Topeka — Republicans on Wednesday pushed a resolution through the Kansas House expressing the state’s solidarity with Israel and condemning Hamas militants as “terrorists” after an 11-day war this month in the Gaza Strip. The House voted 83-27 in favor of the resolution, which will be ...
Story updated at 3:23 p.m. Tuesday: TOPEKA — A high school student reported that a Kansas House member working as a substitute teacher manhandled him and kicked him in the testicles during class, and the lawmaker told authorities that God told him to do it, according to a sheriff’s ...
WICHITA — A Wichita mother was convicted Monday of first-degree felony murder after her 2-year-old son ingested methadone in a Wichita motel room in 2019. A Sedgwick County jury deliberated about two hours before convicting Kimberly Compass, 25, in the May 31, 2019, death of Zayden ...
TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly on Monday commended a new bipartisan education law increasing spending that fully funds Kansas education for the third year in a row while also expanding eligibility for private school scholarships. House Bill 2134, the product of negotiations between House and ...
TOPEKA — Budget legislation signed Friday by Gov. Laura Kelly increases funding for Kansas courts, provides extra dollars for higher education and funds a new state health laboratory. The measure contains a piece of a nearly $21 billion spending blueprint for state government for the budget ...
This story was updated at 3:52 p.m. Friday. TOPEKA — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly on Friday vetoed a Republican proposal to set aside hundreds of millions of Kansas' federal coronavirus relief dollars to compensate small businesses that faced restrictions earlier in the pandemic. Kelly said ...