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.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced her support for same-sex marriage in a video with the Human Rights Campaign.

Kansas legislators are hearing a pitch for starting a 401(k)-style pension plan for new teachers and government workers from former U.S. Sen. Bill Bradley of New Jersey and a Nobel Prize-winning economist.

Today, the Republican National Committee will unveil a detailed report - a post-mortem, if you will - attempting to explain the GOP's failures in the 2012 election and lay out recommendations to try to improve the party's electoral fortunes.

2012 GOP nominee Mitt Romney, in his first public speech since losing November's election to President Obama, told the audience that, "my mistakes" aside, "I utterly reject pessimism."

The Kansas Legislature is considering bills that would change local elections across the state.

Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, a co-sponsor of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), now supports same-sex marriage, he announced late last night.

March 15th is the uprising anniversary date used by opposition. Revolutionaries speak about past, current conditions. Activist concerned about some involved in rebellion. Government says it will prevail, calls rebels terrorists.

The president says a two-state solution is the answer for Israeli security. Obama says he's been 'crystal clear' on Iran's possession of a nuclear weapon.

A bill prohibiting public employee unions in Kansas from deducting money from members' paychecks to help finance political activities is advancing in the Legislature.

Pres. Obama met Wednesday afternoon with the House GOP conference to continue feeling out the parameters of an eventual fiscal roadmap.

The measure would give the governor the authority to appoint judges to the court, subject to confirmation by the Senate.

The coalition includes more than 30 groups representing consumers, health care providers and religious organizations.

A new coalition is launching a campaign to get Kansas to expand its Medicaid program as encouraged by the federal government's overhaul of health care.

Shawnee County Election Commissioner Andrew Howell is reminding citizens that March 12th is the deadline to register to vote prior to the April 2nd General Election.

The award ceremony for Capt. Emil Kapaun is scheduled for April 11. Members of his family will attend.

The Kansas House has approved a bill that supporters say is an attempt to encourage cooperation between the Kansas Turnpike Authority and the state Department of Transportation.

The Kansas House is preparing to take final action on a bill that supporters say is an attempt to encourage cooperation between the Kansas Turnpike Authority and the state Department of Transportation

Senate Minority Leader Anthony Hensley and House Minority Leader Paul Davis said Friday they expect to file a request Monday with the Kansas Supreme Court to intervene in school finance negotiations.

White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters Friday that there are "a number of ways" the White House will be hit with the consequences of sequestration.

The law, which defines marriage as a legal union between a man and a woman, denies federal benefits to same-sex couples in the nine states where same-sex couples can now legally wed.

Brennan was widely expected to gain Senate approval for the job. But his nomination has come to stand as a proxy for the Obama administration's secretive and controversial targeted killing policy.

Shawnee County Register of Deeds Marilyn Nichols announced her resignation effective May 31.