City candidates will be available to meet the public and discuss important issues Monday night at 6:30. Drop in and visit with as many as you choose.

The Senate gave pre-dawn approval Saturday to a Democratic $3.7 trillion budget for next year that embraces nearly $1 trillion in tax increases over the coming decade but shelters domestic programs targeted for cuts by House Republicans.

For four years, environmentalists and others have tried to derail the Keystone XL project, saying extracting the oil from Alberta tar sands would increase global warming.

President Obama says "the timing was good" during his trip to the Middle East for Turkey and Israel, at odds over a 2010 flotilla incident, to reconcile this week.

The Forbes Field air traffic control is no longer slated to be closed by the FAA due to budget cuts, however Billard and Manhattan will still be shut down.

The Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee advanced an abortion bill Friday after a brief hearing. Legislators made no changes to the bill, which cleared the House earlier this week.

Three years after the enactment of the Affordable Care Act (dubbed "Obamacare" by some), CBS News looks at some key figures that shed light on the status of the law's implementation, its impact on the nation and public opinion.

Gun control legislation the Senate debates next month will include an expansion of federal background checks for firearms buyers.

Congress headed out for spring break minutes after passing a $1 trillion measure, which gives many federal agencies the flexibility to decide what they cut under the forced sequestration.

Marking a moment of almost unprecedented bipartisanship in Congress, the House today passed a short-term budget bill aimed at funding the government through the end of September - with a whole six days to go before the federal government is slated to shut down.

A Kansas House committee has voted to authorize $1.5 billion in bonds to bolster the state pension system for teachers and state government workers.

Republican legislators in Kansas who want to put new government employees in a 401(k)-style pension plan have abandoned an effort to pass legislation this year.

Speaker Ray Merrick expects the Kansas House to approve a bill cutting sales and income taxes that's an alternative to a tax plan from Republican Gov. Sam Brownback.

Legislators are one step away from beginning negotiations on how Kansas will spend some $14 billion on government programs in the next fiscal year.

The Kansas State Board of Education has sent a letter to Gov. Sam Brownback and state legislators reminding them of the board's authority to set state education standards.

The Kansas House has given final approval to the chamber's version of a $14 billion budget for the upcoming fiscal year, including cuts to higher education.

Kansas House members expect a debate on taxes to focus on proposals to lower the sales tax and divert highway funds to other parts of the budget.

The Kansas House and Senate are set to act on their respective versions of a $14 billion budget for the upcoming fiscal year.

The Kansas House is preparing for a final vote on a bill that would block tax breaks for abortion providers and bar public schools from using sex education instruction from abortion providers.

President Obama landed in Israel Wednesday morning. This is President Obama's first trip to the region as president, and the first foreign trip of his second term.

Mark Sanford took a step toward reviving a political career that was derailed by an extramarital affair while he was South Carolina governor.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said Tuesday he would leave an assault weapons ban out of the gun violence bill he'll bring to the Senate floor.

The Kansas House has given first-round approval to a bill blocking tax breaks for abortion providers and barring public schools from using sex education instruction from abortion providers.

Kansas House members are preparing to debate a proposed $14 billion state budget for the fiscal year that starts July 1.

Republicans on a House committee have approved a measure that cuts protections of the classified employment system for many state workers.