TOPEKA — Kansas residents can now register to vote at the state agencies where they receive public benefits under an agreement with civil rights groups that brings the state back into compliance with federal election law, the governor said Friday. The Kansas Department of Health and ...
TOPEKA — Kansas has made no progress adding protections for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender foster care children two years after preliminary guidance from the Department for Children and Families suggested doing so. In 2019, DCF told the private child-placing agencies hired by the ...
TOPEKA — Leaders of the Republican-controlled Kansas Legislature on Monday agreed to create a committee to examine the impact of COVID-19 mandates and what they called government overreach, partly in response to Democratic President Joe Biden's federal vaccine requirements. "We need to check ...
TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly on Monday ordered flags throughout the state to be flown at half-staff to honor COVID-19 victims as Kansas exceeded 6,000 reported deaths. Kelly's order applied immediately and directed that flags remain lowered until sunset Wednesday. The governor has issued such ...
TOPEKA — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly said Friday that the state will adopt the recommendation from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention concerning Pfizer booster shots as part of the effort to fight COVID-19. CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky ruled Thursday that people 65 and ...
TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly granted a request Thursday for Kansas Highway Patrol troopers to be temporarily deployed to Louisiana in support of law enforcement officers in areas affected by Hurricane Ida. Kelly, a Democrat seeking re-election in 2022, said 16 mobile field force troopers would ...