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TOPEKA — The Kansas Senate decided it was time to repeal a century-old law granting authority to the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks to take private property by eminent

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Legislators consider whether House member created conflict of interest by seeking audit of a state commission without noting his wife was a commissioner.

Plans to establish a new state park at the Lehigh Portland trail system and quarry cleared one of the final legislative hurdles on Thursday. The Senate gave its approval. Now, it goes back to the House for final consideration there and then to Gov. Laura Kelly; the House already approved the bill in

A bill in the Kansas Legislature that would overhaul the child care regulatory system struggled to pass the Senate after a contentious debate.

“The current system is causing people to seek unregulated care," said Republican Sen. Kris

The Kansas Senate has passed a bill to lower child care regulations, such as education requirements, while increasing child-to-adult staffing quotas.

Child care regulations would be lowered in Kansas under a bill that has won Senate approval and created a debate over how best to address a shortage of day care spots without compromising safety. The …

The 21 to 17 vote Thursday sends the measure, backed by the parents of two young children, to the Kansas House.

Child care regulations would be lowered in Kansas under a bill that has won Senate approval and created a debate over how best to address a shortage of day care spots without compromising safety.