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Kansas champions of administrative reform at public universities offer concessions to calm skeptics
The Republican majority leader of the Kansas House and the governor’s chief of staff worked Thursday to resolve objections to a bill designed to make the state’s three largest public universities more financially efficient by removing layers of administrative red tape.
Kansas champions of administrative reform at public universities offer concessions to calm skeptics
The Republican majority leader of the Kansas House and the governor’s chief of staff worked Thursday to resolve objections to a bill designed to make the state’s three largest public universities more financially efficient by removing layers of administrative red tape.
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Kansas House tangles on procedural rules before preserving late-night debates, bill bundling
Republicans in the Kansas House voted down a proposed rule forbidding the launch of House floor debate on a bill after midnight.
Gov. Laura Kelly argues Kansans deserve bipartisan progress on tax, health care, K-12 policy
Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly pleaded with lawmakers to avoid injecting politics more deeply into K-12 public schools. She amplified recommendations to expand eligibility for Medicaid, legalize medical marijuana, accelerate workforce training and answer calls for action on the rural housing crisis.
Kansas Senate president rails against wokeness in response to governor’s annual speech
The Republican president of the Kansas Senate said Tuesday that Kansans should appreciate Gov. Laura Kelly is governing near the ditch on the left side of the road rather than from the center as she has claimed on many occasions.
Broad coalition urges Kansas lawmakers to amend law on driving license revocations
Sen. Oletha Faust-Goudeau says state law revoking driving privileges for failure to pay a traffic citation should be amended to give motorists the opportunity to apply for a restricted license so they could get to work and earn money to pay off any penalties.
Kids regularly run away from Kansas foster homes. Some have died. The state hopes to improve
More than 50 foster kids are missing in Kansas at a given time. The state said it is making progress to fix the problem, but critics say it could do more.
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Kansas Senate adopts resolution condemning protection of lesser prairie chicken
The Kansas Senate suspended rules and took emergency action Monday to adopt a resolution condemning federal protection of the lesser prairie chicken.
Kansas educators share personal insights in quest to reverse statewide teacher shortage
The foundation of public education had been shaken by ideological attacks, complaints from legislators about the cost of state funding to K-12 education, demise of teacher tenure and concern about deficient salaries, a panelist said Monday.
Longest-serving members of Kansas Legislature talk about career, race and partisan politics
No other current Kansas House member has served longer than Rep. Barbara Ballard, a Lawrence Democrat.
Kansas group: Name priests in child sex abuse report and change the statute of limitations
The road to reporting persistent sexual abuse by her Lawrence gymnastics coach in 1998 was a long and difficult one for Kim Bergman, of Shawnee.
Kansas public defense struggles to meet constitutional standards with lack of workers
Kansas public defense is at a crisis point, officials say, with overworked attorneys struggling to provide adequate services in the midst of a worker shortage.
Kansas lawmakers can’t ban abortions, so some want to give that power to local governments
Legislation proposed this week seeks to give local governments the authority to ban abortion. That marked the second bill concerning abortion introduced by Kansas abortion opponents so far this legislative session after a landslide statewide referendum in favor of abortion rights last year.
Kansas lawmakers debate sales tax holiday for back-to-school shopping
Three bills that would help Kansas parents trying to save money on school supplies were received favorably by legislators on Thursday.
Kansas juvenile justice reform effort left major flaws in system, officials say
Stabbings, 16-year-olds with guns and violent attacks: Officials working with young offenders in Kansas say they need lawmakers to step up and fix flaws within the state’s juvenile justice system.
Kansas Senate plans to take stand on federal protections for lesser prairie chicken
The Kansas Senate will vote on whether or not to register disapproval of federal protections for the lesser prairie chicken this week as part of a ongoing battle to strip protections from the bird.
ACLU of Kansas prepared to challenge Legislature’s attacks on trans kids, voting rights
The ACLU of Kansas is prepared to challenge the Kansas Legislature’s annual attacks on transgender children, voting rights and reproductive health care while searching for common ground on criminal justice reform and medical marijuana.
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