Senate President Susan Wagle confirmed Wednesday her decision to oust the chamber’s Republican vice president from the chairmanship of a committee responsible for insurance and banking policy.

Kansas Sen. Barbara Bollier’s frustration with rhetoric and agenda of some Republican Party leaders Wednesday prompted the Mission Hills legislator to quit the GOP and transfer her party affiliation to the Democratic Party.

The Kansas Supreme Court delved into a long-running employment contract dispute Monday rising out of the ownership transition of a southwest Kansas feedlot featuring shop mechanic Douglas Peters’ objection to getting laid off.

A divided Kansas Supreme Court affirmed Lawrence Hubbard’s misdemeanor convictions in a case demonstrating police officers relying exclusively on olfactory skills to detect raw marijuana can supply probable cause to support search of a residence.

Gov. Jeff Colyer accepted the resignation Monday of the Kansas Department of Commerce’s business and education innovation director after she accepted an administrative position with the Seattle public school district.

Heartbreaking child abuse and years of political controversy compelled administrative reform of Kansas’ foster care system to improve state government oversight of private organizations directly serving families and children in crisis, officials said last week.