TOPEKA — Three Republicans and three Democrats in the House dropped their opposition Friday to overriding Gov. Laura Kelly on 15 budget vetoes to meet the Senate halfway toward restoration ...

Anti-trans legislation in Kansas can be traced back to 2016, when Republican lawmakers introduced a bill that would have banned transgender students from using the restroom of their choice.

Anti-abortion advocates are celebrating legislative wins after an expanded Republican supermajority in the Kansas Legislature overturned vetoes by the Democratic governor.

Rep. Susan Ruiz, a Shawnee Democrat, on April 10, 2025, on the House floor condemned a veto override of legislation allowing LGBTQ+ kids in foster care to be placed in religious households that may ...

Expanded Republican supermajorities allowed Kansas lawmakers to override Gov. Laura Kelly's veto 14 times, more than any other year of her tenure.

Kansas is slated to treat unborn children as dependents under the law, require education about fetal development in schools ...

The governor does not have to provide an explanation of legislation that is pocket-vetoed. When Lujan Grisham signed the state budget bill Friday, she line-item vetoed language referencing the ...

Gov. Laura Kelly (D-KS) vetoed similar legislation removing soda from SNAP eligibility in Kansas last week. Arkansas and Indiana have both signed measures into law that exempt soda from SNAP benefits.