Search
Menu
Laura Kelly Archive

Laura Kelly.

Returned59total articles

SEKMHC Medicaid foible a cautionary tale for other agencies, industry exec says

IOLA – The executive director of the Association of Community Mental Health Centers of Kansas says the ill-fated financial trajectory
By Dane Hicks
7 min
13May 2026

Hype meets headwinds: Kansas megaprojects face reality check amid subsidies, slower markets

(TesMag photo) When Kansas leaders announced a $4 billion electric vehicle battery plant in De Soto in July 2022 and
By Dane Hicks
6 min
29Apr 2026

Kelly sides with chaos against officers; lawmakers must override veto of HB 2372

An ICE agent is treated for injuries dealt by an illegal immigrant in a Houston, Texas, enforcement incident/U.S. Dept. Homeland
By Dane Hicks
4 min
09Apr 2026

Senate overrides Kelly’s veto of “Bathroom Bill”

TOPEKA — In a sharply divided vote Tuesday afternoon, the Kansas Senate overrode Democratic Governor Laura Kelly’s veto of Senate
By Dane Hicks
3 min
18Feb 2026

Can Kansas education save itself after the Laura Kelly years?

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly entered office in 2019 promising stability in school finance and improvements in student outcomes. Instead, data
By Dane Hicks
6 min
13Dec 2025

Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center nabs more Medicaid dollars, boosts exec’s pay to nearly $900,000

The executive salaries at the Iola-based Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center which prompted the organization’s virtual defunding by the six
By Dane Hicks
5 min
27Nov 2025

USDA pulls $10.4 million in Kansas SNAP funding after Kelly refuses data

TOPEKA – Continued denial by Governor Kelly to provide data on Kansas’ state-paid food assistance program for poor Kansans resulted
By Dane Hicks
3 min
22Sep 2025

Kobach files suit to force Gov. Kelly to provide SNAP info, secure $10.4 million in benefits

Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach today announced that he is asking a court to compel Gov. Laura Kelly’s administration to
By Dane Hicks
3 min
08Sep 2025

Kelly channels Biden with SNAP data refusal

Kansas News Service When someone in America asks the government for information and they’re told instead to go pound sand,
By Dane Hicks
3 min
20Aug 2025

Kansas Governor’s race takes shape for Democrats, Republicans

Candidates are lining up for the 2026 election in Kansas to replace Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly, whose second term ends
By Dane Hicks
8 min
25Jul 2025