1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (960+ words) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Three Democratic candidates vying for the role of Kansas governor appeared on the debate stage Friday night at FOX4. The debate, hosted and streamed by FOX4, lasted about one hour and featured three Democratic candidates hoping to take over…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (236+ words) Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly issued a verbal state of disaster emergency to provide state assistance to communities impacted by Monday evening storms. Video above: News Chopper 9 shows storm damage in Ottawa, Hillsdale Storms and possible tornadoes tore through the region,…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (373+ words) (The Center Square) – Kansas lawmakers overrode Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of Senate Bill 462 during the recent veto session, enacting a measure supporters say will limit the use of courts to advance political agendas. The Republican supermajorities in the House…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (1018+ words) TOPEKA — Republican leaders of the Kansas Legislature relied on an arsenal of parliamentary procedure that frustrated Democrats seething about a bill forcing transgender people to use public bathrooms and obtain driver’s licenses matching their sex assigned at birth. How Kansas…...

5+ mon, 3+ day ago   (789+ words) WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Governor Laura Kelly has vetoed 15 bills. “This new federal program needs to be thoroughly vetted to understand the potential impact on funding for our public schools. If it is, in essence, just another voucher program designed to…...

5+ mon, 5+ day ago   (494+ words) Kansas is poised to restrict race-related classroom instruction across the state’s public colleges, and at least one free expression group is calling on Gov. Laura Kelly to intervene. Last month, Kansas lawmakers added language to the budget that would ban…...

5+ mon, 5+ day ago   (770+ words) KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Kansas Governor Laura Kelly has vetoed a bill blocking undocumented immigrants from state benefits, calling it cruel punishment for children brought here by their parents. “America’s immigration system is broken, but this is not the way…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (394+ words) TOPEKA — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed a partisan, anti-abortion bill that offered protections to crisis pregnancy centers, which can function as alternatives to health clinics with abortion services. Within hours, the House and Senate voted to overturn her decision. Kelly…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (613+ words) TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed legislation Thursday that provides income tax deductions for Kansans enrolled in health care sharing ministries plans, but one day later, the Legislature overrode her decision. Kelly said these types of plans can leave everyday people…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (260+ words) TOPEKA — A lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Kansas’ new law regulating bathroom use in government buildings and forcing Kansans to hold documents reflecting their biological sex at birth won’t have its next hearing until September. A Douglas County judge scheduled…...