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Kansas Dems Defeated In Education, Gun Vote Attempts
Posted: May 19, 2017 at 1:09 pm EDT by John Celock | Updated: May 19, 2017 at 4:45 pm EDT
By John Celock Attempts by Kansas House Democrats to bring school finance and gun safety bills to the state House… Read More >
Compromise Pushed In Kansas Racino Bill
Posted: May 10, 2017 at 12:37 pm EDT by John Celock | Updated: May 10, 2017 at 12:42 pm EDT
By John Celock The top budget writer in the Kansas House is calling for both sides in the debate over… Read More >
Kansas Panel Rejects Hospital Gun Ban
Posted: February 15, 2017 at 11:48 am EDT by John Celock | Updated: February 15, 2017 at 9:26 pm EDT
By John Celock A Kansas House committee narrowly rejected legislation that would have allowed the University of Kansas Medical Center… Read More >
Ryckman Elected Kansas House Speaker
Posted: December 5, 2016 at 12:20 pm EDT by John Celock | Updated: December 5, 2016 at 5:56 pm EDT
By John Celock A conservative Republican from the Kansas City suburbs will be the next speaker of the Kansas House… Read More >
Constitutional Amendment To Ban School Closure Possible In Kansas
Posted: June 7, 2016 at 5:26 pm EDT by John Celock | Updated: June 7, 2016 at 6:06 pm EDT
House Appropriations Committee Chairman Ron Ryckman Jr. By John Celock Kansas lawmakers are likely to take up a constitutional amendment… Read More >
Kansas House Speaker Ousts Two Committee Chairs
Posted: March 15, 2016 at 4:10 pm EDT by John Celock | Updated: March 16, 2016 at 5:20 pm EDT
By John Celock The Kansas state House speaker dramatically ousted two committee chairs Tuesday after a failed attempt by them… Read More >
Bill To Cutoff Kansas Legislator Pay Proposed
Posted: March 5, 2015 at 2:00 pm EDT by John Celock | Updated: May 29, 2015 at 1:57 pm EDT
By John Celock Legislation introduced Wednesday in Kansas could give state lawmakers a new incentive to finish in 90 days,… Read More >
Lawmakers Take Steps To Stop Kansas Bill Bundling
Posted: February 17, 2015 at 1:56 pm EDT by John Celock | Updated: February 17, 2015 at 5:23 pm EDT
By John Celock The Kansas House of Representatives has passed a new rules package that takes steps to limit the… Read More >
Lawmakers Defeat Private Email Amendment
Posted: February 2, 2015 at 1:55 pm EDT by John Celock | Updated: February 2, 2015 at 2:00 pm EDT
By John Celock The Kansas House of Representatives defeated an amendment Monday that could have made emails sent from the… Read More >