Gov. Laura Kelly celebrated the signing of Senate Bill 271 last week, which was a bipartisan measure that revised outdated income eligibility requirements for Kansas’ Children’s Health Insurance Program, or CHIP. The goal was to make health care for children more affordable by adjusting the ...
TOPEKA — Kansas public school students raising their voices in protest during school hours will need parental permission to leave school grounds to attend a rally or protest event after legislative action Friday. The House and Senate overrode Gov. Laura Kelly’s line-item veto in the ...
Public protests on the University of Kansas campus may soon have higher stakes attached to them — including monetary damages to KU if it prohibits certain groups from gathering. Kansas Legislators on Thursday successfully voted to override the veto of Gov. Laura Kelly and enact the KIRK ...
UPDATED AT 6:30 p.m., Thursday, April 9, 2026. TOPEKA — The Republican-led Kansas Legislature reconvenes Thursday to weigh Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of two dozen separate bills and line-item vetoes of more than 30 provisions in a state budget bill the Democratic governor viewed as ...
TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly on Wednesday proposed a three-part plan to provide “a real and lasting solution” for property tax relief as lawmakers head back to Topeka to close out the legislative session. First, she vetoed a bill that would have allowed a fraction of registered voters to ...
Kansas lawmakers wrapped up the majority of their work at the end of March, including passing a number of bills related to schools. Here’s an update on some of those key bills ahead of lawmakers’ return to Topeka for the annual veto session: CELL PHONE BAN Gov. Laura Kelly has now ...