Politics Jun 11 Kansas Democrats are planning ranked-choice voting for presidential primary The party is moving away from its more traditional caucuses, trying ranked-choice voting and allowing mail ballots to boost participation.
Nation May 01 Kansas lawmakers fail to override governor’s abortion ‘reversal’ veto Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed a bill requiring abortion providers to tell patients about a disputed treatment to stop a medication abortion after it's been started.
Politics Apr 26 Kansas Supreme Court bolsters abortion rights, blocks ban The Kansas decision prevents the state from enforcing a 2015 law that could have greatly limited second trimester abortions. But even worse for abortion opponents, the ruling clears the way for legal challenges to a string of abortion restrictions approved…
Politics Jan 04 GOP Sen. Roberts of Kansas says he won’t seek re-election Republican Sen. Pat Roberts, the longest-serving member of Congress in Kansas history, announced Friday that he won't run again in 2020, setting up a potential scramble to replace him. The 82-year-old senator faced pressure to step aside in part because…
Politics Nov 22 Kansas Medicaid expansion in doubt despite support from governor-elect Democratic and moderate Republicans lawmakers worked together last year to try to make Kansas the latest state to expand Medicaid, only to see their bipartisan effort rewarded with a veto from former conservative GOP Gov. Sam Brownback.
Politics Aug 13 Count in Kansas governor’s race now turns to provisional ballots The counting of the last ballots in the tight and contentious Republican primary for Kansas governor will stretch out over the week and still might not settle the race.
Politics Aug 10 Kris Kobach steps away from duties in contested Kansas vote count Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach stepped aside from his duties as the state's top elections official Friday until his hotly contested primary challenge to Gov. Jeff Colyer is resolved, but rejected Colyer's accusations that the advice he has been…
Politics Aug 08 Kansas Democrats pick Sharice Davids, a Native American and gay nominee, for House race Sharice Davids shattered the mold for a congressional primary winner from ruby red Kansas on Wednesday, becoming the state's first Native American and gay nominee for Congress.
Politics Jul 20 Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez to rally Democrats in deep-red Kansas Two luminaries in the democratic socialist movement — one its national leader, the other its new star — are descending on solidly Republican Kansas on Friday, taking their liberal message to an unlikely area before next month's congressional primaries.
Politics Feb 05 New Kansas governor to require annual sexual harassment training In his first executive order since taking office last week, Gov. Jeff Colyer announced Monday that all employees and interns working for Kansas executive branch agencies will be required to undergo annual sexual harassment training.