TOPEKA — Senate President Ty Masterson says the Kansas Legislature justifiably flexed its political muscle to approve a bill mandating public schools administer fitness tests to students in first through 12th grades and require 30 minutes of unstructured recess for elementary students. Gov. ...

Updated at 4:55 p.m. Tuesday, April 28 A transgender Lawrence woman on Friday filed a lawsuit against the state of Kansas after it invalidated her driver's license under a state law known as SB 244. The woman, Jamie Michelle Miller, born in 1971, underwent irreversible genital reassignment ...

TOPEKA — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly on Monday vetoed a bill adopted by the Kansas Legislature to curtail rising property taxes by placing unprecedented restrictions on the ability of cities and counties to increase spending. House and Senate Republicans secured passage of House Bill 2043 at ...

TOPEKA — The Kansas Department of Labor is notifying more than 8,500 individuals that they received overpayments for unemployment insurance, including some issued during the COVID-19 pandemic, and must repay the funds. Nearly half owe more than $5,000 and could face liens or garnished wages ...

The Kansas Supreme Court Nominating Commission will soon interview seven applicants, including three from Lawrence, to fill the vacancy on the high court created by Justice Marla Luckert's recent retirement. The commission will convene at 9 a.m. May 21, and the 30-minute interviews will begin ...

TOPEKA — A Kansas task force is running out of time to craft a new public school funding formula, which the Legislature and the state’s next governor must agree upon before the current framework expires. Previous plans have violated the state constitution, per Kansas Supreme Court ...