Elementary schools across the state are about to get a large wave of new students — the teachers themselves. More than 15,000 Kansas elementary school educators — everybody from teachers to counselors to principals — must get certified in new methods to teach reading to elementary ...
TOPEKA — The proposed state budget crafted by Gov. Laura Kelly features a 2.5% pay raise for state employees, expands Medicaid eligibility for 150,000 lower-income Kansans and fully finances K-12 public education. Kelly’s blueprint contained a $30 million surge in appropriations for water ...
The University of Kansas may have a more than $100 million task in front of it as lawmakers begin their work at the Kansas Statehouse in Topeka. KU technically is staring at a $155 million reduction in funding next year, unless KU leaders can convince both the governor and lawmakers to make ...
Topeka — Gov. Laura Kelly’s seventh State of the State speech on Wednesday called for investing in water resources and public schools, streamlining early childhood regulation, pursuing a sustainable tax policy and expanding Medicaid. Kelly, a Democrat who took office in 2019 as the ...
TOPEKA — Public defenders in Kansas face borderline unethical caseloads, lower pay rates than peers and now the possibility of even less funding to address attorney shortages. Heather Cessna, executive director of the Kansas Board of Indigents’ Defense Services, or BIDS, painted a picture ...
Property tax cuts and access to care for young transgender people are likely to be top issues in the Kansas Statehouse this year. Top Kansas Republicans said they’ll look at amending the state constitution to put a cap on appraised values used to determine property taxes. “People see ...