TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly appointed an attorney in private practice who has argued cases before the state and federal appellate courts to fill a vacancy on the Kansas Supreme Court. The governor said Thursday that she’d selected Larkin Walsh from among three finalists nominated by a ...
UPDATED 5:15 P.M. AUG. 6 The University of Kansas is implementing an immediate hiring freeze as KU’s top leaders are ordering deans and other department heads to find $32 million in annual savings on the Lawrence campus. A Wednesday message to KU employees from Provost Barbara Bichelmeyer ...
Topeka — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly joined 22 other states and Washington, D.C., in suing the Trump administration for terminating federal funding, which she said has led to cuts to state agriculture, health and safety programs “on a whim.” The federal lawsuit, initially filed in June in ...
A hotly debated topic in the Kansas Legislature may soon produce a hotly debated topic in faculty lounges: How much work should a university professor be required to do? The Kansas Board of Regents plans to soon undertake a review of faculty “workload policies” at the University of Kansas ...
More than 20,000 job titles in the ranks of Kansas government have been searched and — if needed — scrubbed of words such as diversity, equity and inclusion, the state’s Secretary of Administration confirmed Tuesday. Not only have the titles changed, but any employees who had duties ...
Candidates are lining up for the 2026 election in Kansas to replace Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly, whose second term ends in 2027. For the past eight years, the greatest obstacle for Republicans in the state Legislature has been Kelly’s veto pen. That alone has blocked or delayed the ...