Kansas U.S. House, U.S. Senate members to defend incumbencies against 25 challengers

Thirty candidates are running in August to represent Kansas in the U.S. House and U.S. Senate, including 12 who are seeking ...

First-time Kansas House candidates articulate reasons for running for Legislature

A city commissioner running for a Kansas House seat says he has felt called to public service for most of his life. “I was in ...
Lawrence Journal-World

Kansas Senate, House pass budget bill that pegs raises at 1% for most state employees

Senate Minority Leader Dinah Sykes, right, reviews a document with Sen. Brenda Dietrich during a March 26, 2026, Senate session. Sykes said the budget’s 1% raise for state employees is a “slap in the ...
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Kansas House advances new state budget amid concerns about spending

Rep. Henry Helgerson, D-Wichita, warns Kansas House colleagues of the folly of allowing state expenditures to exceed state tax revenue each year by about $500 million. He says burning quickly through ...
Hays Post

Democrat announces candidacy for Kansas House district 110, including Ellis County

PLAINVILLE—Mark Schaukowitch, Democrat, is publicly announcing his candidacy for the Kansas Legislature. Mark is seeking to ...
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'We will win in November': Kansas House Democrats look to break Republican supermajority

TOPEKA (KSNT) — All 125 House seats are up for re-election in 2026, and filing numbers show “historic” growth for House ...
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Kansas House passes election bills restricting early voting and mail-in ballots

A steady stream of people visit the Kansas City Election Board satellite voting location at the shops on Blue Parkway in Kansas City on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024 during early voting. Rep. Pat Proctor, a ...
Lawrence Journal-World

Kansas House committee makes key changes to bill that will keep KU, other universities under the oversight of Board of Regents

The Kansas State Capitol building is shown in Topeka. KU will remain under the supervision of the Kansas Board of Regents after a Kansas House committee on Thursday significantly changed a bill that ...