TOPEKA — The GOP-led Kansas House and Senate on Wednesday approved a “bathroom bill” targeting transgender people after House Democrats delayed passage by six hours, proposing multiple amendments to set the stage for a possible legal challenge. House Majority Leader Chris Croft, an ...
TOPEKA — The anti-transgender “bathroom bill” made a comeback in Kansas politics Monday after a GOP-led legislative committee pushed out legislation to force anyone using a bathroom in government buildings to use the facility matching their biological sex at birth. In an often ...
TOPEKA — U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids and U.S. Rep. Derek Schmidt of Kansas expressed various shades of alarm about fatal shootings of U.S. citizens by federal agents taking part in an aggressive immigration crackdown in Minneapolis. The death Saturday of Alex Pretti, who ...
TOPEKA — The Kansas House budget committee continued adjusting a bare-bones state government appropriations bill that deleted more than $540 million from agency requests for program enhancements, salary adjustments and hiring new employees. Subcommittees of the House Appropriations Committee ...
TOPEKA — Tony Mattivi, director of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, described a high school wrestling coach, a paraprofessional, a speech pathologist and a bus driver who all had at least two things in common. None was required to submit to a criminal history and background check before ...
State legislators are considering a proposal to move city government and school board elections to even-numbered years – and a couple of Douglas County figures are saying that could add some new complications. The proposal in the Legislature is called House Bill 2452, and it would change the ...