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TOPEKA, Kansas — The 2020 Kansas Legislature is underway. And while Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly laid out some of her top priorities during the State of...

Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly proposed Monday that Kansas give itself more breathing room in its budget by slashing annual payments to its pension system…

Republicans in the Kansas Legislature handed Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly her first defeat this week. On Valentine’s Day, no less. They soundly rejected...

Kansas senators say the state should make a missed payment to the pension system, but some lawmakers are concerned about spending the money before they’ve…

In her first budget as governor, Democrat Laura Kelly aims to inject cash into what she calls critical state services. The proposal unveiled Thursday...

Kansas lawmakers approved an updated $16 billion budget Saturday on a 92-24 vote as they worked through part of the weekend. The bill amends the...

Changes in federal tax law could actually cost some Kansans more in state taxes. Kansas lawmakers might turn down that revenue windfall and add an...

Part of Gov. Sam Brownback’s budget proposal would delay payments into the state pension plan, KPERS. It would also take an additional 10 years to pay off…

Officials with the state’s pension plan say the system's investments won’t be paying as much as they previously expected. That grows the long-term deficit…

The election next week seems likely to shift the ideology of the Kansas Legislature. It appears there could be more Democrats and centrist-leaning…