Given that Kansas’s state budget currently points towards a nearly $3 billion surplus, it’s inevitable that legislators have ideas about passing some of that surplus on to Kansans in the form of tax cuts. Of…

 TOPEKA — The House and Senate launched the 2024 legislative session Monday amid anticipated criticism of Gov. Laura Kelly’s attempt at bipartisanship on tax reform and substantial enthusiasm for a nonbinding resolution delving into Middle…

TOPEKA — Putting aside taxes, looming drought and other policy issues, Kansas lawmakers voted to affirm state support of Israel in their first legislative action of the session. Sen. Kellie Warren, R-Leawood, who carried the…

The 2024 Kansas legislative session is about to begin. With the start of each session, there’s a hope that these leaders will come together and provide for a better future for Kansas. Keeping that in…

Stacey Fager, superintendent for Iola schools, is concerned lawmakers will bring back several educational bills that narrowly failed the last legislative session. The 2024 Kansas Legislature convened Monday.  Two issues in particular — commonly known…

Come Jan. 8, the Kansas legislature will assemble to embark on its new agenda for the year. Already, numerous bills and resolutions have been pre-filed for the 2024 session, providing us with a preliminary insight…

TOPEKA — Sen. Tom Holland introduced a bill that would forbid members of the Kansas Legislature from concurrently holding jobs in an executive branch agency and to block lieutenant governors from simultaneously serving as a…

The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday made the right call to restore a constitutionality challenge to a state law that purports to prohibit impersonation of election officials.  The lawsuit followed the passage of House Bill…

It takes just a second to switch tabs in an internet browser. The same applies to switching from one email app to another on a phone. Yet Kansas’ Attorney General Kris Kobach still opted to…

The bipartisan Legislative Compensation Committee on Thursday unanimously voted to recommend a proposal that calls for raising lawmaker pay from an average compensation of $29,000 to an annual salary of $43,000. Legislative leaders like the…