The Senate is expected to vote next week on a bill declaring that the federal government cannot regulate some firearms and ammunition manufactured in the state.
The Kansas House has approved a bill authorizing $1.5 billion in bonds to improve the short-term financial health of its pension system for teachers and government workers.
A bill passed by the House and likely to be debated by the Senate next week would not only keep abortion providers from claiming a wide range of tax exemptions and credits but bar them from providing sex education materials and instructors to public schools.
The Republican-dominated Senate's voice vote Tuesday night advanced a bill to final action, which expands the public buildings where concealed weapons are allowed.
Gov. Sam Brownback's office said Tuesday the administration has begun implementing an Executive Reorganization Order it issued in January, directing the merger of the Juvenile Justice Authority and KS Dept. of Corrections.
Two Republicans and one Democrat from each chamber met Tuesday morning to hear an offer from the House on resolving several hundred line items in the state's FY 2014 budget.
Kansas House members have given first-round approval to a bill authorizing $1.5 billion in bonds to boost the financial health of the state pension system for teachers and government workers.
Kansas House members are pressing the White House and the U.S. State Department to approve a permit for construction of the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada to Texas.
Kansas legislators are urging the White House and the U.S. State Department to approve a permit for construction of the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada to Texas.
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.
The House voted Thursday82-39 on a measure mandating small reductions in individual income tax rates each year that overall state revenues grow by more than 2 percent. The bill also allows the state sales tax to drop in July, as scheduled by law.
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.
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.
Kansas House members reversed a plan that would have diverted $382 million in highway funds over two years to other uses, to help stabilize the budget.
The House voted 73-48 against an amendment offered by Rep. Jim Ward to a bill requiring local government commissions to take a public vote if they intend to spend an increase in property tax revenues that is above the rate of inflation.
Kansas Senators advanced a bill, which would spend $14 billion in each of the next two fiscal years. It was debated for more than five hours Wednesday before the initial vote.
