The stakes run high for 130,000-some low-income Kansans who stand to gain from expanding Medicaid coverage — and for the political players who will decide the contentious issue. Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly made expansion a…

Last week a coalition of Democrats and centrist Republicans steamrolled House Majority Leader Dan Hawkins, the Kansas Legislature’s chief obstructionist to extending health care coverage to 130,000 low-income Kansans. For the first 43 days of…

More than 150,000 Kansans who need access to affordable quality health care are closer than ever to seeing that become a reality. Last Thursday, after some dubious legislative legerdemain, the Kansas House approved a bill…

This past Wednesday started off pretty much like any other mid-March weekday, as I perused Twitter and Facebook, did some editing, and planned where I’d watch the Jayhawks play their first-round game in the NCAA…

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…

Kansas Republicans need to let it go. Laura Kelly is our governor. She is a Democrat. But on Friday, Susan Wagle, Senate President, once again tried to make the case that Kelly’s agenda should not…

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly on Wednesday devoted as much attention to Medicaid expansion as any other issue . “I’ve made no secret that expanding this program is one of my top priorities,” she said in…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democrat Laura Kelly’s top priorities as Kansas’ new governor arise from her work as a state lawmaker and a decade as one of the Legislature’s key players on budget issues. Kelly,…

With the gavel yet to fall announcing the beginning of the 2019 Kansas legislative session, the mood feels challenging, if not outright ominous. Faced with a Democratic governor, Republican leaders are setting an obstructionist course…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Health committees in the Kansas Legislature will be led by two conservative Republican lawmakers from Wichita who oppose expanding the state’s Medicaid program. GOP leaders’ appointments of Rep. Brenda Landwehr and…