Gov. Laura Kelly selected Cherryvale's school superintendent, a Wichita restaurant owner and a former Gardner city administrator to serve on the Kansas higher education board responsible for coordinating 32 universities, community colleges and technical schools.
The Kansas Legislature's bipartisan leadership council agreed to give their immediate staff members a 2.5 percent raise and develop a plan for dealing with low salaries of full- and part-time legislative employees that contributes to hiring and turnover challenges.
Gov. Laura Kelly has appointed Topeka Unified School District 501 superintendent Tiffany Anderson to serve on the Postsecondary Technical Education Authority for the state of Kansas.
Kansas native Bryan Pruitt, 47, who worked for the RedState conservative website for four years, is exploring a bid for the U.S. Senate seat in Kansas in 2020.
Gov. Laura Kelly responded to a threat of legal action from the attorney general by withdrawing a controversial policy expanding eligibility for short-term food assistance to homeless veterans, people with mental health challenges and teenagers exiting foster care.
Following two years of preparation and practices shifts, the Higher Learning Commission lifted its probation on Garden City Community College's accreditation, bringing to close a two-year process of preparation and policy shifts at the college.
State Sen. Ed Berger, R-Hutchinson, fractured vertebrae after falling down steps July 4 while on vacation in Colorado, and continues to recuperate at a Denver-area hospital.
Kansas Supreme Court Justice Lee Johnson plans to bring a nearly 20-year career on the appellate bench to a close in September, granting Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly an opportunity to put an imprint on the state's highest court
The Kansas Legislature's leadership council swiftly voted to approve their nominee to a new state commission responsible for studying a justice system marked by questions about fairness of sentencing, alternatives to incarceration and treatment of inmates behind bars.
Ethan Spurling was born in Pittsburg and grew up in Frontenac.
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