U.S. Senator Roger Marshall joined Kansas state legislators Monday to announce the legislators’ intent to follow the lead of President Donald Trump’s proposal to not tax tips. Trump made removing a tax on tips a part of his campaign promise during the election, and bills that would ...
TOPEKA — The Republican majority in the Kansas Legislature sent Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly a bill Friday that would prohibit health professionals from providing gender-affirming care to individuals under the age of 18. On final action in the House, Senate Bill 63 passed 83-35 — one vote ...
After years of attempts by Republican lawmakers, Kansas appears poised to join more than 20 other states in banning teens who have gender dysphoria from accessing gender-affirming health care. In packed hearings Tuesday at the Kansas Statehouse, lawmakers heard testimony on legislation that ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's budget office on Wednesday rescinded a memo freezing spending on federal loans and grants, less than two days after it sparked widespread confusion and legal challenges across the country. The memo, which was issued Monday by the Office of ...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Carlos Wriedt came to the U.S. from Mexico in his 40s with his wife to pursue their dream of starting a business and to build a better life for their daughter, then 10 months old. He and his wife became U.S. citizens Monday, taking their oaths in a ceremony at the Kansas ...
Topeka — Legislation proposed in the Kansas Senate would end the three-day grace period for mail-in ballots, requiring them to be received by 7 p.m on Election Day to be counted, regardless of postage date. Senate Bill 4 is similar to one Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed in 2023. The Legislature ...