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State prison needs exceed $300 million, study shows
Photo credit: Kansas Department of Corrections An aging prison system that in many cases lacks systems for protecting lives and no longer complies with fire and building codes needs more than $300 million in building improvements, according to...
Kansas salary survey: 70% of state government jobs pay workers below-market rates
TOPEKA — Seven of 10 categories of Kansas government workers were paid below average market rates based on a new survey examining wages at comparable in-state employers and state government employers in Nebraska, Oklahoma, Missouri and elsewhere. The Kansas Department...
U.S. House votes to avert calamitous rail strike, but Senate prospects murky
The U.S. House moved Wednesday to avoid an economically disastrous nationwide rail strike, voting to codify an agreement that members of some unions had already rejected and separately add paid sick leave that workers had demanded. The two-track approach allows...
Kansas lawmaker plans to reintroduce bill removing childhood sexual abuse lawsuit limits
TOPEKA — Lawmakers may expand the rights of child sex abuse victims in the upcoming legislative session, renewing efforts to pass legislation that would require clergy reporting and remove time limits for lawsuit cases involving child abuse. Current state law sets a...
With same-sex marriage vote, U.S. Senate says families matter. Including mine, here in Kansas.
The U.S. Senate took a momentous step Tuesday, passing a same-sex marriage law that offers a vital backstop for LGBTQ folks in Kansas and the nation. While the Respect for Marriage Act falls short in some ways, it shows how far we’ve come over the past few decades. In...
Stegall ends teaching relationship at KU
Supreme Court Justice Caleb Stegall has ended his teaching relationship with the University of Kansas School of Law in the aftermath of a controversy over a speaker that the student chapter of the Federalist Society brought to campus. In a...
Same-sex marriage protected under bill passed by U.S. Senate with GOP support
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate approved legislation Tuesday that would enshrine protections for same-sex and interracial marriages, codifying many of the rights that would disappear if the U.S. Supreme Court were to overturn those landmark decisions the way it...
BREAKING: State transportation secretary stepping down
State Transportation Secretary Julie Lorenz is leaving Gov. Laura Kelly's administration in the first sign of staff changes as the governor enters her second term. “Julie has been a visionary transportation secretary, seeing infrastructure not...
Wichita has spent $150,000 on legal fees in defense of police gang list
TOPEKA — The City of Wichita has paid a private law firm more than $150,000 in legal fees to defend itself from litigation over the police department’s use of a gang list. The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas and Kansas Appleseed filed a class action lawsuit...
Biden nominates Kansas U.S. Attorney
(Developing: Will be updated) President Joe Biden on Tuesday nominated a Jackson County, Missouri prosecutor as the next U.S. attorney in Kansas. Biden named Kate Brubacher of Fairway to be the top federal prosecutor in Kansas. Her nomination...
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