: Fate of Medicaid expansion in Kansas; Climate change...
Good morning:
Hope everyone had a festive and safe Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Also, we hope you are not adversely affected by the winter storm striking...
Republicans want windfall returned from Trump tax cuts
The next legislative session may well start like the last one ended.
Republican leaders are promising to push ahead with legislation that would effectively return...
Kelly announces transition team
Gov.-elect Laura Kelly on Tuesday announced her transition team, which includes a former state budget director and a former chief of staff for former...
(UPDATED) Miller, Gartner consider bid for Kelly’s Senate seat
(Updated to reflect date for picking Kelly replacement on Nov. 29)
Democratic lawmakers Vic Miller and Jim Gartner are eying the state Senate seat that...
Sunflower Sunday Reader: Did Kobach ever have a chance?; How female...
Good afternoon everyone:
Sorry we're late. A lot to pack into this week's Sunday Reader.
We've been recovering after a frenetic campaign season. But we press...
Kelly meets media as governor: Discusses political tilt in House, Medicaid...
Gov.-elect Laura Kelly on Thursday promised a "long and challenging" rebuild of state government, saying she wouldn't let partisanship interfere with improving the lives...
Republican leadership vows holding Kelly to no-tax pledge
Republican leadership at the Kansas Capitol on Wednesday greeted the election of a new Democratic governor with caution, warning that they would hold Laura...
UPDATED: Ethics commission receives inquiries about Kobach, Orman text messages
(Updated: Adds comment from Orman, Kobach campaigns)
State ethics officials on Monday fielded inquiries about text messages from the same phone number urging to voters...
Republican governors spending less in Kansas than in ’14
Republican governors are spending almost half as much in Kansas as they did four years ago when they helped re-elect Gov. Sam Brownback.
Campaign finance...
Former senator resigns from Orman campaign: ‘What are we doing here?’
(Updated: Adds interview with Owens; reaction from Orman campaign)
Former state Sen. Tim Owens of Overland Park announced today that he was resigning as treasurer...
