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Legislation that would have placed Kansas in line for federal funding to reopen rural hospitals closed as far back as 2015 was initially going toward approval in the Kansas House.
TOPEKA (KSNT) – An impromptu debate over marijuana came up on the Kansas House floor on Wednesday. Lawmakers took up House Bill 2596, an annual requirement for the state to make changes to its controlled substances list. It’s to align the state’s list with federal law. “Thirty-eight drugs were added, 10 were rescheduled, one was […]
The proposal would have created a set single-income tax rate of 5.25%, implement eliminating the state sales tax on groceries and creation of a tax exemption for all Social Security income.
A Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office deputy went to the Kansas Statehouse Thursday to ask lawmakers to toughen up on criminals who harm law enforcement animals.
Dozens of Kansas lawmakers launched an effort Tuesday to direct the state's attorney general to release information from an investigation into a police raid last year on a weekly newspaper, but it wasn't clear that their measure would get a hearing in the Republican-controlled Legislature. Thirty-five Democrats and 10 Republicans in the Kansas House introduced a resolution condemning the Aug. 11 raid of the Marion County Record's offices, the home of its publisher and the home of a city council member in Marion in central Kansas. The resolution would direct Attorney General Kris Kobach to provide a report on whether the investigation found that people's civil rights were violated.
“Johnson County is our number one area of interest,” Abhi Rahman, a spokesperson for the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, said in a statement.
Residents reelected a Board of Public Utility member who voted against rate increases, while replacing another who voted for them, unofficial results show.
The Lawrence City Commission voted 5-0 for an ordinance that makes the city a haven for transgender people to protect against the implications of SB 180.