After serving 16 years as Kansas Secretary of State, Ron Thornburgh has decided to enter the private sector.
Thornburgh announced Monday that he will resign the post he has held since first being elected in 1994 to take a job with a Kansas City-area company that helps design and build government Web sites.
On Monday, a Kansas House committee examined legislation that would stop legislators from granting new exemptions on state sales and property taxes.
“This has no teeth and there is no way we can force them into this without a constitutional amendment,” said State Rep. Julie Menghini, D-Pittsburg, who is the ranking Democrat on the committee. “That is just not the way to go here.”
A scam targeting older individuals has drawn the attention of the Kansas Attorney General’s office.
According to Coffey County Sheriff Randy Rogers, two people in that county have already fallen victim to the scam.
A house fire in Mulvane has claimed the lives of two small girls, age 3 and 4 years-old.
Jeff Smith has to make his rounds on foot because the mud on the path to his pasture is more than his truck can handle. Every three hours, he checks his herd of 27 heifers for signs of new life and struggling soon-to-be moms. When problems arise, Smith stays and helps - sometimes spending most of his night in a cold, wet field.
While public schools and universities have been among the hardest hit by state cutbacks, another aspect of state government has been reeling from the changes to the state budget.
Governor Mark Parkinson announced today that Seth Bundy will become his new Communications Director and Press Secretary.
It’s a wonder that Alan Conroy has not developed a complex any time he visits Kansas legislators in Topeka.
On Thursday, a Wichita lawmaker introduced a bill that would create state-registered “compassionate care centers” allowing for people suffering from chronic illness who have a doctor’s prescription to receive medical marijuana.
U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins, R-Kan., received an update from the State Department regarding Topeka resident Drew Culberth and the nine other American citizens being detained in Haiti.
To ensure the health and safety of all Kansans, Governor Parkinson has appointed Brenda Sharpe to the State Board of Healing Arts. Sharpe, Overland Park, is currently the president and chief executive officer of the REACH Healthcare Foundation, a nonprofit health care conversion foundation that aims to create access to quality health care for the poor and underserved.
To promote and advance Kansas’ higher education institutions, Governor Mark Parkinson has appointed Ed McKechnie to the Kansas Board of Regents.
GateHouse Media Inc. – the parent company of the Augusta Daily Gazette – and those who joined the effort to protect Dodge City Globe reporter Claire O’Brien from having to reveal confidential sources used in a story about a racially charged homicide case, spent thousands of dollars to protect her rights as a journalist. Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Robert Davis denied the petition in only 37 words – one paragraph. The court refused to even hear arguments or receive briefs in the case.
U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kansas, has released audio on his thoughts regarding the President's budget proposal.
An eight-month investigation culminated with the arrest of 20 people throughout southeast Kansas on Tuesday.
