Gov.-elect Laura Kelly nominated Wednesday an Allen County economic development leader to serve as commerce secretary and selected an interim secretary for the state's transportation department.
Kansas House Speaker Ron Ryckman echoed Tuesday the no-tax-hike mantra of Democratic Gov.-elect Laura Kelly."Candidate Kelly talked about how she didn't want to raise taxes.
Gov.-elect Laura Kelly moved deeper Tuesday into formation of a Cabinet by selecting a former secretary to again lead the Kansas Department of Corrections and asking the current adjutant general to temporarily remain in that role.
A coalition of public education advocates pressed Tuesday for legislative approval of an inflation adjustment on state aid to K-12 schools and objected to a potential constitutional amendment limiting the judicial branch's role in appropriation disputes.
Gov.-elect Laura Kelly and the revamped Kansas Legislature are preparing for another colorful rendition of school house rock. When the session begins next Monday, a Democratic governor and the Republican-controlled House and Senate will answer the Kansas Supreme Court's call for an inflation adjustment to state aid to K-12 schools.
Gov.-elect Laura Kelly selected a medical school faculty member and officer in the Kansas Army National Guard to serve as interim secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.
Kansas' most influential business lobbying organization plans to descend on the Capitol with an agenda for the 2019 Legislature and Gov.-elect Laura Kelly that features unorthodox and familiar policy ideas. Eric Stafford, the Kansas Chamber's primary lobbyist, and Alan Cobb, president and CEO of the Kansas Chamber, rolled through the organization's agenda highlights for an episode of Capitol Insider, a podcast of The Topeka Capital-Journal and GateHouse Kansas.
Kansas officials see a solution to chronic homelessness and the burden placed on state institutions, jails and law enforcement in the work of a psychiatrist who believes mentally ill people can help themselves without any strings attached.
State Rep. Jack Thimesch, R-Spivey, was the force behind a bill last year targeted at curbing end guns on center-pivot irrigation systems. "Misuse of water," Thimesch said.The bill never made it out of committee and died in the 87th Kansas Legislature.
U.S. House members took office this past week embroiled in a standoff over the president's demands for billions of dollars to build a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico, and with no end to the government shutdown in sight.
Democratic Gov.-elect Laura Kelly appointed an interim secretary this past week to lead two Cabinet agencies serving Kansas children, the disabled, mentally ill and elderly that have been a source of persistent management controversy under Govs. Jeff Colyer and Sam Brownback.
Insurance Commissioner-elect Vicki Schmidt hired an attorney in the administration of Gov. Jeff Colyer to serve as assistant commissioner at the state insurance department.
Kansans started 2018 with Sam Brownback as their governor and ended the year with a Democrat preparing to take office. Statehouse reporters reflected on the year's political intrigue in a conversation for Capitol Insider, the GateHouse Kansas podcast on policy and people in state government.
State Sen. John Doll and state Reps. John Wheeler and Russ Jennings sat before local elected officials, board members, health professionals and other community members recently at the year's first Legislative Coffee, a monthly forum where southwest Kansas constituents can discuss issues with their elected representatives.
MANHATTAN - U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts, an unapologetic Republican and champion of Midwest agriculture, said this past week he wouldn't seek a fifth term and intends to retire at close of a 40-year career representing Kansas in Washington, D.C.
The announcement by Sen. Pat Roberts that he plans to retire at the close of his term prompted an outpouring of gratitude for his decades of service from congressional colleagues and Republican leaders.
Sen. Pat Roberts arrived at the Kansas State Fair in September 2014 with worries that his political future could be in jeopardy.Before stepping into the notoriously rambunctious arena in Hutchinson for a debate with independent challenger Greg Orman, Roberts overhauled his campaign staff and embraced a strategy that involved answering nearly every question with gratuitous references to Harry Reid, the Democratic Senate Majority Leader.Roberts paid little attention to the heckling crowd. As the debate neared an end point for the radio broadcast, the savvy political veteran realized he could deprive Orman of final remarks."I knew that we had X number of seconds left, and I knew that he had probably 30 to 45 seconds left if I quit talking, so I just kept going," Roberts recalled in a conversation last year. "I just kept going, and then I ended with another Harry Reid deal, and he started to talk and (the moderator) said, 'We're out of time.' "
State Rep. Joe Seiwert, R-Pretty Prairie, has frequently advocated in the Statehouse for action to reduce the threat of deer-vehicle crashes and said that remains a concern.
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