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The top social services official in Kansas is stepping down after less than a year in office, Gov. Sam Brownback’s office announced Thursday, ending a tenure marked by controversy over administrative decisions and the governor’s policies.
Sen. Carolyn McGinn, R-Sedgwick, wants to roll back part of the 1 percent sales tax increase the Legislature approved last year in the face of a major budget shortfall.
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TOPEKA — Testimony ended Friday in a disciplinary case against a physician who provided second opinions on the mental health of patients seeking late-term abortions from Wichita abortion provider George Tiller.
TOPEKA — Kansas officials and economists issued a new, more optimistic fiscal forecast for the state Friday, predicting that tax revenue will grow by almost 5 percent during the next budget year.
TOPEKA — Gov. Sam Brownback, who wants to change the way Kansas distributes about $3 billion in state aid to school districts, will send a top aide to brief the State Board of Education next week on the administration's proposal for handing out the funds.
A new campaign to repeal the Kansas income tax is being bankrolled in part by a Missouri billionaire and anti-income-tax crusader.
TOPEKA — New Kansas Arts Commission members plan to revive a project to raise private dollars for its programs only months after the agency dropped it amid a budget dispute with Gov. Sam Brownback that made Kansas the only state in the nation to eliminate its arts funding.
TOPEKA — Kansas has been told again by the National Endowment for the Arts that it won't receive federal funds, prompting the state Arts Commission's chairwoman to declare that the group will move forward with a "truly Kansas" plan for supporting arts programs with private money.
TOPEKA — A commission agreed Wednesday to consider proposing that Kansas start a 401(k)-style pension plan for new teachers and government workers, but members also expect to mull an alternative that creates such a plan only for higher-wage employees.
TOPEKA — The Governmental Ethics Commission fined Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach's campaign $5,000 on Wednesday for mistakes in filing expense and contribution reports for the 2010 election.
TOPEKA — Kansas' top transportation official is leaving her post in December to take a position with a national transportation planning and policy group, Gov. Sam Brownback's office announced Tuesday.
TOPEKA — A Kansas National Guard officer said Monday that future defense funding levels could affect the ability of the military to properly assist soldiers and families before, during and after deployments.
TOPEKA — More seniors who rely on Medicaid may be forced to forgo assisted-living arrangements and go to a nursing home or stay home because of changes to how the state repays assisted-living centers.
TOPEKA —State tax code. Just the phrase may make you want to stop reading and do something more exciting, like eat cold oatmeal.
LAWRENCE — Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach said Thursday that bills targeting people living in the United States illegally may be more likely to pass this year because of the pressure conservative candidates are applying on moderate state senators.
TOPEKA — Primary election challenges that could change the political ideology of the Kansas Senate are shaping up for moderate Republicans, months before the June 2012 filing deadline and new political boundaries are drawn.
A federal judge's order blocking a Kansas law that effectively strips Planned Parenthood of family planning funds "emasculates" the state's autonomy and sovereignty rights and should be overturned, the state argued Tuesday.
TOPEKA — Kansas officials have a raft of new economic statistics to mull over this fall as Gov. Sam Brownback and his administration prepare to unveil what he promises will be a bold plan for lowering taxes and jump-starting the economy.
Leaders representing about two dozen, faith, labor and civil rights groups from across Kansas met here today to organize efforts to battle early implementation of the state's voter identification law.
