TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly’s seventh State of the State speech on Wednesday called for investments in water resources and public schools, streamlining early childhood regulation, pursuit of sustainable tax policy and expansion of Medicaid…

TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly praised labor unions for contributing to unprecedented economic growth in Kansas and touted her administration’s economic development gains in a speech at an annual labor rally Tuesday at the Statehouse.…

TOPEKA — Members of the Kansas Legislature gathered with family and friends Monday to convene the 2025 session and welcome three dozen new lawmakers and test the influence of expanded Republican majorities in the House…

TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly says bipartisan highlights of 2024 include strengthening authority of the state’s independent advocate for children, overhaul of Kansas’ worker compensation system and advancement of a blueprint for improving classroom instruction…

TOPEKA — The Kansas Legislature’s unprecedented budget takeover will enter the 2025 legislative session with a bare bones spending plan and sweeping cuts while Republican lawmakers eye property and corporation tax reductions. Gov. Laura Kelly…

TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly plans to deploy political capital during the 2025 Kansas legislative session to broaden commitment to a bipartisan, multigenerational investment in protection of the state’s water supply. Kelly, a Democrat midway…

With the 2024 elections over and the 2026 elections on the horizon — including a gubernatorial race in Kansas — national Republicans plan to go on offense in the Sunflower State. The Republican Governors Association…

Democratic governors from 23 states elected Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly to chair the Democratic Governors Association for a one-year term. Kelly has served as the chair since August, when Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz vacated the…

LAWRENCE — Dee Miller has to make an “awful” decision. The Lawrence resident’s disabled husband of 57 years needs more intensive care than an in-home service is able to provide. But profit-driven assisted living facilities…

TOPEKA — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly is awarding clemency at a higher rate than her predecessors, most recently pardoning two men convicted of drug crimes who “show strong signs of rehabilitation” and have already served…