U.S. House Democrats’ highway funding bill is poised to include roughly three out of five transportation projects submitted by members, as legislators vie for their share of federal dollars through the resurrected congressional earmarks process.
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Lawmakers say the death of an autistic boy in state custody demonstrates the need for more accountability within the Kansas foster care system.
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A group of business leaders from across Kansas met Tuesday with Gov. Laura Kelly, pushing the Democratic governor to change her stance on supplemental unemployment insurance offered during the pandemic. However, Kelly has shown no inclination toward doing so.
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The League of Women Voters of Kansas and three other organizations Tuesday filed a lawsuit challenging constitutionality of election reforms described by plaintiffs as a brazen attempt to suppress participation by minority, disabled and elderly voters.
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Kansas legislative leaders moved Friday to extend the state of emergency for the pandemic through June 15, while ending the block on evictions, despite requests from the governor for a 30-day extension.
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TOPEKA — Republicans in the Senate and House punctuated the close of the 2021 legislative […]
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State Rep. Mark Samsel allegedly abused Wellsville High School teenagers while working as a substitute art teacher by kicking one in the groin and intimidating others by grabbing students and ranting about religion, music and sex.
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TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly on Monday commended a new bipartisan education law increasing education […]
Twenty Republican attorneys general, including Kansas’, argue that public schools should not be given grant funds for “any projects that characterize the United States as irredeemably racist or founded on principles of racism.”
A panel focused on promoting racial equity in Kansas has homed in on childcare and early childhood education as keys to addressing economic and social disparities among marginalized communities in the state.
