Political notebook: News and notes from the campaign trail
Lots of little news to report this week, none of which stands on its own as a story but small nuggets that have interest....
Kansas Medicaid enrollment drops by 83,000 since unwinding started
The state's Medicaid rolls have dropped by 15% during the unwinding process in Kansas with about three months left before it will be known...
Sunday Reader: Kelly’s session successes; Primary setting up for Garber’s seat
Good morning:
Happy Mother's Day to everyone. A very slow week punctuated by a couple vetoes issued by Gov. Laura Kelly on Friday afternoon, once...
UPDATED: Kelly vetoes bill banning adversarial foreign interests from owning land
(Updated to include comment from House majority leader)
Gov. Laura Kelly on Friday vetoed a bill banning foreign interests from adversarial countries from owning or...
Ellinwood school board member mounts primary campaign in Straub Senate district
Ellinwood School Board member John Sturn is jumping into the race for Senate District 33, a seat now represented by Republican Alicia Straub, who...
Sunday Reader: New Senate primary on the horizon; Kelly child care proposal dies
Good morning everyone:
Nice to return home last week and get reacquainted with our old friend the dentist. Not a reunion that we wanted to...
Legislature passes bill remaking wildlife panel amid accusations of ‘group think’
The Kansas Legislature has passed a bill remaking the composition of the state's Wildlife and Parks Commission, which has been beset by controversy over...
House, Senate moving toward a series of veto overrides
The House and Senate ran off a string of veto overrides on Monday morning as they set up to pass legislation related to abortion,...
Sunday Reader: Norman’s lab coat preserved for history; Kansas joins challenge to federal abortion...
Good morning everyone:
Back from Boston,where we still squeezed in some work while spending time with family at a wedding over last weekend. Went right...
Senate rejects efforts to pull medical marijuana, Medicaid bills out of committee
The Kansas Senate on Friday turned back last-minute efforts to pull bills legalizing medical marijuana and expanding Medicaid out of committee.
The Senate voted down...