New Kansas businesses with demanding electricity requirements will be subject to additional costs and restrictions after the Kansas Corporation Commission approved a large-load tariff Thursday morning.
SNAP beneficiaries can expect to receive roughly two-thirds of their usual payments this month, and Kansas officials are working to determine when those payments can be made.
Kansas Republicans said on Tuesday that they had not gathered enough votes to call a special session for redistricting, but the effort to make it harder for Rep. Sharice Davids to hold her seat will return next year.
Kansas House Speaker Dan Hawkins acknowledged Tuesday that he didn’t gather enough support from his Republican caucus to force a special session on Friday as planned.
It’s unclear how a federal judge’s order forcing the U.S. Department of Agriculture to release food program funds by Wednesday will affect Kansas recipients, state leaders said.
Gov. Laura Kelly took an extraordinary step Friday by filing a lawsuit directly with the Kansas Supreme Court alleging Attorney General Kris Kobach was undermining constitutional powers assigned to the state’s governor.
The first audit under expanded powers from the Kansas inspector general’s office identified more than a dozen problems within organizations providing health care through Kansas’ Medicaid program.
State and local leaders gathered Thursday at the new Robert B. Docking State Office Building in Topeka to celebrate completion of the three-year, $120 million project.
Democrats and Republicans have different proposals to keep feeding nearly 190,000 Kansans as funding for SNAP assistance is still in question.
Food pantries are preparing for increased need as 188,000-plus Kansans will not receive SNAP benefits in November. Gov. Laura Kelly is joining Democrats from 24 other states in suing Trump’s administration over the lapsed funding.
