Tag: Laura Kelly
Spirit Aerosystems lays off 2,800 workers in Wichita
Spirit Aerosystems announced layoffs of 2,800 employees at the company’s Wichita location. The layoffs are the impact of Boeing’s suspension…
Gov. Laura Kelly out of touch with average Kansan on budget issues
In a press release just before the first of the year, Kansas Governor Laura Kelly said she’s going to “rebuild”…
Kelly-Denning Medicaid expansion plan defies voters
Governor Laura Kelly and Kansas Senate Majority Leader Jim Denning held a press conference in the Capitol rotunda to announce…
What is Kansas Department of Commerce hiding from public scrutiny?
Two requests filed by the Sentinel under the Kansas Open Record Act (KORA) with the Kansas Department of Commerce for…
Legislators hope to preempt federal red-flag laws
Two Kansas legislators have pre-filed a bill they hope will protect Kansans from so-called “red-flag” laws, sometimes called “extreme risk…
Gov. Kelly, David Toland need to answer questions on student achievement
On Nov. 14 of Kansas Framework For Growth, created by Governor Kelly’s administration and Commerce Secretary David Toland, put out a…
Lawmakers face call to grow government with higher tax revenue
The group that creates budget estimates for the state of Kansas revised its tax revenue numbers last week, estimating the…
Attorney General: Kelly administration risks lawsuits on remote sales tax policy
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt issued a legal opinion on September 30, stating Governor Laura Kelly’s unilateral expansion of remote…
Kelly administration ignores questions about McKinsey consulting contract
Governor Laura Kelly decried the use of no-bid contracts earlier this year, but now her administration won’t answer questions about…
AG Schmidt slaps back at Kelly administration sales tax directive
A sales tax directive, issued by Gov. Laura Kelly’s administration, exceeds the Governor’s authority, according to a legal opinion issued today by…
Tax reform council focuses on paying for more spending
Tax reform is usually associated with attempts to reduce taxes, but the first day of hearings at Kansas Governor Laura…
Kelly stacks tax council with state spending advocates
Gov. Laura Kelly established the Governor’s Council on Tax Reform, a group that will study and make tax recommendations to…
Senate Medicaid Expansion Committee meeting dates set
A special select committee of Kansas Senators is set to meet on Oct. 22 and Oct. 23 to map out…
AG Schmidt to issue legal opinion on Kelly’s internet sales tax increase
Attorney General Derek Schmidt will issue a legal opinion on Gov. Laura Kelly’s directive to expend the internet sales tax…
State lawmakers unlikely to take up gun control measures
In the wake of mass shootings in Dayton and El Paso, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly says it’s time to enact…
Gov. Kelly orders tax increase on remote sellers
For the third time in a matter of weeks, Gov. Laura Kelly has attempted to usurp the authority of the…
Kansas senator calls for change in judicial selection
Prompted by the announced retirement of two Kansas Supreme Court justices, Senator Ty Masterson is calling for a change in…
Listening tour pushes government solutions to Anderson County challenges
GARNETT, Kan. — Suggestions of more government spending topped the menu at a rural prosperity listening tour stop hosted by…
Kansas foster care challenges complicated by politics
The International Foster Care Organization defines foster care as “… a way of providing a family life for children who…
Kelly admin circumvents welfare-to-work program
Gov. Laura Kelly’s administration quietly directed Kansas Department of Children and Families employees to waive welfare work requirements for childless…
Rural listening tour reinforces Gov. Kelly’s plan for more spending
Governor Kelly’s press release announcing a $2 million effort to learn how to improve life in rural Kansas largely set…
Gov. Kelly misleads on employee insurance premiums, media play along
The Topeka Capital-Journal ran a news story about Gov. Laura Kelly’s claim that state employees’ had been ‘bearing the brunt’ of…
Legislators to attempt override of Kelly vetoes on final day
Kansas Majority Leader Dan Hawkins has spoken to every single Republican House member leading up to the legislature’s final day…
Kansas legislators, governors ignore state law so they can spend more
Remember the promises about fiscal responsibility and upholding the rule of law from people running for state office over the…