TOPEKA — Rep. Blake Carpenter pitched a novel idea to lawmakers that he says could eliminate state property tax collections within eight years without cutting any services the state provides. In a nutshell, here’s how it works: The Legislature creates a board that is empowered to review ...

TOPEKA — The Kansas Senate on Tuesday approved a modified state budget, sending it back to the House so both chambers can agree on a shared plan. Senators slightly modified the House proposal, which is formally titled Senate Sub for Sub for House Bill 2007, during extensive debate Tuesday to ...

Kansas students are spending fewer days in school than they did decades ago, and the state’s top education leader wants that to change. Education Commissioner Randy Watson is urging districts to cancel breaks or extend the school year to make up for days that were canceled because of ...

TOPEKA — Kansas voters will decide next year whether to rewrite the state’s constitution to turn the Kansas Supreme Court into an elected office. The Kansas House of Representatives on Wednesday narrowly endorsed a Senate resolution to place the question on the August 2026 ballot, ...

TOPEKA — A gust of wind sweeps over bare soil, kicking up enough dirt and dust to cut visibility to nearly zero, and for drivers, the dust storm seems to come out of nowhere. Such conditions resulted in a pileup on Interstate 70 last week in western Kansas involving dozens of cars and trucks ...

TOPEKA — Two bills passed by the Kansas Legislature this week would ban the use of ranked-choice voting in Kansas and restrict funding for election-related activities, such as voter registration efforts. They join another bill that the Legislature previously sent to the governor’s desk ...