State Government

GOP leaders still can’t overcome the Kansas governor’s veto to enact big tax cuts

TOPEKA — Republican legislators narrowly failed again Monday to enact a broad package of tax cuts over Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's veto, making it likely that lawmakers would end their second annual session in a row without major reductions. The state Senate voted 26-14 to override Kelly's ...

Kansas school finance bill, passed without ‘poison pill,’ on its way to governor

TOPEKA — Kansas lawmakers have sent a bipartisan school finance bill that will shape state education funding for the next three years to the governor’s desk, packaging a $75 million increase in special education funding into the bill. Lawmakers passed Senate Bill 387 out of the House by a ...

Kansas won’t have legal medical marijuana or expand Medicaid for at least another year

TOPEKA — Kansas will remain among the handful of states that haven't legalized the medical use of marijuana or expanded their Medicaid programs for at least another year. Republican state senators on Friday blocked efforts to force debates on both issues before the GOP-controlled ...