Tag: Laura Kelly
National Democrats target Kansas legislative seats
Looking to bust up the Republican supermajority in the Kansas House, national Democrats are focusing their efforts on a dozen House seats that will...
UPDATED: State school board rejects delaying school year
(Updated to include more reporting with edits throughout)
The Kansas Board of Education on Wednesday set aside Gov. Laura Kelly's executive order delaying the opening...
Folsom back as a finalist for appeals court seat
Federal public defender Carl Folsom III is back as a finalist for a seat on the Kansas Court of Appeals after the Senate torpedoed...
Kelly nominates new Appeals Court judge
Gov. Laura Kelly on Wednesday nominated Wichita lawyer Amy Cline to fill a seat on the Kansas Court of Appeals after the first nominee...
Governor, business groups collide over mask mandate
Gov. Laura Kelly and some leading Kansas business groups are colliding over the statewide mask mandate as the battle over balancing public health against...
Newspaper publisher pulls controversial cartoon, apologizes
After causing international outrage, the publisher of a weekly Kansas newspaper has taken down a cartoon that was criticized as anti-semitic because it compared...
Sunday reader: Church fight legal fees; Hamilton attack ads
Good morning:
Hope everyone has had a great holiday weekend. Even though we had a truncated week, there was a lot of news to cover,...
UPDATED: Cartoon comparing mask mandate to Holocaust condemned
(UPDATED to include comments from Dane Hicks with a link to his entire response of the criticism)
Kansas Democrats on Saturday condemned a cartoon published...
Governor tweaks budget plan
Gov. Laura Kelly's administration released a revised plan for addressing the revenue shortfall facing the state, this time with tweaks that address questions from...
Governor announces mask mandate
As the number of coronavirus cases surge, Gov. Laura Kelly on Monday announced that she would be requiring Kansans to wear masks in public...




















