IOLA – The executive director of the Association of Community Mental Health Centers of Kansas says the ill-fated financial trajectory of the Southeast Kansas Mental […]
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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 touted the possibility of a […]
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 Security photo Kansas lawmakers made […]
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 Bill 244, a contentious measure […]
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 from state agencies, national assessments, […]
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 counties in its service region […]
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 over the weekend in the […]
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 follow Kansas and federal law […]
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, the logical question is “why?” […]
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 in 2027. For the past […]