TOPEKA — Katie Sawyer, Republican gubernatorial candidate Derek Schmidt’s running mate, said neither she nor the attorney general would support Medicaid expansion in its current proposed form. Sawyer made the remarks at a candidate forum…

Kansas House Majority Leader Dan Hawkins recently wrote an opinion piece about Medicaid (Kancare) expansion filled with fear, misleading statements and downright untruths. He cited few facts, numbers or statistics. Instead, he relied on outrageous…

While a few serious issues continue to be debated in committee and the courts, basically the 2022 legislative session is a wrap. And once again, Medicaid expansion didn’t pass. True, the legislature agreed upon an…

TOPEKA — Master hair stylist Katy Everitt learned during the pandemic that cancer thought to be in remission had spread to her liver. The 36-year-old Topekan has no health insurance, but she cobbled together an…

The Kansas Legislature adjourned early Saturday morning, having accomplished … what, exactly? Lawmakers passed an unconstitutionally gerrymandered congressional map earlier this year. They decided to offer an unnamed company $1 billion in incentives to build…

The Kansas Legislature and its committees take up tons of bad bills every year. Some of them make sense but would have destructive consequences (everyone likes tax cuts, for instance, but if you cut them…

Last week the Docking Institute of Public Affairs at Fort Hays State University published the results from the 2021 Kansas Speaks survey. For those not familiar with Kansas Speaks, it is an annual public opinion…

If Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly was an aging pop diva, last night’s annual State of the State address would have been a spirited greatest hits show, packed with favorites such as balancing the budget, supporting…

The Kansas Legislature begins its 2022 session today.  We’re hopeful this session will be productive and fruitful for the people of Kansas. The Legislature has the potential to do great things if its members choose…

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly is politically smarter than you. Before you object, answer this question: Did you run for governor in Kansas as a Democrat in 2018 and win? And before you brush off that…