TOPEKA - Gov.-elect Laura Kelly will have the opportunity to appoint a new judge to the Kansas Court of Appeals as soon as she comes into office.
But the incoming Democrat says she does not plan to use the new system of selecting appellate court judges that former Republican Gov. Sam Brownback pushed through; that system allows the governor to make appointments directly, subject to Senate ...
TOPEKA - A joint legislative task force agreed Thursday to a general outline of a new multiyear transportation program. However, the plan offers few details about how much the state should spend or how any new projects should be financed, because it's not known how much new funding, if any, lawmakers are willing to approve.
"We didn't want to get involved in details because that means drafting legislation and ...
TOPEKA - A legislative task force appeared to reach consensus Wednesday on a number of key elements that it believes should be part of the state's next multiyear transportation plan, including increased funding for urban mass transit systems and restoration of state funding for city and county road projects.
But it remains to be seen whether the group can reach consensus on how to pay for the roughly 280 ...
TOPEKA — The Kansas Court of Appeals on Tuesday ordered the Douglas County District Court to act "without delay" in summoning a grand jury to investigate allegations of election-related crimes in Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach's office during the 2016 elections.
The order, officially known as a "mandate," came seven days after the Kansas Supreme Court said it would not hear any appeals in the ...
TOPEKA — When Kansas lawmakers sit down to write a new multiyear transportation plan this coming session, one of the biggest challenges they'll face is how to pay for it.
Traditionally, funding for highway construction and maintenance has come from the state's motor fuel tax — 25 cents a gallon for regular gasoline and gas mixed with 10 percent ethyl alcohol; 27 cents a gallon for diesel.
The state also ...
Story updated at 5:06 p.m. Monday, Nov. 26:
U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran has signed on as a co-sponsor to a bill that would enact sweeping reforms in federal sentencing laws, but it remains to be seen whether the bill will come up for a vote before Congress adjourns next month.
Moran, a Kansas Republican, is one of 10 co-sponsors of the bill that was introduced earlier this month by Senate Judiciary Committee ...
