Kansas Government News

On Jan. 20, at a hearing of the Senate Standing Assessment and Taxation Committee, a parade of interest groups took turns testifying as to why their respective pieces of the special tax exemptions pie should not be taken away.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment Office of Vital Statistics has published the guidelines and the affidavit required for Kansas residents requesting a free birth certificate for the purposes of obtaining free photographic identification necessary to vote in government elections.

About 220 troubled young Kansans who have been diverted from psychiatric residential treatment facilities were the subject of a joint hearing before two House committees.

Currently, Kansas taxes boat owners at 30%. The State Department of Revenue calls it extremely high.

At the second day of testimony regarding a forensic audit of the Kansas Bioscience Authority , a representative of Kansas Governor Sam Brownback was strongly critical of the audit itself, and also of the Board of Directors of KBA.

Kansas has another McDonalds All American to put toward their count. Perry Ellis was named to the 2012 East squad today this afternoon making him one of 24 seniors across the country to receive the honor.

President Barack Obama ended months of internal White House debate by siding with a group of mostly female advisers who urged him not to limit a health-care law mandate to provide contraceptives, even at the risk of alienating Catholic voters in November, people familiar with the discussions said.

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has formally submitted an executive order to legislators to reorganize three state agencies that deal with social services.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi had an answer last week as to why the Obama administration chose an election year to anger the Catholic hierarchy by mandating that its institutions buy health insurance for contraception and pills that cause abortion.

During a special luncheon, Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services Interim-Acting Secretary Jeff Kahrs recognized 20 agency employees for outstanding service and dedication to the people of Kansas on Friday, Jan.

Friday, the defense and prosecution in the Cole Drake hearing brought forward new witnesses to help further the decision on whether Drake should be tried as a juvenile or as an adult.

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has appointed former Johnson County legislator Phyllis Gilmore to lead the newly named Department for Children and Families.

On the subject of undocumented immigrants, officials are all over the place. The secretary of agriculture wants to put them to work.

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An architect of state and local laws cracking down on illegal immigration is a leading Republican officeholder in Kansas, but business groups in his home state are asking legislators to move in the opposite direction by starting an unusual program designed to give illegal immigrants hard-to-fill jobs.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment Office of Vital Statistics has published the guidelines and the affidavit required for Kansas residents requesting a free birth certificate for the purposes of obtaining free photographic identification necessary to vote in government elections.

A federal judge in Washington ruled Tuesday that an environmental impact statement must be completed before construction of a southwest Kansas power plant can begin.

A ruling by U.S. District Judge Emmett Sullivan requires the Rural Utilities Service to complete an environmental study before granting any approvals to Sunflower Electric Power Corp.

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A coalition of business groups will propose that Kansas start a new program to help some illegal immigrants remain in the state so that they can hold down jobs in agriculture and other industries with labor shortages, coalition representatives disclosed Tuesday.