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Kansas Supreme Court chief justice to retire by early February
Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Marla Luckert will step down from her position at the start of the new year and retire within weeks, she announced Friday.
Kansas Supreme Court chief justice to retire by early February
Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Marla Luckert will step down from her position at the start of the new year and retire within weeks, she announced Friday.
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Next phase of Kansas’ gradual repeal of state sales tax on food to yield savings of $150 million
Gov. Laura Kelly said the next scheduled reduction in the state’s sales tax on groceries Jan. 1 will cut the rate in half to 2% and enable shoppers in Kansas to avoid $150 million annually in food costs.
Kansas leads nation with 9.7% real GDP growth during third quarter of 2023
Growth in the market value of goods and services produced in Kansas from July to September was tops in the nation and expanded by 9.7% during that three-month period, the federal Bureau of Economic Analysis reported.
Kansas school leaders say the shift to open enrollment next fall won’t be simple or easy
A new state law that goes into effect next fall lets Kansas students attend schools outside the districts where they live, as long as there is space available.
Infusion of state funding chips away at Kansas’ significant affordable housing shortage
A statewide study confirmed in 2021 that Kansas had an insufficient supply of reasonably priced housing. The crisis has undermined quality of life and restrained economic growth.
K-State biologists begin research to explain 15-year decline in Kansas wild turkey population
Biologists at K-State are responding to a persistent 15-year decline in the state’s wild turkey population by launching a $1.8 million study of bird habitat, nesting, reproduction and survival to refine harvest and land management strategies.
Kansas governor not drawn to horse-trade compromise on school choice to win Medicaid expansion
Top priorities of Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly and Republican Senate President Ty Masterson collide in January when the Kansas Legislature convenes for the 2024 session.
‘Darkest of dark stains’: Kansas advocates call for funding of long-forsaken disability services
Kansans with intellectual or developmental disabilities are eligible for Medicaid-funded support waivers that cover a variety of needed services, such as in-home care, but they face wait times that can last more than 10 years.
What can you plant in Kansas? Most areas are now warmer on the USDA’s gardening and farming map
The USDA has access to thousands more weather stations now than in the past. That, combined with 30 years of new data, led to big changes in its hardiness map of cold winter temperatures in Kansas.
Kansas school district that forced Native American boy to cut hair changes dress code policy
A Girard dress code policy that led to the forced cutting of an 8-year-old Native American boy’s hair has been rescinded.
Can you be charged with a felony for helping Kansas voters get registered? That’s back in court
The Kansas Supreme Court has revived a challenge to a state law that caused advocacy groups to cancel voter registration drives.
GOP leaders reject Kansas governor’s proposal for Medicaid expansion
GOP leadership in the Legislature rejected Gov. Laura Kelly’s latest proposal for Medicaid expansion, questioning whether federal regulators would allow a work requirement and calling for alternate reforms without offering their own plan.
Kansas governor unveils revenue neutral Medicaid expansion plan with work requirement
Gov. Laura Kelly unveiled Thursday her proposal for a Medicaid expansion package that includes a work requirement, revenue streams to offset the state’s cost, abortion restrictions, and other provisions to address concerns raised by opponents.
University of Kansas deal with Missouri hospital feels ‘terribly wrong’ to lawmakers
The proposed takeover of Liberty Hospital in Missouri by the University of Kansas Health System is being greeted with scorn by lawmakers from both sides of the state line and both political parties.
House, Senate panel embraces potential reform of Kansas’ civil asset seizure law
Members of a Kansas Legislature committee agreed to recommend reform of the system relied upon by law enforcement agencies to seize millions of dollars annually in cash and property from people suspected, but not convicted, of crimes.
Thousands more people are now traveling to Kansas for abortions, research finds
In the first half of 2023, nearly two-thirds of people getting abortions in Kansas traveled from out-of-state, according to new data from the Guttmacher Institute.
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