Tag: Laura Kelly
UPDATED: Person of color urged for lieutenant governor
(Updated to reflect interview with Shepard)
Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly is facing a call from within her own party to pick a person of color...
UPDATED: Kelly names Rogers treasurer
(Updated with more comments from the governor, the lieutenant governor as well as possible Republican candidates for the seat and corrects the number of...
UPDATED: Former officers sue Highway Patrol
(Updated to include more details from lawsuit with edits throughout)
Two former Highway Patrol officers who were forced out last summer have gone to federal...
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...
Campbell retires as budget director
Larry Campbell said Tuesday morning that he has retired as the state budget director.
Campbell said his retirement had been planned for some time and...
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...
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...
Kelly facing tough road following election
As if the pandemic didn't complicate Laura Kelly's first term as governor enough.
Now, she must navigate a Republican-dominated Legislature that hung onto its supermajority...
National Republicans targeted Hensley
National Republicans funneled thousands of dollars into a political action committee that targeted Senate Minority Leader Anthony Hensley in the closing days of the...
Young voter turnout more than double in Kansas
As Kansans turn out in droves ahead of next week's general election, there is a surge in voting among young adults that Democrats think...
