Kansas state budget

Kansas lawmakers are on their annual break and will return next week to vote on potentially overriding the governor's vetoes.

Governor pushes for 2.5% increases, points to Legislature’s automatic 4% hike

Senate sends $26 billion spending bill to House on tight 21-19 vote

The system is not working, an advisory committee found after an 18-month review of Kansas’ guardian ad litem, or child in need of care, system.

Budget director and administration secretary Adam Proffitt presented the spending blueprint virtually at the joint meeting of the Senate and House budget committees.

Public higher education administrators make high-stakes pitches to lawmakers

Mayor Christal Watson said no decisions have been made on whether Wyandotte County will help pay for a new stadium for the Kansas City Chiefs. Some Kansas City, Kansas, residents worry local governments haven't been good stewards of their money.

Curricula at Kansas universities have been exempt from state and federal efforts to stifle DEI principles, but some Republican legislators are eager to change that.

GOP committee chairs say quest is to identify cost savings, root out waste

Gov. Laura Kelly criticizes Congress for lack of response ‘while they sit on their hands’