Sen. Mitch McConnell won’t seek reelection in 2026, ending long tenure as Republican power broker
Sen. Mitch McConnell has announced he won’t seek reelection next year, ending a decadeslong tenure as a power broker who ...
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Medicaid expansion amendments offered by Democrats fail in Kansas Senate, House
Members of the Kansas House deflected an attempt to insert Medicaid expansion into next year’s state budget bill. The ...
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Kansas Senate panel targets SNAP, spending programs
A Senate committee is recommending an additional layer of enforcement regarding SNAP recipients, as well as other measures it ...
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Kansas Senate’s efficiency committee embraces trio of bills aimed at state spending
The GOP majority on the Senate Government Efficiency Committee voted last week to present the full Senate with bills deleting money for state jobs vacant more than 180 days, prohibiting state agencies ...
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Senate votes to confirm Pete Hegseth as Trump’s new Defense Secretary
WASHINGTON – The Senate narrowly confirmed Pete Hegseth on Friday as secretary of Defense, a win for President Donald Trump's new administration after its 44-year-old nominee fended off ...
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Lone Catholic nun stands before Kansas House to oppose immigration enforcement resolution
Only one person showed up to testify in person at a Kansas House hearing on a resolution in support of President Trump's ...
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In private video, House elections chair says he wants to end early voting, grace period in Kansas
The chairman of the House Elections Committee told Republicans in a private Zoom meeting last year that he would prefer to ...