As part of a budget-balancing measure, the University of Kansas has launched a program to encourage certain, longtime, tenured faculty members to retire early. University employees on Friday received a notice announcing a “voluntary separation incentive program,” that is targeted toward ...
With the looming threat of food benefits halting for nearly 190,000 Kansans on Nov. 1, the state’s leaders are split on how to respond. On Tuesday, Gov. Laura Kelly joined a lawsuit by other Democratic governors and state attorneys general against the U.S. Department of Agriculture for ...
The Kansas Department of Transportation has added a stretch of state highway in southeastern Douglas County and northeastern Franklin County to a list of upcoming road modernization projects. The expansion of Kansas State Highway 33 was one of nine projects that Gov. Laura Kelly’s office and ...
TOPEKA — The president of the Kansas Senate said Monday that a sufficient number of Senate Republicans have signed a petition to call a special legislative session to consider new congressional district boundaries. Senate President Ty Masterson, who is seeking the GOP nomination for ...
WICHITA — Fifty years ago, Wichita school board member Dan Glickman turned to his wife and declared interest in running for the U.S. House. “She said, ‘You don’t have a chance. You don’t have a shot,’ ” he said, recounting a campaign that would precede his 18 years of service ...
TOPEKA — A California judge said states suing the federal government over demands for food program data are likely to win their claims and ruled program funding must continue while the case progresses. Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly and Department for Children and Families Secretary Laura Howard ...