A bill that would exempt publicly owned health care facilities from having to allow concealed weapons arrived on Gov. Sam Brownback's desk Monday, but Brownback said he hasn't decided whether he'll sign or veto it. "We’re looking at it, listening to individuals closely and carefully," ...

Kansas lawmakers plan to work on Saturday and possibly into next week in hopes of wrapping up the 2017 session after they inched closer on Friday to settling some of the major issues still on the table. Most of Friday was spent with conference committees meeting on various subjects, while ...

When Democrats and moderate Republicans picked up a large number of seats in the 2016 elections, expectations were high that they would form a governing coalition that could check the power of the more conservative Republicans who have all but ruled in the Kansas Statehouse through most of the ...

Kansas lawmakers left the Statehouse Thursday for a four-day Memorial Day weekend with a lot of work still waiting to be done — and with money to keep the legislative session going quickly running out. Lawmakers had budgeted for a 100-day session this year, and Thursday marked the 101st ...

The Kansas House plans to debate both a new tax bill and the long-awaited new school finance plan on Wednesday as the 2017 legislative session goes into its 100th day. House and Senate tax negotiators agreed around 8 p.m. Tuesday to put yet another tax package up for a vote. The latest ...

The Kansas House and Senate adjourned Friday despite earlier vows that they planned to work seven days a week through the end of the session. That decision came after a week in which lawmakers made virtually no progress toward passing a budget, a school finance plan or a tax package needed ...