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December 9, 2018 at 6:37 am

Kansas faces new fight over taxes after years of turmoil

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas' new Democratic governor promised not to raise taxes to meet her goals of boosting spending on public schools and social...

December 4, 2018 at 4:02 pm

New Kansas governor wants to roll back cash assistance rules

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas' new Democratic governor wants state lawmakers to roll back a work requirement and other cash assistance rules championed by a...

December 3, 2018 at 11:26 am

Kansas sees LGBT milestones, yet big change may come slowly

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas will swear in its first two openly LGBT state lawmakers next month and the new Democratic governor promises to end...

November 22, 2018 at 9:17 am

Kansas Medicaid expansion in doubt despite governor support

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democratic and moderate Republicans lawmakers worked together last year to try to make Kansas the latest state to expand Medicaid, only...

Kansas Gov.-elect Laura Kelly, right, answers questions from reporters during news conference as Lt. Gov. Lynn Rogers, left, watches, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. The Democratic governor-elect says she will look for ways to avoid enforcement of a state law on adoptions that she and other critics see as encouraging anti-LGBT discrimination. (AP Photo/John Hanna) RPJH101 RPJH101

November 8, 2018 at 3:29 pm

In Kansas, Democratic governor-elect hopes to thwart adoption law seen as anti-LGBT

Laura Kelly, a veteran state senator, voted against what she called "the adoption discrimination" measure when the GOP-controlled Legislature approved it in May. In the...

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November 8, 2018 at 12:28 pm

After Kansas loss, Kobach could join Trump administration

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kris Kobach rode his national reputation as an advocate for tough immigration and voting rules to a job atop President Donald...

November 7, 2018 at 2:33 pm

New Kansas governor faces skeptical GOP-led Legislature

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democrat Laura Kelly promised a new tone of bipartisanship after a victory in the Kansas governor's race brought her national attention....

Nation & World

November 5, 2018 at 8:26 pm

Newcomer Watkins wins House seat in eastern Kansas VIEW

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republicans held onto an eastern Kansas congressional seat Tuesday they had been in danger of losing because of questions about their...

Nation & World

November 3, 2018 at 9:12 am

Kansas Democrats hopeful of breaking GOP grip on power

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democrats in Kansas who have had to sit on the political sidelines for the better part of a decade are hoping...

November 2, 2018 at 12:04 pm

Pence lauds economy in rally to help Kansas, Missouri GOP VIEW

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence rallied several hundred fellow Republican conservatives Friday in hopes of pushing Senate candidate Josh Hawley in...