Category: Politics

Governor Kelly Announces Introduction of Medicaid Expansion Legislation: Here’s What They’re Saying
Topeka, KS– Last week, Governor Kelly announced that her bills to provide affordable health care access for low-wage, hard-working Kansans were introduced. With Medicaid expansion

Drummond Leads National Effort Urging Biden, Federal Treasury Bureau to Provide Timely Corporate Transparency to State, Local, Tribal Entities
Oklahoma City, OK- Attorney General Gentner Drummond is leading a national effort to ensure that state, local and tribal entities have appropriate and timely access

Governor Kelly Announces Nearly $20 Million for Services that Keep Families Together, Reduce Number of Kids in Foster Care
Topeka, KS– Reinforcing her commitment to children and families, Governor Laura Kelly today announced a new set of Family First Prevention grants totaling nearly $20 million.

Some Kansas Lawmakers Want to Punish Doctors Who Help Transgender Kids Transition
Topeka, KS— Puberty blockers, mastectomies, surgeries that remove “any body part or tissue” and prescribing estrogen to males or testosterone to females to treat gender

Big Losses in November Fuel a Kansas Republican Party Changeover in February
Topeka, KS— Spurred on by frustrations over losing high-profile races to Democrats, Kansas Republicans on Saturday picked an aggressive conservative to lead the party into the

A $1.8 Billion Semiconductor Plant is Planned for Wichita Through Another Kansas Megaproject Deal
Topeka, KS — Kansas has struck a deal with a Wichita company to build a $1.8 billion semiconductor manufacturing plant, but it hinges on the company

Governor Kelly Announces 9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Has Helped Nearly 27% More Callers in First 6 Months
Topeka, KS– Governor Laura Kelly today announced that since its launch in July 2022, the 9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline has handled a nearly 27%

Governor Kelly Appoints Andrew Jefferson Newsum to Fill New District Court Position in the 27th District
Topeka, KS– Governor Laura Kelly today appointed Andrew Jefferson Newsum of Hutchinson, Kansas, to a vacant magistrate judgeship position in the 27th Judicial District. The vacancy

AG Kris Kobach Announces He Will Sue Biden Administration Over Lesser Prairie Chicken Rule
Topeka, KS- Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach will sue the Biden administration unless the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service withdraws a rule that lists the

Governor Kelly Announces $4 Million Planning Grant to Advance Statewide Early Childhood System
Topeka, KS– Governor Laura Kelly announced today that the Kansas Children’s Cabinet and Trust Fund has been awarded a $4 million 2023 Preschool Development Birth