Tag: Gov. Laura Kelly

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas lawmakers have blown several informal deadlines for boosting funding for public schools to satisfy a court mandate because Republicans who control the Legislature are at odds over how to allocate…

Dear editor, This Trump-voter supports David Toland for Secretary of Commerce.  Friends, please email Kansas senators — www.kslegislature.org — and ask them to support his confirmation.  David and Beth Toland are true public servants. It’s…

To absolutely no one’s surprise, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly on Monday vetoed a massive tax cut largely aimed at corporations. It was the right thing to do. At the same time, the veto doesn’t mean…

TOPEKA ? The fate of David Toland?s candidacy to head the state?s economic development  rests with 40 Kansas senators, who will bring with them a panel?s vote to reject his nomination. A divided Senate committee…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A modified version of Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s plan for expanding Medicaid in Kansas has cleared the House with bipartisan support. Rep. Kent Thompson, R-LaHarpe, voted in favor of the measure.…

TOPEKA — David Toland’s nomination for Secretary of Commerce was given a thumbs down this morning by a vote of 6 to 5 by members of a Senate Commerce Committee. From here, the full Senate…

State legislators sent mixed messages last week. First, the Senate voted to increase funding for education by $90 million for the next three years to adjust for inflation, an omission in last year’s seminal school…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican legislators in Kansas helped advance Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s plan to boost funding for public schools Thursday before sending her an income tax relief bill that could make it harder…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A “poison pill” in Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s plan for expanding Medicaid aimed at reassuring wary Republican legislators wouldn’t actually end the expansion if the federal government backed off its promises…

The Republican-controlled Kansas House approved wide-ranging tax legislation Thursday. The measure would reduce sales taxes on food, which could help Kansans across the income spectrum. It would also give some big corporations a break, and…