TOPEKA —This was supposed to be the year Medicaid expansion finally happened in Kansas. Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly, elected in November, had run on the issue. She triumphed in a state that had gone for…

On Tuesday, Jim Denning, majority leader of the Kansas Senate, lost the second of two lawsuits against columnist Steve Rose and the Kansas City Star, alleging the two had defamed his character. At issue was…

Over the course of the decade-long effort to expand Medicaid in Kansas, opponents have grasped at a number of gimmicks that impose barriers to providing health coverage to as many as 150,000 hardworking Kansans. The…

One might think the end of her first legislative session as Kansas governor would give Laura Kelly some relief. “Oh, not much,” she said. “We’ve been extraordinarily busy.” With lawmakers out of town until January,…

A state health alliance is offering an opportunity to learn more about possible Medicaid (KanCare) expansion in Kansas. A community meeting, “Break Down and Bounce Back Tour,” will be offered from 5:30 to 7 p.m.…

With last Wednesday’s sine die end to the 2019 legislative session, we can make an early assessment of Kansas politics, the Legislature, and especially Governor Laura Kelly.  If a governor’s term consists of four legislative…

Rather than face the music, Kansas Senate leaders ordered the arrest of nine protestors Wednesday morning and evicted members of the press to keep the mayhem from public view. In so doing, the Senators violated…

A deal to clear the way for Medicaid expansion next year that some Kansas lawmakers thought they had brokered in the waning hours of their just-finished legislative session appears to be unraveling. Instead, the conservative…

Republican legislators said they couldn’t afford an estimated $50 million to expand Medicaid but see no problem giving a $245 million tax break to the privileged few. That’s the upshot of this year’s 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…