Gov. Laura Kelly said Wednesday she would issue an order calling the Legislature to a high-stakes, election-year special session June 18 to work on reducing tax burdens without propelling the state toward financial problems.
Gov. Laura Kelly didn’t meet a self-imposed deadline for announcing the date of a special session of the Kansas Legislature to seek an elusive compromise on a package of major sales, income and property tax reforms.
Trust Women and other Kansas clinics have played an outsized role in treating abortion patients from states with bans. The clinic’s new board president says she hopes a pause in services will be “very temporary.”
Healy’s eighth-grade graduates walked the stage as family members cheered them on. School board members were seated at the side of the stage to congratulate the students — all three of them.
Kansas abortion providers have challenged an abortion survey law less than a month after lawmakers overrode Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto.
Matt Kleinmann has filed as a Democrat in the 2nd District race for the U.S. House. Former AG Derek Schmidt and former congressional staffer Jeff Kahrs are seeking the GOP nomination.
All six of Kansas’ state universities have proposed tuition increases for the 2024-2025 school year. KU is proposing a 3.5% tuition increase for both undergraduate and graduate students.
A session-long standoff between Gov. Laura Kelly and state legislators over changes in tax policy reached its inevitable climax Thursday when the governor vetoed a bipartisan tax plan as promised.
Gov. Laura Kelly signed legislation that allocates $6.6 billion to K-12 public schools, including $75 million in new money for special education, but vetoed language designed to funnel safety grant cash to a specific software company.
On Tuesday, alumni of Kansas’ foster care system celebrated the passage of legislation that will allow foster kids who are 16 or older to choose to stay with a family member or close friend — as opposed to bouncing from one temporary house to another or sleeping in office space.
