From a Topeka High School Basketball team that placed third in the state, to earning the rank of captain in the Marines, and from the Statehouse to City Hall, Bunten dedicated many years to serving Topeka.

Kansas legislators are on a month long break, having left behind a budget still considered a work in progress and more possible changes to the state tax code.

Kansas legislators have sent Gov. Sam Brownback a bill barring cities and counties from requiring private contractors to pay union-scale wages on public projects.

Kansas legislators have sent Gov. Sam Brownback bills that would let people carry concealed firearms into more public buildings and prevent federal agents from confiscating weapons made in the state.

Lawmakers sent a pair of gun measures to the Governor's desk before heading for first adjournment Friday night.

The House gave final approval Friday to an anti-abortion measure, which blocks tax breaks for abortion providers and outlaws abortions performed solely because of the baby's sex. It now goes to the Governor.

The House voted 120-0 to reject plan approved by the Senate for cutting individual income tax rates over the next four years. The Senate bill also kept a higher sales tax.

Legislation banning local governments from requiring private firms to pay employees more than the federal minimum wage for work on public contracts is headed to the Governor.

The Kansas Senate and House approved a bill for protecting medical personnel and emergency workers that also repeals a 25-year-old ban on quarantining AIDS and HIV patients.

A section on contests for homebrews prompted House objections to a liquor law bill approved earlier Friday in the Senate.

The Senate voted 28-10 Friday on a compromise version of an abortion bill reconciling differences with the House.

A concealed-carry bill Senators sent the House Friday would let people with permits bring firearms into public buildings deemed to have adequate security, such as metal detectors and trained guards.

Governor Sam Brownback said he feels the hub of agriculture in the sunflower state is and should be located in Manhattan, Kansas.

Senators have approved a bill that would make changes to Kansas liquor laws, including granting authority to legislative leaders to allow alcohol at approved Statehouse functions.

Kansas legislators are preparing for final votes on a sweeping anti-abortion bill that blocks tax breaks for providers and outlaws abortions solely because of the baby's sex.

The House and Senate both are expected to vote Thursday on a bill that blocks tax breaks for abortion providers, outlaws abortions performed solely because of the baby's gender and defines life as beginning at fertilization.

A bill that would reduce property taxes on boats and other watercraft is on its way to Gov. Sam Brownback.

The Kansas Senate has passed a bill making it legal to own switchblade knives and stilettos.

Supporters of two gun measures expect the Kansas Legislature to approve them because both chambers have solid gun-rights majorities.

Legislation authorizing $1.5 billion in bonds to bolster the Kansas pension system for teachers and government workers has stalled in the state Senate.

House and Senate negotiators agreed Wednesday on the final, compromise version of an anti-abortion bill. Both chambers could vote on their compromise Thursday.

The Kansas Supreme Court Wednesday rejected a motion from House Minority Leader Paul Davis and Senate Minority Leader Anthony Hensley to join the appeals process in a school finance appeal.

Negotiators for the Kansas House and Senate say agreement on a plan for more cuts in income taxes is unlikely until May.

Kansas senators have voted to expand a rural growth program aimed at helping counties with declining populations attract new residents.

Kansas lawmakers are close to finishing work on gun-rights measures representing the Republican-dominated Legislature's response to the fatal school shooting in December in Newtown, Conn.