After a lull over the Thanksgiving holiday, several interim legislative committees will meet over the next two weeks, with some of them preparing final reports and recommended legislation for the 2018 session that begins Jan. 8. In an effort to keep tight reins on the Legislature's own ...
Democratic congressional candidate Paul Davis' campaign has confirmed that Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., the No. 2 Democrat in the U.S. House, will be in Kansas this weekend — a fact that the National Republican Congressional Committee is trying to use against him. The NRCC [issued a ...
Wichita — Community college officials in Kansas have begun sounding alarm bells about the potential impact of federal tax changes now being considered in Congress. Daniel Barwick, president of Independence Community College in southeast Kansas, told the Kansas Board of Regents Wednesday ...
U.S. Sens. Pat Roberts and Jerry Moran, of Kansas, both Republicans, are saying that GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore, of Alabama, should step aside if allegations of sexual misconduct against him are true. Both Kansas senators issued statements Friday after the [Washington Post published ...
Republican gubernatorial candidate Jim Barnett said Thursday that he would be committed to a nondiscrimination policy to protect gay and lesbian state workers, a policy that current Gov. Sam Brownback rescinded in 2015. "On the social issues, it’s been a huge black eye for our state, and I ...
People in Kansas who have been pushing to expand KanCare under the Affordable Care Act no doubt took notice Tuesday night when Maine became the first state in the union to [settle that issue by popular vote][1], bypassing a Republican governor who has vetoed such a measure at least five times ...
Two Democrats from Lecompton have lined up to challenge longtime incumbent Rep. Tom Sloan in the 45th District House race next year. Aidan Loveland Koster, 37, formally announced her candidacy on Thursday. A native of Lawrence, she is a graduate of the University of Kansas School of Law and ...
Lawrence businessman Scott Morgan has had a difficult relationship with the modern Kansas Republican Party for many years. A self-described moderate, he has never fit in well with Gov. Sam Brownback's conservative wing of the party, and in 2014 he tried unsuccessfully [to unseat Republican ...
Democrats in the U.S. Senate plan to use procedural moves to delay a vote on Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback's appointment to a diplomatic post, citing his record on gay rights, according to a published report. The [report by the Washington bureau of McClatchy][1], parent company of the Kansas ...
A former chief of staff to a Kansas House Democratic Caucus was quoted in a national political website Wednesday, saying she was the target of inappropriate sexual advances for years while working for the Legislature. Abbie Hodgson, formerly of Lawrence, [also told The Hill][1], a ...
State Sen. Marci Francisco, D-Lawrence, confirmed Monday that she is considering a run for Kansas Secretary of State next year. Francisco, a Democrat, said that others have encouraged her to look at the race. But she said she will not make a decision until after the Nov. 7 municipal ...
U.S. Sens. Pat Roberts and Jerry Moran of Kansas both voted late Thursday to advance a budget resolution that could pave the way for Congress to enact tax cuts similar to those that Republican Gov. Sam Brownback championed in Kansas in 2012, but which state lawmakers repealed earlier this ...
Democrat Paul Davis raised more money in the last quarter than all of his Republican opponents combined, according to [campaign finance reports][1] for the Kansas 2nd Congressional District race that were filed with the Federal Election Commission. Although Davis' report had not been posted ...
Some Republicans in Kansas are now calling for Phyllis Gilmore to be removed as Secretary of the Department for Children and Families, a fact that could have implications in next year's race for governor. Gilmore has long been a target of criticism from Democrats who allege, among other ...
In another sign that Gov. Sam Brownback's administration is winding down to a close, his office announced Thursday that his policy director Brandon Smith will step down from that role next week. Smith, a 2011 graduate of the University of Kansas School of Law, has served as Brownback's ...
Former Rep. Ed O'Malley launched his bid for the Republican nomination for governor Tuesday, saying he wants to improve public education and modernize the state government workforce. O'Malley, 41, a moderate Republican and former aide to Gov. Bill Graves, served in the Kansas House from 2003 ...
An announcement over the weekend that the [American Civil Liberties Union is launching a political campaign][1] to repeal Kansas' restrictive voting laws prompted sharp comments Monday from Republican candidates running for secretary of state. Rep. Scott Schwab issued a statement calling the ...
Kansas Democrats are embroiled in a bitter feud on the eve of their annual fall "Demofest" convention in Wichita as top party officials are now trying to oust the party secretary while the secretary and her allies are fighting back with a series of blistering blog posts. At the center of the ...
Topeka — Gov. Sam Brownback will appear before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday, Oct. 4, for a confirmation hearing on his nomination to be U.S. Ambassador-at-large for International Religious Freedom. Brownback confirmed that date while speaking with reporters ...
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, no stranger to the culture wars in America, dived headlong into another one Monday, calling NFL players who protest during the national anthem "unpatriotic" and "ignorant." In [an opinion piece][1] written for the conservative website Breitbart, the ...