A judge has issued an order forbidding enforcement of a bipartisan Kansas law adopted in 2004 that allowed certain immigrant students at public colleges and universities to pay in-state tuition rates rather than higher out-of-state rates.
Will Anderson, owner of Orchards Pharmacy, expected to lose revenue when he fought for the passage of a new law that changes the way that pharmacy benefit managers operate and holds the industry to new standards of transparency.
Although e-scooter and e-bike crashes have led some to advocate for statewide regulations, most regulations are decided on the local level.
Rep. Brooklynne Mosley never gets a clear answer when she asks proponents of data centers how closely they want to live near one. That’s because “everyone thinks it’s going to be in someone else’s backyard,” she said.
Kansas legislators object to diversion of $24 million to disability services for frail older people and people with brain injuries that had been earmarked for benefit of Kansans with intellectual or developmental disabilities stuck for years on a bloated waiting list.
A group of transgender men are protesting by complying with state law, highlighting the confusion caused by the law that requires them to use the women’s restroom in publicly owned facilities.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
A Douglas County judge has temporarily reinstated a Lawrence transgender woman and Army veteran’s license that was invalidated by an anti-transgender state law.
Kansas Democrats are trying — again — to break the Republican supermajority in the Statehouse. Most of the make-or-break contested races are in the Kansas City area.
Jacob Rice / Lawrence Times
Lawrence school board members on Monday approved a policy change that will bar district staff from using social media for two-way communications with students or parents.
Some Kansas House incumbents in southeastern Kansas lost their seats in Tuesday’s primary, more than 150 candidates faced no opponent, and a Tonganoxie seat may still be too close to call.
