A bill in the Kansas Legislature aims to help fund the state’s roads by adding additional fees for electric vehicles and hybrids, but the proposal would put a much larger fee on hybrid trucks than similar hybrid sport utility vehicles.
TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly marked close of the Kansas Legislature’s regular session by signing a bipartisan bill forbidding applicants for about 85% of state government jobs from being rejected solely due to lack of a college degree.
LAWRENCE — With gender-affirming care for minors now banned in Kansas, the weight of their transgender care falls largely on mental health providers. Ruby Mae Johnson, CEO of Interpersonal Psychiatry in Lawrence, said the practice is expecting an influx of therapy appointments for LGBTQ+ patients, especially transgender patients.
TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed six bills Friday afternoon, drawing the ire of Republican leadership who promised veto overrides when the Legislature reconvenes April 10.
TOPEKA — A “defeated” single mother seeking health coverage, a disabled Navy veteran who wants to move to Kansas but can’t afford the taxes, and a former state internal auditor fed up with corruption and bureaucracy were among the suggestions submitted to Kansas’ GOP-led Senate Committee on Government Efficiency. The majority of submissions to the committee’s public suggestion portal, which debuted Jan.
Scott Bontz News-Record Bethany College is faced with the departure of its Art Department’s three faculty members after this semester. Christina Highsmith, Bethany’s spokesperson, gave… Login to continue reading Login…
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A teaching physician, who graduated from Bethany College, and a social activist will speak at the school’s graduation May 3. The commencement speaker is Kelli… Login to continue reading Login…