1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (61+ words) The Kansas state government budget has a deficit of about $408 million after spending increases and tax cuts. How would governor candidates respond? Next Kansas governor will face budget deficit. How will they respond? The next Kansas governor will face a…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (787+ words) If the constitutional amendment passes, supporters hope to elect at least four conservative, anti-abortion justices to the seven-member court by 2033. Kansas is considering the change amid concerns that increasingly contentious and expensive judicial elections in other states are making their…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (53+ words) Trump accounts. School choice. Welfare reform. Immigration enforcement. Election integrity. Several new Kansas laws support White House priorities. How new Kansas laws back Big Beautiful Bill and other Trump priorities Among the new laws taking effect in Kansas on July…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (143+ words) The Kansas Legislature enacted 157 new laws in its 2026 session, with 126 taking effect on July 1. Lawmakers passed several targeted tax breaks but failed to deliver on promises of substantial... Kansas has 126 new laws taking effect July 1. Here's what to know It…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (291+ words) TOPEKA — Former Gov. Jeff Colyer ended a Republican campaign Monday for the party’s 2026 nomination for governor in wake of President Donald Trump’s endorsement of rival Senate President Ty Masterson. Colyer, who was sworn in as governor in 2018 after the resignation…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (250+ words) A Johnson County, Kansas, mayor is entering the race to lead the state of Kansas. Overland Park Mayor Curt Skoog announced Monday, June 1, that he is entering the Democratic primary for Kansas governor. He announced his running mate for lieutenant…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (356+ words) TOPEKA — Secretary of State Scott Schwab held up a stack of lottery regulation documents stained with a ring of coffee. He was illustrating the office’s outdated filing cabinet system, which is being modernized for the first time since being established…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (674+ words) Senate President Ty Masterson and Gov. Laura Kelly agree on the value of recess for elementary students and annual fitness testing in first through 12th grades, but the governor vetoed the bill because the Kansas State Board of Education is responsible…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (952+ words) Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed the main property tax bill passed by the Kansas Legislature, meaning no substantial property tax reform was passed this session. Lawmakers have gone home for the year, so they can’t come back and override the…...

5+ mon, 5+ day ago   (146+ words) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed eight bills on Monday, including House Bill 2468. House Bill 2468, also called the Education Freedom Tax Credit, would have expanded Kansas' tax credit scholarship program for private schools and, in turn, expanded tax…...