The Kansas Department of Labor (KDOL) has initiated a new program to help collect delinquent debts owed to the agency caused by unemployment insurance fraud.

A bill that seeks to regulate strip clubs and other adult businesses in Kansas has resurfaced in the Kansas House.

When President Obama hits the stage at Del Sol High School in Las Vegas Tuesday to talk about immigration reform, he'll be employing a tactic that he's made standard practice: Rallying public support for a challenging policy agenda.

Queen Beatrix will end 33 years on the Dutch throne on April 30th. She will be succeeded by Prince Willem-Alexander, and his daughter Catharina-Amalia will be first in line when he becomes king.

Undocumented immigrants would get immediate but provisional status to live and work in the U.S. under a compromise proposed by a bipartisan group of senators.

The Senate approved more than $50 billion in aid to states battered by Superstorm Sandy, four weeks after a delay in the House that sparked bipartisan fury.

Kansas lawmakers are getting a full immersion in education spending and policies, with another week of joint meetings by the House and Senate Education Committees.

Millions of undocumented immigrants would get immediate but provisional status to live and work in America under a compromise plan proposed Monday by a bipartisan group of eight senators.

Kansas legislators plan to take an unusually long spring break before returning to wrap up business this year.

A January 30 hearing, entitled "What Should America Do About Gun Violence?", will feature testimony from both the NRA's Wayne LaPierre and Mark Kelly, the husband to former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz.

Friday marked the first of four public hearings being held by a legislative task force on gun violence and children's safety.

Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt today announced that a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., has left in place an earlier ruling that blocks a controversial new EPA air regulation.

Kansas Revenue Secretary Nick Jordan is preparing to discuss Gov. Sam Brownback's proposals to abolish two popular income tax deductions for homeowners and cancel a scheduled decline in the state sales tax.

A Kansas nonprofit group is joining other grassroots organizations in a campaign for what it calls comprehensive immigration reform.

Kerry tells a senator there's no "daylight" between Clinton and him. "China is all over Africa," Kerry says, and we need to be in the game. The Massachusetts is drawing praise from Hillary Clinton, John McCain and Elizabeth Warren.

Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta says predicting a North Korean test is difficult. Pyongyang says it plans a new nuclear test and further long-range rocket launches. It vows an "all-out action" against the United States, which it calls its "sworn enemy."

President Obama nominated Mary Jo White, former federal prosecutor in New York, to head the Securities and Exchange Commission, the watchdog agency that monitors Wall Street and corporate financial disclosures. "You don't want to mess with Mary Jo," Obama said in his news conference.

Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson says he should not have 'speculated' about Clinton's emotional moments during yesterday's testimony on the Benghazi attacks.

Mitt Romney and his wife Ann are scheduled to attend a luncheon in their honor Friday at Washington's J.W. Marriott hotel.

Testifying before Congress for the first time since the September 11 attacks in Benghazi that left four Americans dead, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today took responsibility for the failures that led to those deaths, citing a "personal" commitment to improving diplomatic security abroad.

The Governor signed a proclamation declaring Wednesday as Armed Forces Appreciation Day.

The House plans to vote Wednesday on a bill to suspend the nation's $16.4 trillion debt limit until mid-May, giving Congress more time to negotiate over the limit.

Benjamin Netanyahu's party wins but the centrists do well, exit polls say. Yesh Atid comes in second, Labor third according to those polls. Will the new government be more centrist or move right?

Sources say Hillary Clinton is expected to face questions about cables suggesting that slain envoy Christopher Stevens had proposed moving the Benghazi compound.

USD 345 board members voted in a special meeting Tuesday afternoon to put a nearly $57.485 million bond issue up for vote.