The company awarded no-bid technology contracts by the Kansas Department of Revenue amid a push to privatize government operations failed in October to deliver functional software for processing tax returns and prompted the state to rely on existing older technology, the new department secretary said Tuesday.
Kansas Gas Service residential customers will see their bills go up an average of $2.40 per month beginning in January after regulators approved a settlement agreement Tuesday.
The Senate on Monday advanced legislation to transfer $115 million to the state pension fund despite objections from Democrats who prefer to wait until other budget areas are considered.
A coalition of government retirees rallied for support Monday of a cost-of-living adjustment for participants in the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System.
The House's corrections committee voted to advance legislation Monday expanding a substance abuse treatment program to people convicted of felony distribution of controlled substances and to raise the felony threshold for a property crime.
It might look like a big black trash can, but in actuality it's a $5,700 machine to scan and tabulate paper ballots from 40-year-old voting machine manufacturer Election Systems and Software.
Kansas Farmers Union president Donn Teske runs a cow-calf operation in Kansas where signs of financial trouble etch faces of men and women engaged from the ground up in the nation's food system.
Tipoff of the battle for control of legalized sports betting in Kansas revealed an eagerness of casinos, bars, retailers and leagues for a piece of the action.
Kansas lawmakers interested in revitalizing rural communities across the state are gathering input about challenges faced in sparsely populated areas and what state government can do to help.
Kansas state government's affinity for piling on public debt expanded by 40 percent during the past four years as lawmakers borrowed $1 billion to bolster an underfunded pension system and sold $400 million in bonds to pay for basic highway maintenance, state officials said.
Former state Sen. Greg Smith pleaded with a Senate budget committee for restoration of $6 million transferred to the state's health department from an account established to finance programs capable of reducing incarceration of juveniles.
Attorney General Derek Schmidt last week moved to appeal a district court judge's ruling on telemedicine abortions that intertwined three state laws enacted years apart and a pair of lawsuits filed by different plaintiffs.
Gov. Laura Kelly and the administration's revenue secretary last week waved yellow flags to caution legislators against rushing to spend down the state
Advocates for family court reform are calling on lawmakers to pass a bill that would make equally shared parenting time the standard in divorce settlements.
A special Senate committee voting on party lines last week passed a bill crafted by Republican lawmakers and corporate lobbyists to deliver an estimated $191 million in state income tax relief to businesses and individuals.
The state's workforce has seen noticeable changes in recent years, with the number of unclassified employees in the executive branch exceeding the number of classified employees in 2018.
A Johnson County District Court judge ruled last week in favor of a voting rights advocate seeking records about hundreds of ballots that were tossed in the August primary.
A House committee approved legislation last week to eliminate the Kansas secretary of state's authority to prosecute alleged election crime and refer evidence of potential crimes to county prosecutors or the attorney general.
Democratic senators grilled proponents of corporate tax reform last week in a quest to unveil the names of companies that will benefit from proposed legislation and how much money is at stake.
The Kansas Senate's budget committee voted last week to earmark $115 million to make up for a missed payment three years ago to the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System.
Legislation introduced by the Kansas League of Municipalities would strike from state law a requirement for police officers engaged in a high-speed chase to drive with regard for others' safety.
The new secretary of the Kansas Department of Corrections said last week questionable transfer of inmates among prison facilities and crowded living conditions fueled riots in 2017 and 2018, and he pointed to a design flaw at the private prison under construction at Lansing.
One of the state's first two openly gay legislators told students gathered at an equality rally last week at the Statehouse to demand respect.
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