A bill to adjust the cost-of-living compensation for veterans who use disability funds from the Department of Veterans Affairs has been sent to the President for his signature.
Leaders of Kansas’ Republican-controlled Legislature have backed off a threat to sue the state’s Democratic governor for vetoing parts of a GOP education funding bill.
The Congressional livestock committee recently heard testimony from farmers and ranchers about a bill that will heavily impact producers in the Sunflower State.
With the passage of the new Omnibus Budget, state employees will see a pay bump while infrastructure projects and mental health services for students receive more support.
The fresh signature of Kansas Governor Laura Kelly has expanded financial aid for medical students in the Sunflower State while services for children in the justice system were also expanded.
Kansas’ Democratic governor on Friday vetoed Republican legislation that would have provided a financial boost to anti-abortion pregnancy centers and prevented officials fighting outbreaks of contagious diseases from prohibiting public gatherings or ordering infected people to isolate themselves.
With the stroke of a pen, fentanyl test strips are now legal in the Sunflower State and penalties for battering a healthcare worker have been heightened.
Legislation that would streamline the process and add more transparency to systems of classification for government documents has been introduced in the U.S. Senate.
Legislation meant to prevent outages in aviation safety systems has unanimously passed the U.S. Senate following a nationwide outage that grounded flights from Miami to Kansas City to Seattle.
Senator Jerry Moran has helped introduce a bill that would safeguard veterans’ choices in their healthcare decision and improve quality and access to care.
Kansas’ U.S. Senators have teamed up to introduce a bill that would provide stable energy rates and reliable power to all Kansans, as well as others in the Southwestern power pool.
Republican legislators in Kansas have enacted what may be the most sweeping transgender bathroom law in the U.S. on Thursday, overriding the Democratic governor’s veto of the measure without having a clear idea of how their new law will be enforced.
A Kansas board decided Wednesday that high schools and middle schools must see transgender athletes’ first birth certificates to decide what teams they can join, while an effort in the Legislature to end gender-affirming care for transgender minors failed.
Kansas officials won’t be allowed to use environmental, social and governance factors in investing public funds or deciding who receives government contracts because the state’s Democratic governor is allowing a Republican measure to become law without her signature.
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly has vetoed a bill that would have done away with the food sales tax by January 2024 as well as provide a single-rate income tax.
Governor Laura Kelly signed multiple bills into law on Monday, April 17. One bill, in particular, would remove the statute of limitations for prosecuting anyone accused of child sex crimes.
A $100,000 gift from the Patterson Family Foundation will enhance healthcare education through apprenticeship-style learning in southeastern and western Kansas.
Abortion opponents pushed a bill through the Kansas Legislature early Friday to require providers to tell patients that a medication abortion can be “reversed” once it’s started — a measure that could face a state court challenge if its supporters can overcome the governor’s expected veto.
Republican lawmakers in Kansas approved a plan early Friday to end gender-affirming care for transgender youth, capping a week of intensifying efforts to roll back LGBTQ rights.