Topeka — Republican legislators are close to committing up to $1 billion in surplus state funds to shore up Kansas’ pension fund for teachers and government workers despite bipartisan misgivings about that move ruling out some tax cuts. The Senate approved a bill Wednesday, 28-12, that ...

TOPEKA — A proposal backed by conservatives to amend the Kansas Constitution to make it harder for lawmakers to increase taxes won a state Senate committee's approval Thursday. The Senate Assessment and Taxation Committee's voice vote on the measure sends it to the full Senate for ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Conservatives have revived their longstanding efforts to move the Kansas Supreme Court to the right by changing how its justices are selected. The Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday approved two rival proposals to amend the Kansas Constitution to change how Supreme ...

Story updated at 6:04 p.m. Wednesday: TOPEKA — Republican legislators in Kansas are trying to prohibit state and local mask mandates during disease outbreaks, advancing such a ban Wednesday along with proposals aimed at discouraging local restrictions on businesses and public ...

TOPEKA — Republican lawmakers in Kansas are advancing a measure to prevent the governor from entering into legal agreements that change state election practices without getting prior approval from the GOP-controlled Legislature or its top leaders. A Senate committee approved a bill Monday in ...

TOPEKA — The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday rejected Attorney General Derek Schmidt’s request to dismiss lawsuits filed in Wyandotte and Douglas counties over redrawn congressional districts. The lawsuits argue that a map endorsed by the GOP supermajority in the Legislature is ...