Top state legislators and Gov. Laura Kelly said Tuesday that the state will work with local governments and ramp up public education on COVID-19 prevention rather than attempt to impose another executive order mandating mask wearing statewide.
The most expensive race in Kansas political history is drawing to a close, with Republican U.S. Rep. Roger Marshall and Democratic Kansas Sen. Barbara Bollier making their final case to voters over the next week that each candidate should be the state's next U.S. senator.
Twenty-three companies are vying for a portion of Kansas' $52 million set aside for a unified testing strategy, Marci Nielsen, special adviser to the governor, said Monday.
WASHINGTON - The Senate voted Monday to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court, completing a sprint to place her on the high court just days before Election Day and solidifying a 6-3 conservative majority on the bench.
A staffer on U.S. Rep. Roger Marshall's Senate campaign tested positive for the coronavirus last week, Marshall's campaign confirmed Tuesday, although they noted that there was no contact between Marshall and the worker since before the exposure.
As the state is again hit with a rash of COVID-19 outbreaks at long-term care facilities, advocates say the virus' spread is not a surprise – and it is made worse by longstanding issues with staffing and infection control in Kansas nursing homes.
GOP Congressman Roger Marshall has a 4-point lead over Democrat Barbara Bollier in the hotly contested U.S. Senate race in Kansas, according to a poll published Thursday by the New York Times and Siena College.
A ballot printing snafu in western Kansas has some asking questions that haven't been raised since the days of GOP Secretary of State Kris Kobach: How involved should local officials be in administering elections when they themselves are on the ballot?
Republican Geoff Gawdun, a political newcomer, says he would bring a fresh perspective if elected to the 58th District seat in the Kansas House of Representatives.
Democrat John Alcala, who represents Topeka's 57th District in the Kansas House of Representatives, strongly supports expanding Kansas' Medicaid program.
