Tag: Kansas Legislature
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The American Civil Liberties Union asked a federal judge Wednesday to make it easier to protest inside the Kansas Statehouse, as some members of the Republican-controlled Legislature worry that liberal demonstrators…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Republican legislators on Wednesday reversed actions by Kansas Democratic governor to reshape the state budget to her liking, but they couldnt save a GOP tax relief plan and had their work…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly this week faces a key test of her power to shape the state budget and keep moderate Republicans on her side as the GOP-controlled Kansas Legislature prepares to…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly on Friday vetoed a tax relief plan from the Republican-controlled Kansas Legislature for the second time in two months, arguing that even the new, smaller measure would…
Seems a handshake isnt what it used to be. And moderate Republicans are feeling burned in the aftermath of the legislative session, when they took the gesture between Jim Denning, the majority leader of the…
In 2013, Kansas legislators voted to give then-Gov. Sam Brownback sole authority to appoint judges to the Court of Appeals, pending Senate approval. That came back to bite them this year when Gov. Laura Kellys…
In the waning days of the 2019 session, the conservative Republicans controlling the Kansas Legislature made one thing clear to Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly and her allies: They were ready for a fight against Medicaid…
Republican legislators said they couldnt afford an estimated $50 million to expand Medicaid but see no problem giving a $245 million tax break to the privileged few. Thats the upshot of this years legislative session…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas lawmakers who support expanding Medicaid blocked passage of the next state budget Friday in a high-stakes standoff designed to force the Legislature’s conservative Republican leaders to allow an expansion plan…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas lawmakers who support expanding Medicaid blocked passage of the next state budget Friday in a high-stakes standoff designed to force the Legislatures conservative Republican leaders to allow an expansion plan…
