TOPEKA (KSNT) - Kansas Governor Laura Kelly plans to veto the new tax package passed by the state Legislature in an overnight session Wednesday. The governor's Chief of Staff, Will Lawrence, sent the following statement to Nexstar's Kansas Capitol Bureau. “Governor Kelly will veto the tax plan agreed to in Conference Committee Report for Senate []
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Kansas Governor Laura Kelly is letting a bill banning certain diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices in higher education to become state law Friday. Kelly is using her veto power on April 19 to reject several bills while letting two others become law without her signature. She included statements in a press []
Guest essays reflect opinions from writers beyond WSN. If you’d like to submit a guest essay for consideration, please email [email protected]. Forty-five minutes is all the time that administrators, faculty and student representatives spent at the last University Senate meeting on April 25, against the backdrop of 120 students and faculty arrested the previous Monday. A This story Guest Essay: A call for a special University Senate meeting appeared first on Washington Square News.
Hawaii House and Senate leaders resolved their differences over spending priorities Tuesday evening, settling on a conference committee draft of the state budget bill that appropriates $19.2 billion for operations during the fiscal year beginning July 1.
In one year he vetoed 32% of all legislative bills, compared to 3.7% for average governor.
The bill goes into effect January 1.
A new bipartisan committee hoping to improve healthcare access for rural Virginians met for the first time this week.
The controversial bill would allow teachers to conceal carry firearms on school grounds if certain conditions are met.
As a House committee took up two crypto bills -- co-sponsored by the same senators that pushed through the law last year they're now trying to fix -- one lawmaker summed it up: "This is almost an embarrassing situation."
TOPEKA (KSNT) - The city council had another special session to again discuss the two finalists for the vacant city manager position. The choice is down to Alan Howze of Kansas City, Kansas and Robert Perez of Dallas, Texas. Both candidates have over 20 years of experience working in leadership positions for local governments. At []
By Ozioruva Aliu THE chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area, Prince Kayode Ogunnubi, has described as selfish, some politicians calling for the removal of the Deputy Governor, Marvellous Omobayo before they could work for the party ahead of the coming governorship election. The Legacy Group of the PDP, in […]
A fiery school committee meeting was held on Thursday night, where teacher layoffs have been announced after a budget deficit of more than $2.5 million.